CHAI (Community Health Alignment Initiative)
AccessHealth Horry was recently named one of the recipients to receive funding to support the development of the CHAI program. Staff have been hired to begin training and developing the new program. The Community Health Workers (CHW) will support uninsured clients in Horry County. While medical care is important, it only impacts about 20 percent of client overall health. Health behaviors, social and economic factors and the physical environment where someone lives impacts the other 80 percent.
Community Health Workers (CHW) will be working closely with the uninsured within our community to offer education and guidance around these other unmet social determinants of health. CHWs will develop community partnerships with organizations serving the target communities to engage individuals without insurance, or at risk of becoming uninsured. CHWs will conduct a screening of healthcare and social service needs, level of need, and individual’s strengths and challenges. The CHW will engage the individual and any other team members or partners to determine a plan for supporting the individual. They will also engage in cultural mediation with providers, advocacy, and capacity building as needed to best serve the individuals (communityhealthalignment.org/chai/).
Community Health Workers (CHW) will be working closely with the uninsured within our community to offer education and guidance around these other unmet social determinants of health. CHWs will develop community partnerships with organizations serving the target communities to engage individuals without insurance, or at risk of becoming uninsured. CHWs will conduct a screening of healthcare and social service needs, level of need, and individual’s strengths and challenges. The CHW will engage the individual and any other team members or partners to determine a plan for supporting the individual. They will also engage in cultural mediation with providers, advocacy, and capacity building as needed to best serve the individuals (communityhealthalignment.org/chai/).