### Community Health Work and Patient Navigation Resources for Providers and Agencies

- **Community Health Workers**
    - [Massachusetts Department of Public Health: Community Health Workers](http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/gov/departments/dph/programs/hcq/dhpl/community-health-workers/)
    - [Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers](http://www.machw.org/)
    - [Community Health Worker Credentialing](http://www.chwcentral.org/community-health-worker-credentialing-state-approaches)
    - [Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care](https://iom.nationalacademies.org/Reports/2002/Unequal-Treatment-Confronting-Racial-and-Ethnic-Disparities-in-Health-Care.aspx)
- **Toolkits**
    - [U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration: Evidence-Based Models Toolbox for Community Health Workers](http://www.chwcentral.org/community-health-workers-evidence-based-models-toolbox-hrsa-office-rural-health-policy)
- **Trainings**
    - [Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers: Training Resources](http://machw.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32&Itemid=146)
    - [Massachusetts Department of Public Health: Community Health Workers: Training Resources](http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/gov/departments/dph/programs/community-health/prevention-and-wellness/comm-health-wkrs/chw-training-resources.html)
- **Symposium**
    - [2nd Annual Patient Navigator and Community Health Worker Symposium on April 9, 2018](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-power-of-team-the-role-of-community-health-workers-and-building-collaborative-partnerships-in-tickets-41707908477)
- ### Family Resources
- **Do I have a family navigator?** If you receive primary care services in Pediatrics, you have access to a navigator. Please contact your child’s primary care office and ask to speak to the navigator on your team. Some of our Pediatric Specialties also have navigators. If your child is seen in one of our Pediatric specialties, be sure to ask your child’s medical provider if their team has a navigator.
- **I just need help with basic resources. Where can I look?**
    - [Massachusetts’ Health and Human Services Benefits Webpage](https://service.hhs.state.ma.us/ierhome/LandingPage.do?method=displayConsumerHomePage&pageSwitch=HOME)
    - [www.helpsteps.com](http://www.helpsteps.com/)
    - [www.benefits.gov](http://www.benefits.gov/)
    - [All Boston (and you!) Can Do For Your Child](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/Programs___Services/Programs_for_Children/ABCDpacket_2019.pdf)
- **BMC Pediatric Family Preparedness Plan**
    - [Family Preparedness Plan](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/Programs___Services/Programs_for_Adults/center-family-navigation-community-health-promotion/1-Family-Preparedness-Plan.pdf) - Document where parents and caregivers can list important information about themselves, their families and their children in case they have to be absent, like in the event of detention or deportation.
    - [Family Preparedness Plan (Spanish)](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/Programs___Services/Programs_for_Adults/center-family-navigation-community-health-promotion/Family-Preparedness-Plan-Spanish.pdf)
    - [Family Preparedness Plan Facilitators Guide](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/Programs___Services/Programs_for_Adults/center-family-navigation-community-health-promotion/2-FPP-Facilitator-Guide.pdf) – Guide for providers helping families to complete the Family Preparedness Plan
    - [Applying for a Passport for Children Under 16-years Old](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/Programs___Services/Programs_for_Adults/center-family-navigation-community-health-promotion/3-Passport-Guide.pdf) – Guide with information on how to apply and documents needed when applying for a passport for a child or youth younger than 16 years old.