CRN Security Update

Starting December 1, 2023, users who have not logged into CRN for 120 days will be deactivated and unable to log in until they are reactivated by either their Entity Admin or the QHN team.

If your team has users who have not logged in for 120 days and would like to keep their CRN account active, please have them log in here before 11/30/23.

Questions? Contact Jeff: jstoddart@qualityhealthnetwork.org.

CRN Holiday Community Service/Events

The CRN Benefit

Angie Bertrand, Executive Director, Peer 180 RCO

“CRN has really benefited our agency!

First, it gives us the ability to see if our participants have had services or interactions with other entities. This allows us to shorten the learning curve and help them navigate more efficiently. Many of them struggle with resources and now we can assist them in real-time to reduce the burden of walking/busing/driving to other agencies.

Second, CRN facilitates success and encouragement to our clients as they can get their needs met with less frustration and barriers.

As an agency new to CRN, it has opened tools to allow us to co-create a repository of data in one place. The CRN staff has been great in helping us with our idiosyncrasies by moving us forward with organizing and streamlining. We can’t wait to see how else we can use CRN to help us help others!”

Training

New! 2024 Training Schedule Released:

Utilization

Network-Wide Utilization Stats
(to see region-specific numbers, scroll to the bottom)

Sherri Corey,
Director of Community Relations
West Mountain Region
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West Mountain News

Welcome Our New CRN Partners in West Mountain!

Elias Transportation

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We provide non-emergency Medicaid transportation to customers who struggle to get rides to and from appointments, all appointments can be related to. Cancer patients, dialysis, Clinical care, court appointments, methadone treatment centers, and many more.

CRN Usage:  Receiving Referrals, Participating in Care Teams

Regions Serving:  Mesa County, Delta, Montrose, West Mountain

Aspen Community Health (Community Health Services):

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We provide free and low-cost routine vaccines to children and adults through our VFC and 317 programs, in addition to travel and adult immunizations.Our oral health program provides free dental health exams, teleORALhealth consults, therapeutic dental cleanings and referrals for pregnant women, children under 6, and seniors from Aspen to Parachute.As the only Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Title X clinic in the area, we provide free or low cost contraception, STI testing and treatment, and well-woman annual exams, and our CDPHE WWC program provides free or low cost cervical and breast cancer screening. In addition, our clinic offers prenatal care for residents from El Jebel to Aspen with Medicaid and emergency Medicaid. We accept all commercial insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, and offer a sliding fee scale for those people who are uninsured and underinsured.

CRN Use: Receiving and Sending Referrals, Participating in Care Teams

Region: West Mountain

A Network Partner Organization has users in CRN and may accept electronic referrals through CRN

An Associated Partner does not have users in CRN, but accepts email/fax referrals that are sent though CRN

Angela Rodriguez 
Community Advisor
Mesa County
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Wade Montgomery
Community Advisor
Mesa County
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Mesa County News

Welcome Our New CRN Partners in Mesa County!

Aspen Ridge Alzheimer’s Special Care Center

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Aspen Ridge Alzheimer’s Special Care Center is located in the beautiful western slope city of Grand Junction, CO. Our thoughtfully designed community offers astounding views of Grand Mesa, one of the world’s largest flat-topped mountains. Sinceri is known for assembling the very best in the industry to deliver quality services to our residents. Our levels of care include Memory Care and Respite Care.

CRN Usage: Receiving Referrals

Regions Serving: Mesa County

Elias Transportation

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We provide non-emergency Medicaid transportation to customers who struggle to get rides to and from appointments, all appointments can be related to. Cancer patients, dialysis, Clinical care, court appointments, methadone treatment centers, and many more.

CRN Usage:  Receiving Referrals, Participating in Care Teams

Regions Serving:  Mesa County, Delta, Montrose, West Mountain

A Network Partner Organization has users in CRN and may accept electronic referrals through CRN

An Associated Partner does not have users in CRN, but accepts email/fax referrals that are sent though CRN

Cherie Schmitz
Senior Community Advisor
Southwest Region
Contact

Delta/ Montrose/ Gunnison News

Monday, November 13th from 9:15 to 10:30 am

Shepherds Hand will be hosting a FREE  Flu Shot clinic with River Valley Family Health Center at 505 S. 2nd Street.

Welcome Our New CRN Partners in the Delta/Montrose/Gunnison Region!

Elias Transportation

Website click here

We provide non-emergency Medicaid transportation to customers who struggle to get rides to and from appointments, all appointments can be related to. Cancer patients, dialysis, Clinical care, court appointments, methadone treatment centers, and many more.

CRN Usage:  Receiving Referrals, Participating in Care Teams

Regions Serving:  Mesa County, Delta, Montrose, West Mountain

A Network Partner Organization has users in CRN and may accept electronic referrals through CRN

An Associated Partner does not have users in CRN, but accepts email/fax referrals that are sent though CRN

from the Colorado Regional Health Connector Program

Funding Opportunities

• Funding (no deadline) – Building and Bridging Connections Funding
• Loans (no deadline noted) – Rural Community Facility Loans
• Funding (open for non-binding letters of intent) – Making Care Primary Model
• Funding – The Colorado Health Foundation| Open opportunities are below:
  • Applications Open for Clinics Advancing Health Equity: A Team Approach (Cohort 1 due by 11/6)
  • 2024 Nonprofit Sabbatical (due 12/15)
• Funding (due 11/13) – RFP for Co-Responder Program | The Colorado Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) is seeking applicants to create, modify, update, or maintain Co-Responder Programs in Colorado. BHA will provide funds to eligible applicants, including cities or county government agencies, to help Colorado continue and expand the Co-Responder Program. The Co-Responder Program pairs law enforcement and behavioral health specialists to intervene and respond to behavioral health-related calls for police service. These teams utilize the combined expertise of the officer and the behavioral health specialist to de-escalate situations and help link individuals with behavioral health issues to appropriate services.
• Funding (due 11/14, see attached RFP) – RFA – Behavioral Health Workforce Peer Support Professionals
• Funding (due 12/1) – Strengthening ACEs and Substance Use Prevention Programming (SASPP) with HOPE Project | With support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is pleased to offer a funding opportunity to help local health departments and their communities support high-risk families that are affected by substance use and overdose by sustaining and expanding existing evidence-based adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) prevention programming. Sites will receive training and individualized technical assistance (TA) to help them infuse the HOPE framework into their current ACEs prevention program’s policies and practices.
  • NACCHO invites interested applicants to participate in an informational webinar on Monday, November 6^th, 2023 from 2:00pm-3:00pm EST. Participants are encouraged to come with any questions they may have regarding this opportunity. This webinar will be recorded and will be posted on NACCHO’s Overdose, Injury, and Violence Prevention webpage. Register for the informational webinar here.
• Funding (due 12/15) – The Bureau of Justice Assistance is announcing a national funding opportunity.
  • The one-year planning initiative is designed for rural justice and public safety practitioners; public health and behavioral health practitioners; city, county, and tribal leaders; and community groups. The planning initiative empowers rural practitioners to build deeper networks, particularly across sectors; adopt bold solutions to the persistent challenge of substance use and misuse in rural communities; and reimagine how diverse systems with different missions can engage with one another to more effectively serve justice[1]involved individuals with substance use or co-occurring disorders.
  • Click on this link for more information: https://bja.ojp.gov/news/apply-participate-reaching-rural-initiative
• Funding (due 12/22) – Policies for Action Effects of State Preemption Policies on Racial Justice and Health Equity
• Funding (due 1/12) – Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program
• Funding (due 1/30) – Environmental Justice Community Innovator Challenge
• Funding (extended through May 31, 2024) – COVID-19 Health Equity and Immunization Funding Opportunity

Webinars, Trainings & Conferences

• Webinar (11/14) – Positioning public health systems as a response to gun violence
• Stakeholder Forum (11/28) – HCPF Stakeholder Forum to Discuss Hospital Community Benefit (HB23-1243) | The Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) is hosting a stakeholder forum on November 28 to solicit feedback on best practices for nonprofit hospitals to ensure diverse input from local community members in determining community priorities and best practices to collaborate and reduce redundant community needs assessments. HCPF is seeking feedback from nonprofit hospitals and health systems, community-based organizations and advocacy groups, local public health agencies, community health care providers, and others interested in hospital community benefit.
• Webinar (12/1) – Black Women Accessing Care Our Way and Being in Charge of Our Health
• Workshop – (12/6 & 12/7) Roundtable on Population Health Improvement will hold a 1.5-day event on Community Safety as a Social Driver of Health. Invited experts will present and engage in discussion about safety and violence and their effects on population health in the United States, about evidence-based strategies for preventing violence and promoting safety across different settings and contexts, and about shifting the narrative about these issues.
• Training – Age-Friendly Public Health Systems (AFPHS) Initiative offers an “AFPHS Champion” designation to empower and encourage more leaders to champion healthy aging. This recognition honors public health professionals who are committed to expanding their knowledge about healthy aging and want to lead their departments and organizations in becoming age-friendly. Anyone can become a Champion! Reaching this status is simple: individuals who attend or view at least six AFPHS monthly trainings will be designated as AFPHS Champions. Visit the AFPHS Recognition Program page for more information.

News & Resources:

• Open Enrollment begins November 1^st, 2023. Open enrollment is the period when individuals who do not have a qualifying life event can make changes to their insurance policy or enroll in new insurance plans. Familiarize yourself and your clients with  Connect for Health Colorado, Colorado’s insurance exchange marketplace. Here, you can review and enroll in private insurance plans, apply for premium subsidies, apply for Medicaid, or find and assister or insurance broker.
• OmniSalud – OmniSalud is a new program that provides undocumented Coloradans with a safe way to compare affordable health insurance plans and enroll on a secure online platform.
• Integrated Care (HB-1302) Update: You can view the recording, slides, framework, and assessment schedule on the 1302 PTO Website: https://bit.ly/3s3tJ2d
• CDC has compiled resources to prepare for flu, COVID-19, and RSV. This webpage features toolkits and resources for a variety of audiences. Current toolkits are tailored toward healthcare providers, older adults, pregnant people, parents, people with disability, and much more. The healthcare provider toolkit is the newest resource, which includes materials on how to talk with patients about flu, COVID-19, and RSV vaccines; print materials for patients, comprehensive clinical guidance, and more.