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Health Connect outlines community health worker program, monthly library office hours and Oct. festival
Summary
Fran Rice of Health Connect of South Dakota told the Beresford City Council that the nonprofit will place a community health worker (CHW) in local libraries to connect residents to services through the statewide 211 network, and announced monthly office hours and an Oct. 17 community health festival.
Fran Rice, executive director of Health Connect of South Dakota, told the Beresford City Council that her nonprofit will place community health workers in library and community sites to help residents navigate social determinants of health such as housing and food insecurity.
"Community health workers are frontline public health workers" Rice said, explaining CHWs will act as connectors and navigators who use the 211 helpline and a network-of-care to make referrals. She said the CHW assigned to the area will hold regular in-person office hours at the library on…
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