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Public Meeting Notice  Board of Certification of Community Health Workers meeting — May 7, 2024

Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 12:30 p.m.
Posted: April 26, 2024 4 p.m.

Overview   of Board of Certification of Community Health Workers meeting — May 7, 2024

The general session is open to the public by Webex or telephone.

General Session is open to the public and will be held via Webex at: 

https://eohhs.webex.com/eohhs/j.php?MTID=maf2282ee6ee5e3e6e257374776585d85 

Call-In Telephone number: 617-315-0704

Meeting Number/Access Code: 2534 178 0325

Meeting Password: 3JEfF3PeJt3

ADA compliance notice: If you need reasonable accommodations in order to participate in the meeting, contact the DPH ADA Coordinator, phone: (857) 262-7431 in advance of the meeting. While the Board will do its best to accommodate you, certain accommodations may require distinctive requests or the hiring of outside contractors and may not be available if requested immediately before the meeting.

Agenda

This agenda constitutes notice of the regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Certification of Community Health Workers in compliance with the open meeting law, M.G.L. c. 30A, § 20.

All votes must be via roll call

Time

Item #

Item

Staff Contact

12:30p.m.

I

Call to Order & Introductions

Determination of Quorum

Notice of Electronic Recording

Board Chair

     5   minutes

II

Approval of Agenda

Board Chair

    5

minutes

III

Approval of Minutes

  1. Approval of March 12, 2024, General Session Minutes

Board Chair

 

IV

Office of Community Health Workers

  1. Community Health Workers Annual Survey Discussion

Board Chair

   30

minutes

V

Continuing Education Application

  1. Berkshire Area Health Education Center:
    “A Guide for Healthcare Professionals to Enhance Personal and Professional Wellbeing” - 6 CEUs
    “Managing Stress” - 6 CEUs
    “The Importance of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice in Healthcare” - 6 CEUs
  2. Better Oral Health for Massachusetts Coalition (BOHMAC): “Oral Health Topics” - 1 CEU
  3. Central Massachusetts Area Health Education Center (CMAHEC):
    “Trauma Informed Care for CHWs, 4-part series” - 12 CEUs
    “Caring for Transgender Clients” - 6 CEUs
    “Harm Reduction for CHWs, 4-part series” - 12 CEUs
    “Introduction to LGBTQIA+ Health” - 6 CEUs
    “Introduction to Motivational Interviewing for CHWs, 6-part series” - 18 CEUs
    “Introduction to Substance Use Disorder, 2-part series” - 12 CEUs
    “Mental Health Abridged Version for CHWs” - 6 CEUs
    “Mental Health First Aid Adult” - 6 CEUs
    “Mental Health for CHWs, 2-part series” - 12 CEUs
  4. UMass Amherst: “Introduction to Motivational Interviewing” - 6 CEUs
  5. Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers: Substance Use Training-6CEUs.

Board

 

1

minute

 

VI

 

 

Triage: N/A

Staff Assignment(s): N/A

Complaints: N/A

N/A

 

VII

Flex Session

  1. Who will attend the next board meeting?
  2. Ongoing Discussion: Licensure by Reciprocity; Licensure specialization or Tiered Licensure to enhance professional standards, opportunities for growth and future earnings.

Executive Director

 

VIII

Executive Session (Roll call vote)

The Board will meet in Executive Session as authorized pursuant to M.G.L. c.30A, § 21(a)(1) for the purpose of discussing the reputation, character, physical condition or mental health, rather than professional competence, of an individual, or to discuss the discipline or dismissal of, or complaints or charges brought against, a public officer, employee, staff member or individual. 

  1. Specifically, the board will meet in executive session to approve prior executive minutes, discuss a good moral character matter, and decide whether to approve Certification for Community Health Worker.

The Board will not reconvene in open session subsequent to the closed session.
 

Boad Chair

 

IX

Adjournment: Next meeting scheduled for

July 09, 2024.

Board Chair

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