Welcome to our Web site We are focused on community health and community development based on community strengths rather than remediation of perceived weaknesses or deficits. We have a particular interest in the role of Community Health Workers. CDC has released a new e-learning series, "Promoting Policy and Systems Change to Expand Employment of Community Health Workers," authored by Carl Rush of Community Resources LLC. Click here to use this free learning resource!
Carl is speaking at: the National Association of Community Health Centers' Community Health Institute in San Diego, August 29 the CDC Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Practitioners' Training Workshop in Atlanta, Sept. 14   the National Academy for State Health Policy in early October! The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky grantee training, Nov. 14 in Lexington The Texas Legislature passed House Bill 2610 in May 2011, directing the State to study the CHW field and make recommendations to maximize the benefits ofr this workforce.  Get bill info at http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=82R&Bill=HB2610   As of the 2009 APHA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia (Nov. 7-11, 2009) the APHA Community Health Worker Special Primary Interest Group is now a Section!  The APHA Governing Council also approved a new Policy Statement supporting CHWs, replacing an earlier version approved in 2001!  See the Policy Statement at http://www.apha.org/advocacy/policy/policysearch/default.htm?id=1393   *** Congratulations to Lisa Renee Holderby-Fox, a CHW who heads the Massachusetts Association of CHWs, was recently appointed as one of 15 members of the new National Healthcare Workforce Commission, created by the Affordable Care Act! *** At a statewide "summit" of employers and other stakeholders in Houston (June 17-18, 2010), a decision was made to petition the Texas Public Health Association (TPHA) to create a "CHW Workforce Section" to support the development of the CHW workforce.  We still need a few current TPHA members to affiliate with the new Section!  To join this effort, please send us an email.  For more on the Summit, including key presentations, visit http://www.chwtexas.org/TexasCHWSummit.aspx   The revised rules for the Texas Promotor(a)/Community Health Worker (CHW) Training and Certification Program were published in October 2010.  Click on the following link for a Summary of Key Rule Revisions.     NEW! Workshops available on managing and supervising Community Health Workers! Click on "Upcoming Events" above. Contact us: P.O. Box 5533 San Antonio, TX 78201 (210) 775-2709 Fax (866) 906-3850 toll free Email: info@chrllc.net or carl.h.rush@uth.tmc.edu	We are pleased to announce that Carl Rush, Principal of Community Resources LLC, is a core team member of a new Project on CHW Policy and Practice under the Institute for Health Policy, University of Texas - Houston School of Public Health.  This new center will be announced publicly this Fall!     Rosenthal EL, Brownstein JN, Rush CH et al. Community Health Workers: Part of the Solution.  Health Affairs, July 2010.  View on the Web.   Carl H. Rush, MRP, Principal of Community Resources LLC, has over 30 years of experience in community services and community development, including seven years as a senior professional in philanthropy. He has worked with and for Community Health Workers since 1996, and served as a principal author of HRSA's National Workforce Study on CHWs, as well as directing a community college program for CHWs from 2001 to 2004. He served as Director of the New Jersey Community Health Worker Institute from 2004 to 2006.  He is Secretary of the CHW Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA). Carl was recently named: by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to a National Technical Expert Panel on Disparities, by APHA to its Education Board (now serving as Vice Chair), and as Moderator of a national Community of Practice on CHWs by Resources for Cross Cultural Health Care (DiversityRx.com)   He has also been elected to the APHA Governing Council (effective November 2009) and served on the APHA Joint Policy Committee in 2011.    Other recent publications by Carl Rush: Balcázar HG, Rosenthal EL, Brownstein JN, Rush CH, Matos S., Hernández L.  Community Health Workers Can Be a Public Health Force for Change in the United States:  Three Actions for a New Paradigm.  American Journal of Public Health, December 2011. Rush CH. Commentary: Return on Investment from Employment of Community Health Workers.  Journal of Ambulatory Care Management [in press: accepted for publication January 2012]. Alvillar M, Quinlan J, Rush CH, Dudley DJ. Recommendations For Developing And Sustaining Community Health Workers (Report From the Field). Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, August 2011. 22 (2011): 745–750. Brownstein JN, Hirsch GR, Rosenthal EL, Rush CH. Community Health Workers “101” for Primary Care Providers and Other Stakeholders in Healthcare Systems.  Journal of Ambulatory Care Management July 2011. 34(3) 210-220. Gilkey MB, Garcia C, Rush C. Professionalization and the experience-based expert: Strengthening partnerships between health educators and community health workers.  Health Promotion Practice, March 2011 (12.2) pp. 178-182. Rosenthal EL, de Heer H, Rush CH, Holderby LR. Focus on the Future: A Community Health Worker Research Agenda By and For the Field.  Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action.  Johns Hopkins University, Fall 2008.