Key Collaborations Yield Results

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A 2000 grant from HRSA led to:

Founding of Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers
Survey report on CHWs in the state, citing them as essential to improving health
Amending state contracting policies to require vendors to train and supervise CHWs

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The Massachusetts initiative was spurred by funding from HRSA in 2000, which produced three major results: the beginnings of a statewide CHW association, the production of a survey report that found CHWs to be essential to improving health, and the creation of an amendment to state contracting policies with requirements for CHW training and supervision.