Heartland Conference Scholarship Application 2023
Scholarship Application Deadline: Friday, August 11, 2023
The Heartland Conference on Health Equity and Patient-Centered Care (Heartland)will offer registration, travel, & hotel awards (as needed) to regional Community Health Workers (CHWs) to attend the 2023 Heartland Conference on Health Equity and Patient-Centered Care in Kansas City, KS from Wednesday, September 13th through Friday, September 15th.
This scholarship honors the important work of grassroots advocates who promote health, health equity, and patient-centered care in their communities. We want to bring your knowledge, expertise, and commitment to patients and the CHW field to the Heartland! Scholarship awardees will receive funding to pay for full registration to the pre-conference session (Sept 13th) and for all two days of the Heartland Conference (Sept 14th & 15th).
To be eligible for the scholarship, the applicant must:
Scholarship Application Deadline: Friday, August 11, 2023
Supervisors will be notified of any scholarship recipient not in compliance with the requirements above for the duration of the conference.
*Times are subject to change, pending the arrangement of the final program.
This scholarship honors the important work of grassroots advocates who promote health, health equity, and patient-centered care in their communities. We want to bring your knowledge, expertise, and commitment to patients and the CHW field to the Heartland! Scholarship awardees will receive funding to pay for full registration to the pre-conference session (Sept 13th) and for all two days of the Heartland Conference (Sept 14th & 15th).
To be eligible for the scholarship, the applicant must:
- Be a Community Health Worker in the region, or a volunteer advocate for patients or patient-centered care.
- Be over 18 years of age.
- Complete the full application.
- Submit a letter of support from a supervisor/volunteer coordinator of the applicant.
- (Note: This applies to both paid and volunteer positions.) If you do not have a supervisor, please contact Todd Moore (tmoore3@kumc.edu or 913-588-4925) for further instruction.
- Attend the pre-conference session onSept 13th and BOTH DAYS of the Heartland Conference on September 14th and September 15th from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm*.
Scholarship Application Deadline: Friday, August 11, 2023
Supervisors will be notified of any scholarship recipient not in compliance with the requirements above for the duration of the conference.
*Times are subject to change, pending the arrangement of the final program.