The Heartland Conference on Health Equity and Patient Centered Care (Heartland) will offer ten (10) registration awards to regional Community Health Workers (CHWs) to attend the 2018 Heartland Conference on Health Equity and Patient Centered Care in Kansas City, KS on December 6&7, 2018.
This scholarship honors the important work of grass-roots 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 both days of the Heartland Conference.
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 online application. Applications can be made at: https://redcap.kumc.edu/surveys/?s=NNLC8AWLAL
· Attach a letter of support from the supervisor/volunteer coordinator of the applicant. (Note: This applies to both paid and volunteer positions.) This letter should approve the application and acknowledge that financial assistance is needed to support conference attendance. If you do not have a supervisor, please contact Todd Moore (tmoore3@kumc.edu or 913-588-4925) for further instruction.
· Attend BOTH DAYS of the Heartland conference on December 6 and 7 from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm*.
Each of the individual awards will include full registration for two days of the Heartland conference. Supervisors will be notified of any scholarship recipient not in compliance with the requirements above for the duration of the conference.
To apply go to: https://redcap.kumc.edu/surveys/?s=NNLC8AWLAL and complete the online application.
The completed application must be received by Wednesday November 21, 2018 5:00 pm CST.
Applicants will be notified on or by November 23, 2018 if they are selected to receive an award.
*Times are subject to change, pending the arrangement of the final program.
This scholarship honors the important work of grass-roots 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 both days of the Heartland Conference.
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 online application. Applications can be made at: https://redcap.kumc.edu/surveys/?s=NNLC8AWLAL
· Attach a letter of support from the supervisor/volunteer coordinator of the applicant. (Note: This applies to both paid and volunteer positions.) This letter should approve the application and acknowledge that financial assistance is needed to support conference attendance. If you do not have a supervisor, please contact Todd Moore (tmoore3@kumc.edu or 913-588-4925) for further instruction.
· Attend BOTH DAYS of the Heartland conference on December 6 and 7 from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm*.
Each of the individual awards will include full registration for two days of the Heartland conference. Supervisors will be notified of any scholarship recipient not in compliance with the requirements above for the duration of the conference.
To apply go to: https://redcap.kumc.edu/surveys/?s=NNLC8AWLAL and complete the online application.
The completed application must be received by Wednesday November 21, 2018 5:00 pm CST.
Applicants will be notified on or by November 23, 2018 if they are selected to receive an award.
*Times are subject to change, pending the arrangement of the final program.