Learn MORE with the CORE

This week's episode discusses the new Community Health Workerker program and how they serve the east Texas community. Discussions include what a CHW is and how they provide health knowledge, community referrals, social support, and advocacy to our fellow east Texans as well as, education regarding drug overdose and how the distribution of Naloxone could save a life.  

In this week's episode, we learn about CHC's substance us Prevention Network for Northeast Texas. Program manager Angelica Fuentes sheds light on how PREV-Net differs from the D.A.R.E program by educating individuals on the ways certain substances can affect the body, how relationships can be affected by addiction, etc. 

This week's episode features Trisha Thompson, one of CHC's licensed chemical dependency counselors.  Mrs. Thompson discusses the different services provided for those struggling with substance abuse while also answering and debunking common stigmas about the SUD community. 

This week's episode features Chesley Knowles CHC's housing and veterans services program manager. Mrs. Knowles sheds light on securing housing for our clients, some of the barriers for the unhoused community, and how education can affect how we assist our unhoused populations. Overall, this episode hopes to answer the questions of how easy it is for people to become unhoused and what services they would benefit from with enough funding.  

This week's episode focuses on getting to know the CHC staff, where we sit down and discuss our professional's journey to Community Healthcore and all that they've learned along the way. The topic is self-compassion with a 14-year veteran of Community Healthcore who gives us first-hand examples of how to become more empathetic with ourselves. 

In this week's episode, you will hear from CHC's Director of Nursing & Crisis Services and her roles and experience in understanding the links between an individual's mind and body in her 42 years of nursing. The discussion sheds light on mental and physical health relying heavily on each other, and how community networking provides healthier outcomes for ETX citizens. 

This week on learning more with the core you will hear from CHC's children's mental health program manager Stacey Manning, and how she maintains a level of care for youth in Carthage, Henderson, Marshall, and many more ETX communities. She also discusses how when working with children it is not always only about the child but the family as a whole. 

In this week's episode, you will learn about CHC's administrative side and how our programs receive funding. Mrs. Cravey discusses the ends and outs of the grant process and how new programs are created according to strategic planning and research. 

In this week's episode, we learn about CHC's FEP program from program manager Renee Scherer. You will learn not only about what services are provided within the program, but also what psychosis is. 

In this week's episode, we learn about CHC's YES program and what a day in the life of program manager Genie Jackson is like. You can expect to learn about how Genie and her team provide wrap-around services for children and their families, along with the "success" rate for the program.