In 2009, Healthy Family Initiatives (HFI), a Houston, Texas, nonprofit organization, received a three-year Health Resources and Services Administration grant to study and replicate HealthConnect One, an existing community-based doula program. The grant provided financial support for the doulas in the project to receive certification as community health workers, or promotoras. This cross-training occurred in […]

The Chula Vista Community Collaborative (CVCC) was established in 1993 and is located in Chula Vista, California, in the San Diego County region. The CVCC works to support and strengthen families through a network of five family resource centers. In 2000, the CVCC was involved in a funded community outreach project that gave birth to […]

The Chula Vista Community Collaborative (CVCC) was established in 1993 and is located in Chula Vista, California, in the San Diego County region. The CVCC works to support and strengthen families through a network of five family resource centers. The CVCC has had a promotor/a program component since 2000. A review of the program in […]

Promotora Stories from the Arizona Sonora Border Since the launch of Arizona’s first promotores program, Comienzo Sano (Health Start) in 1987, researchers in Southern Arizona have collaborated with Arizona Border communities to collaboratively evaluate promotores programs. Comienzo Sano provided prenatal outreach and education to women in Yuma County, and is now the single promotores program […]