CHICAGO – Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)
Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck announced today the
appointment of a 15-member Illinois Community Health
Worker (CHW) Advisory Board. Recently selected by
Governor Pat Quinn, the board will advise the
Governor,
IDPH and the legislature on all matters
impacting the
effective work of Community Health Workers across the
state, including the
training and certification
processes.
Signed into law in August of 2014, the CHW Advisory
Board is composed of eight CHWs from across the
state. The remaining seven members consist of
individuals representing healthcare and social
services, health workforce policy and institutions of
higher education. Board members include the
following:
Mary Ann Abate, MS LSW
Vice President Public Policy, Rosecrane Health
Network
Teresa Berumen (CHW)
Community Health Promoter, Enlace Chicago
Leticia
Boughton, BA (CHW)
Network Coordinator, Chicago
Community Health Worker
Local Network
Monica Dillon, RN
Community/Public Health
Nurse Project Manager, Loyola
University School of
Nursing
Christopher Garcia (CHW)
Advocate/Benefits Case Manager, Champaign County
Health Care Consumers
Melissa Gutierrez Kapheim,
MS
Project Director/Epidemiologist 2, Sinai Urban
Health
Institute
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Geraldine
Hardy (CHW)
Team Lead/Program Clerk, Southern Illinois
Healthcare
Foundation
Janel Hughes-Jones (CHW)
Breastfeeding Peer Counselor,
Will County Health
Department
Estela Lazo (CHW)
Outreach Specialist, Will County
Health Dept
Hong Liu, PhD
Executive Director, Midwest Asian Health Coalition
Molly Martin, MD MAPP
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
and the Institute for
Health Research and Policy,
University of Illinois at Chicago
Lizette Martinez (CHW)
Peers for Progress
Coordinator, Alivio Medical Center
Tamela Milan, BA
(CHW)
Maternal & Child Health Outreach, Access
Community
Health
Amy
Sagen, BA
Assistant Director for Health Policy &
Strategy,
University of Illinois Hospital & Health
Sciences
System
Jeffery
Waddy, DrPHc, MsEd, MCHES
Dean of Allied Health and
Sciences, South Suburban
College
Within a year of its first meeting, the CHW Advisory
Board will develop a report with its recommendations
regarding the certification process of community
health workers, best practices and reimbursement
options. The report will also include proposed
curriculums, ensuring that the content, methodology,
development and delivery are appropriately based on
cultural and geographic needs and reflect relevant
responsibilities for CHWs.
“Illinois falls well
below the national median in its
use of non-physician
providers. If workforce
shortages are not addressed, it
could limit access to
services and quality health care
for all Illinoisans.
Community health workers can help
fill this void and
increase the health of the state,”
said Dr.
Hasbrouck.
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