Khmer Health Advocates Inc

TO SUPPORT KHMER HEALTH ADVOCATES (KHA) IN DEVELOPING THE COMMUNITY CARES CURRICULUM FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS (CHWS) TO PREPARE THEM TO DELIVER TRAUMA-INFORMED, CULTURALLY-SENSITIVE CARE TO INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAUMA. THE CURRICULUM WILL TRANSLATE AND CODIFY KHAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN TRAINING CHWS TO CARE FOR TRAUMA SURVIVORS INTO A FORMAL CURRICULUM THAT CAN BE USED TO TRAIN CHWS, BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY. KHA HAS EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS WITH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH AS THE NATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION AND THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS ASSOCIATION, THAT IT WILL LEVERAGE TO DISSEMINATE THE CURRICULUM NATIONALLY. FUNDING WILL SUPPORT A MARKETING CONSULTANT, STIPENDS FOR CHW STUDENTS INVOLVED IN FIELD TESTING THE CURRICULUM, AND PRINTING/MATERIALS.

THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PORTION OF YOUR KHMER HEALTH ADVOCATES RESPONSE TO RACISM IN THE COVID-19 "UNIVERSE" PROJECT