Mobile Health Technical Assistance: A Coaching Program

In response to the growing need for technical support from our members, Mobile Healthcare Association launched a pilot program Mobile Health Technical Assistance: A Coaching Program. This grant-funded program brought together mobile healthcare coaches and new mobile programs for a six-month learning cohort between January and June 2024.

Thirty-six member programs were selected to participate (see full list below). At no cost to participants, they were placed into tracks and cohorts based on their preferences, challenges, organizational type, stage of development, and job role. The program was organized around Community Outreach and Engagement and Program Operations and Logistics.

What Participants Had to Say:

The networking was amazing. Having the ability to discuss concerns and arrive at solutions was invaluable. Often in mobile you feel isolated and this group was very inclusive and understood the challenges faced. ~Vickie Cranford-Lonquich, Fort Defiance Indian Hospital

Since beginning this program, we have started using our new mobile dental unit and have developed marketing tools to recruit volunteer providers. We have also compiled data and successfully received additional funding due to suggestions from our cohort. ~Rebekah Parr, Shelby Baptist Association

What Coaches Had to Say:

This was an amazing program. I hope we get to continue it again in the future. I feel like we helped launch these programs like two years ahead of where they’d be if they were doing it all by themselves. Now, they had the support of coaches and other programs. I felt like this was the best program ever and a lot of fun to see these six programs have their a-ha moments. It puts them leaps and bounds ahead of where they’d be without this program. Hats off to the staff and funders for developing this awesome program. ~ Laura Bollan, Sarah Bush Lincoln Health System

I enjoyed learning from the different organizations that I coached. It was rewarding to hear of their accomplishments and watch them interact and develop lasting relationships. ~ Lisa Rose, Texas Health Resources

Participating programs include:

Allegheny Health Network
Atrium Health
Beebe Healthcare
Carroll County Health Department
Center for Family and Child Enrichment Inc.
Chiricahua Community Health Centers, Inc.
Crosspoint Compassion Center
DeKalb County Board of Health
Denver Indian Health and Family Services
Empower U, Inc.
Family First Health
FemForward Health/My Other Me
Masonic Cancer Alliance/The University of Kansas Cancer Center
Montgomery County Government
North Country Health Consortium
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Omni Family Health
Piedmont Health Services
POCAAN (People of Color Against AIDS Network)
Premier Community Health
Roanoke Chowan Community Center
Roper St. Francis Healthcare
Rutgers University Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Shelby Baptist Association
Siskiyou County Public Health
SisterLove, Inc.
The Sun Bus
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Tri-County Community Action Agency
Tsehootsooi Medical Center
University of Arkansas for Medical Science Office of Community Health and Research
University of Toledo Medical Center
Vail Health
Warren City Health District
West Virginia University Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry
West Virginia University Clinical and Translational Science Institute

This program is funded by Direct Relief. Watch for more information about future program opportunities to come.

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