Our staff provides community health, residential, & pregnancy/parenting services in Marion, Polk, & Yamhill counties in order to help support strong families & safe, healthy neighborhoods. Fostering Hope Initiative Community Health Workers (CHWs) provide system navigation to Citizen Waived Medical and non-Citizen Waived Medical members with the focus on engaging this population through Oregon Heal
th Authority's auto-enrollment strategy in Marion and Polk counties. FHI's Community Health Workers:
· Provide one-to-one system navigation services in Marion and Polk County and assist individuals to enroll in health coverage.
· Employ strategies to overcome the barriers to utilizing Oregon Health Plan coverage and help navigate both Oregon Health Plan and other Coordinated Care Organization systems.
· Improve health literacy and navigation of health systems and health systems literacy.
· Collaborate with local community organizations and establish information sharing processes to facilitate outreach, enrollment, and system navigation.
