On August 4, the Healthy Start TA & Support Center (TASC) and Westat hosted a Networking Café focused on fathers and partners. As part of the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Healthy Start national evaluation, the evaluation contractor, Westat, is gathering input from Healthy Start grantees on their father and partner activities. This Cafe […]

The TASC is thrilled to be organizing a 2022 Healthy Start Cohorts Showcase Event to celebrate the cohort members and their accomplishments. During the showcase, the TASC will celebrate the cohort co-leads and members and their accomplishments. The HS co-leads from each of the four cohorts will share with the broader HS community their experiences, […]

These workshops  allowed participants to become familiar with and practice skills in motivational interviewing (MI), a client/patient-centered communication style that is effective in behavior change. MI can be utilized in situations where clients are ambivalent about various issues such as postpartum visits, smoking, as well as COVID Vaccine Hesitancy. Participants practiced many of the aspects […]

Please join the TASC for the final session in the ROOTT Learning Academy! The goal of the ROOTT Learning Academy is to develop a progressive understanding of the structural determinants of health and how they have led to the consequences of unmet social determinants of health. This course examines how policy development and institutional systems […]

On August 17, in partnership with John Snow Inc. (JSI), the Healthy Start TA & Support Center (TASC) hosted the first of two Networking Cafés focused on social media and communications. This was part of an effort to improve Healthy Start program service delivery. Grantees had an opportunity to share their experiences and learn about […]

On August 18, the Healthy Start TA & Support Center (TASC) and Westat for a second Networking Café focused on fathers and partners. As part of the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Healthy Start national evaluation, the evaluation contractor, Westat,  is gathering input from Healthy Start grantees on their father and partner activities. This […]

On Friday, August 19, the Healthy Start TA & Support Center (TASC) hosted The Safe Sleep Practices and National Trends for Risk Reduction: Healthy Start Ambassadors’ Training, a three-hour training on the latest statistics, trends, and practices in safe sleep and risk reduction, including the American Academy of Pediatrics’ 2022 Recommendations for Reducing Infant Deaths […]

In partnership with JSI, the TASC hosted a second Networking Café On Tuesday, August 30 focused on social media and communications. JSI facilitated a discussion around how and when to leverage the latest social media apps and trends. Grantees had an opportunity to share their experiences and learn about social media management for Healthy Start […]