Projects

Since much of our work relates to the Federal Government's Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), references made to "Regions" correspond to the 10 DHHS geographical regions covering the entire U.S. Our work takes place primarily in three DHHS regions where our offices are located in: Region VI, Region IX, and Region X. Click Region VI, Region IX, or Region X below to get a list of the respective states in which we operate.

To obtain more information about a given project, go to Contact Us page for email, telephone, fax, and addresses for each regional program office.

Region VI Projects

CHT-RG of Austin, Texas provides dynamic program development, program management, skills-based training, technical assistance, and evaluation planning, to community-based service organizations, institutions, and health and wellness advocates. These organizations located in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas are committed to delivering public health information, counseling, education and clinical services to specialized populations including women & children, young males, ethnic & racial minorities, and populations at high risk as a result of age or income including adolescents & young adults.

Two recent projects managed by CHT-RG and funded by Title X funding from the DHHS, Region VI, Dallas, Texas, Office of Family Planning include:

The Family Planning Information, Education and Clinical Services Linkage Innovations Research Project
which implements and evaluates innovative ways of making family planning services more accessible to hard-to-reach populations. More info . . .

The Region VI HIV/AIDS Awareness & Risk Reduction Project for Historically Black Colleges and Universities
provides HIV prevention education and risk-reduction training to students and campus personnel. National collaborations include the American Red Cross, Office of Minority Health Resource Center, and the National Library of Medicine’s Division of Specialized Information Services. .More info . . .

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Region IX Projects

CHT-RG of Oakland, California, currently sponsors projects related to children’s health and well-being. We manage projects to promote safe routes to school in California and to assist school communities on a national level in promoting healthy exercise through walking and bicycling to and from school safely.

Our current projects for Region IX are:

California Safe Routes to School Clearinghouse
The Clearinghouse exists to offer support to local activists and public agency staff in their quest to develop Safe Routes to School in their California communities. We provide materials and consultation to those who request it. Funding for this project is provided by The California Endowment. More info . . .

WomanCare Plus Project
The goal of the WomanCare Plus Project (WCP) is to reduce health disparities related to weight bias and ensure equal access to preventive cancer screening and other health care for large women and their families.  More info . . .

Healthy Child Care Consultant Network Support Center (NSC)
The Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) funds the Healthy Child Care Consultant Network Support Center (NSC). Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), in partnership with CHT Resource Group (CHT-RG), leads the initiative. The mission of the NSC is to build the capacity of states to create, maintain, support, and sustain the professional development of child care health consultants (CCHCs) and CCHC networks. These networks help states improve the health and well-being of children in out-of-home early care and education settings. In supporting the goals of the state Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems initiatives, the NSC works closely with our distinguished colleagues at: 

• The American Academy of Pediatrics
• Health Services Resources
• The National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
• The National Training Institute for Child Care Health Consultants
• Project THRIVE

Our archived projects for Region IX are:

Chronic Care Implementation Conference
November 2006—February 2007 (completed)
Funded by the California Health Care Foundation, the primary goal is to accelerate the pace of chronic care system change in Alameda County, with particular focus on diabetes care. Staff worked with a planning committee of representatives from community health agencies to plan and conduct a conference held on January 19, 2007. The conference brought together over 70 staff and community leaders in Chronic Care, providing a networking opportunity for clinics and medical practices interested in sharing ideas for best practices in management of diabetes in Alameda County. There will be follow-up meetings to check on progress towards planning local collaborative chronic care projects in 2007 that are related to diabetes. 

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Region X Projects

CHT-RG of Seattle, Washington has expertise in developing youth-lead prevention curriculum with a focus on alcohol, tobacco and other drug use issues. CHT-RG also provides enhanced coaching and training resources to projects which offer middle to high school aged youth opportunities to build leadership and organizing skills.

Our current projects for Region X are:

Promoting Science-Based Approaches: The primary goal of this project is to increase the number of science-based approaches (SBA) for preventing teen pregnancy and STD/HIV being implemented in Washington State. CRG works intensively with local agencies, including schools, health departments, youth-serving CBOs, and health clinics, providing technical assistance and training to build their capacity for implementing SBA. Our secondary goal for this SBA project is to increase statewide support for and knowledge about SBA among policy and decision makers. Toward that end, we collaborate with the Washington State coalition, the Healthy Youth Alliance (HYA) www.healthyyouthalliance.org
More info. . .

Examples of Expertise

Partners in Prevention (PIP)
CHT-RG of Seattle, in collaboration with Public Health/Seattle-King County, local youth and community based organizations, developed and implemented a Youth Leadership Training to provide youth leaders the tools and skills needed to educate and communicate drug prevention messages to peers, family and community. Utilizing youth input, CHT-RG developed training curriculum for a 2.5 day retreat for youth, ages 14 – 20, that promoted and enhanced youth leadership capacities. During the retreat, youth leaders presented topics ranging from media literacy and social marketing to survival skills and body image; retreat attendees also included community-based prevention specialists, school advisors and counselors. As a result of the retreat, school and community teams created action plans and were given mini-grants to implement various school and community-based prevention projects.

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National

We also undertake projects of national scope, as well as projects that involve more than one regional program office. Projects of this nature are listed below, as well as under the regional program office that serves as the lead sponsor. National projects may also be listed under the sponsoring or lead program office with reference made to the other collaborating regional offices.

Our current National projects are:

HIV Prevention with Boys and Girls Clubs of America
CHT-RG health educators are working with affiliates of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to enhance staff skills in delivering effective, evidence based HIV prevention education. In pilot sites in three locations, master health educators are training and coaching BGCA staff in the delivery of Becoming A Responsible Teen, and HIV prevention curriculum nationally recognized as effective in promoting abstinence and decreasing high risk sexual behaviors among participating youth. This project is funded by the Centers for Disease Control, Division of Adolescent and School Health.

Our past National projects:

Safe Routes to School – Promising Practices and Technical Assistance Guide
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has contracted with the California office to evaluate current SR2S activities and develop the Safe Routes to SchoolãPromising Practices & Technical Assistance Guide (scheduled for publishing January 2003). The Safe Routes to School Guide was developed by identifying communities engaged in SR2S activities, looking in depth at their experience, and discussing successes, failures, and lessons learned with the activists in the field. More info . . .

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