Check out this month’s CHW spotlight with Michele Moss, employed by HUB care coordination agency, Community Action Partnership of Cambria County. "The first step to understanding [HUB participants] is acknowledging. There is no person the same as another. The world is full of challenges and realizing that every person has their own struggles is the [...]
Tell us about yourself. I have three daughters: Brittnie, Alexis, and Madison - each with their own unique personality. I have been a Nurse (LPN) since 1996, caring for and helping people - it's what I enjoy doing most. My grandmother, mother, and sister are also in the Nursing profession, so it's in the family [...]
As the Executive Director of Beginnings, Inc. and Board Chair of Trinity Farms Center for Healing, Paula Eppley-Newman has a lot on her plate. But what she prides herself in more than anything is her family and giving back to the community. “I’ve always considered myself a professional volunteer because I’ve either been volunteering or [...]
The Community Care HUB Advisory Committee, which will hold its inaugural meeting on November 18th, is tasked with providing oversight and guidance to the Community Care HUB initiative. The purpose of the Committee is to guarantee standardized processes and to ensure all community stakeholders are involved to help address whole-person care for HUB participants. Members [...]
Every month, we'll be featuring an interview with a different HUB Community Health Worker (CHW). Check out this month's spotlight with Somerset County native Christy Berzonski, employed by HUB care coordination agency Alleghenies United Cerebral Palsy. Tell us about yourself. I am a mother of three with a boy and two girls. I was a [...]
Community Action Partnership of Cambria County held its 55th Annual Awards event virtually on September 17, 2020. This year, 1889 Jefferson Center for Population Health staff Jeannine McMillan (Executive Director, Community Care HUB) and Leanna Bird (Project Manager) were honored to be the recipients of the Anthony Genovese Community Award. Jeannine and Leanna were nominated [...]
JOHNSTOWN – 1889 Jefferson Center for Population Health (CPH), is honored to share that Leanna Bird, Project Manager, has been selected to be a member of the National Association of Community Health Workers (NACHW) Policy Committee as a community health worker (CHW) Ally. The new Policy Committee members were announced at the first annual meeting [...]
1889 Jefferson Center for Population Health, alongside community partners, has officially launched the Community Care HUB (HUB) to improve the health outcomes of vulnerable populations in Cambria and Somerset counties. The HUB began accepting referrals on September 1. Pregnant women living in Cambria or Somerset County are eligible for a referral to the HUB if [...]
Community health worker (CHW) training for the Community Care HUB kicked off on July 20th and will run through August 31st, 2020. 1889 Foundation has provided funding to hire six CHWs who are employed by local care coordination agencies Beginnings, Inc.; Community Action Partnership; and Alleghenies United Cerebral Palsy. Care coordination agency partners play an integral [...]
1889 Foundation, in partnership with 1889 Jefferson Center for Population Health and other local organizations, has been selected to receive a grant as part of the Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge (HCCC). The HCCC is funded by the Aetna Foundation, together with the American Public Health Association (APHA) and the National Association of Counties (NACo), [...]
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