Neighborhood-Based Community Health Champions Program
If you are passionate about improving the health of your community, live in Travis County, and are interested in learning, growth, and expanding your network of contacts in health care, this program is for you.
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About the program
The Neighborhood-Based Community Health Champions program brings together community members from areas in Travis County with limited access to resources. Our goal is to help participants become informed, effective advocates for fairness in health care access.
This program focuses on recruiting participants who have lived experience with challenges that impact access to services in local communities; including limited incomes, resources, access to education and transportation, as well as language and literacy barriers. This allows us to offer more accessible and focused support to meet the specific needs of our most vulnerable neighborhoods.
This program is designed by and for the community, and offers:
- Flexible hours that can adapt to school, work, and childcare schedules.
- Resource provision based on local neighborhood programs and services.
- Materials and presentations in the language each community needs.
- Your immigration status does not affect your ability to participate.
- Possible hybrid sessions based on the needs of individual communities.
Session details
- Three programs are held each spring in March, April, and May.
- Recruitment starts 4–6 weeks before the program start date.
- Lunch/Dinner is served at each session.
- Childcare is not offered.*
- Sessions are held once per week, for two weeks, in community spaces like schools, libraries, or community centers.
- Workshops are currently available in English and Spanish, additional languages will be included based on community needs.
*We encourage you to find childcare for your children during the sessions. However, if you need to bring your children, we ask that you keep the rest of the group in mind during the session. You can attend the workshop online if you need to.
Benefits of participating
After you complete this program, you will be able to:
- Join a network of more than 400 Community Health Champions.
- Gain access to unique opportunities to volunteer with Central Health.
- Join community advocacy committees.
- Connect with local health leaders.
- Be a Central Health ambassador for improving health in your community.
- Get an up-close perspective on how Central Health is changing the health system.
- Build alliances and friendships to collaborate on health projects.