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About CHW Hub

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CHW Hub Goals

  • Train a CHW Emergency Preparedness Workforce

  • Deploy the CHW Workforce

  • Engage CHWs with the Community

  • Develop Sustainable Pathways for CHWs

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CHW Hub Objectives

To build a CHW workforce that will be trained, deployed and engaged to combat the effects of COVID-19 on the hardest hit populations throughout New Jersey

To help support the growth of (CLGI) portfolio of services including creation of Specialized Tracks, a Career Pathways Program, an Emerging Leaders' Program and Preceptors Program. 

To identify community wide events that will positively impact priority populations and spread awareness of the value CHWs bring to the healthcare industry.

To ensure that CHW’s have access to the education they need to be successful in their community.

To increase the recruitment and training of CHWs across the state.

To ensure the continuous involvement of its CHWs in NJDOHs emergency preparedness planning and design.

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CHW Hub Staff & Leadership

Dr. Monica Lallo, Senior Vice President of Prevention, Youth, and Education Services 

Ayodeji Oyedeji, Senior Project Manager (Northern Region; Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex and Warren Counties) 

Josephine Awadalla, Project Manager (Central Region; Middlesex, Hunterdon, Mercer Somerset and Union Counties 

Sydney Garnes, Project Manager (Southern Region; Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Monmouth, Ocean and Salem Counties) 

Jessica Whittle, Learning Systems Coordinator (Statewide) 

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CHW Hub Committee Partners

  • Cherry Hill Free Clinic  

  • Camden Coalition  

  • Centro Comunitario (CEUS)  

  • Mary Eliza Mahoney Health Center- Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)  

  • Partners in Health (PIH)  

  • Camden Area Health Education (Camden AHEC) 

  • Jefferson Park Ministries  

  • Rutgers Virtual Health Education and Mentoring Program (ECHO) 

  • Seton Hall University  

  • Perinatal Health Equity Initiative  

  • New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH)  

  • Department of Human Services (NJDHS)  

  • Cooper Health  

  • Community Health Acceleration Partnership (CHAP)   

  • Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS)  

  • Rutgers School of Public Health  

  • Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School  

  • RWJ Barnabas Health  

  • Hackensack Meridian Health  

  • WellCare Health Plans  

  • Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey 

  • Colette Lamothe-Galette Community Health Worker Institute   

  • Instructure, Inc. 

  • The Great Raritan Workforce Development Board  

  • Fidelis  

  • Greater Newark Healthcare Coalition  

  • Ocean County College  

  • Essex County College  

  • Camden County College  

  • Mercer County College  

  • Raritan Valley County College  

  • Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative (SNJPC) 

  • SPAN Parent Advocacy Network 

  • Children Home Society 

  • Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers 

  • Henry J. Austin Health Center 

  • Brick Education Network 

  • University Hospital 

  • Campos Strategies Group 

  • International Rescue Committee 

  • Norwescap 

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