4 Multilingual Resources for Newly Insured Individuals

There are new multilingual resources available from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to help newly insured patients understand their heathcare benefits, connect to primary care and preventive services. The following resources are available in Arabic, Chinese, English, Haitian Creole, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese:

Funding opportunity: Targeted Outreach Program Request for Application (RFA) #2823

The Women’s Wellness Connection (WWC) program is currently accepting applications for the Targeted Outreach Program (TOP). If you already receive funding, you do not need to apply. The Women’s Wellness Connection (WWC) Targeted Outreach Program seeks to provide financial support for local initiatives that utilize evidence-based interventions, education, referrals and Community Health Worker outreach efforts to improve access to local breast and cervical cancer screening providers for underserved women.

Applications are due by 4:00 p.m. on June 10, 2016. Application documents and information can be found at www.colorado.gov/cdphe/wwc-funding. 

Please forward this information to any organization that might qualify and be interested in this funding. If you have any questions, please email them to the WWC program staff at cdphe_wwc@state.co.us.

Targeted Outreach Program (TOP) Summit A Success!

On May 4, 2016, the Targeted Outreach Program (TOP) agencies gathered at the American Cancer Society in Denver for a bi-annual summit. Participating agencies included Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center, Penrose - St. Francis Hospital, Somali American Community Center of Colorado, Spanish Peaks Outreach and Women's Clinic and Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment. The summit focused on evidence-base interventions, culturally and linguistically appropriate standards (CLAS), and evaluation.

Thank you to all the agencies that participated in the TOP summit, making it a success!

Updated maps on breast and cervical cancer screening and late stage incidence

CDPHE has updated its maps showing breast and cervical cancer screening (Pap test or mammogram) compliance and late-stage cancer incidence by health statistic region. Each map shows WWC clinical services sites and quantifies screening rates into four groups (depicted by circles) and late stage cancer incidence by shading of regions. These maps should be used to identify geographic areas of additional need for cancer screening and early detection. For more information on these maps and how they can be used, please review the end of Health Improvement Team (HIT) call from February 2015.

Ford partners with Lyft to provide free rides to treatment

Ford has partnered with Lyft, a peer-to-peer ridesharing program, on an initiative that will allow anyone in Lyft’s 60 US markets to request a free ride to and/or from breast cancer treatment. Patients that would like to request a ride can visit lyft.com/moregooddays and click “get a ride” or “give a ride." Please share this information with your local communities and help Ford reach its goal of 10,000 rides!

WWC team attends Komen Race for the Cure

WWC's Program Manager and Nurse Consultant were joined by one of WWC's Screening Systems Specialists, Tiffany Reed, at Komen Colorado's Race for the Cure last weekend. This is one of many opportunities throughout the year that WWC works to promote the program.

Please tell us some of the ways your agency provides outreach to promote WWC! You can use the comments section below.