Prisma Health-PASOs

Organization type: Community-based organization
Project health topic(s): Perinatal health, high-need/high-cost service utilization
Number of CHWs supported: 1
SC region(s) served: Midlands (Richland County)
Participants served: Latino individuals and families, including pregnant women, children from birth to five, and uninsured adults, with a focus in 29201, 29203 and 29204

Services provided:

Provide culturally tailored education, health system navigation, and resource connections to uninsured Latino families.
Conduct outreach, facilitate workshops, and organize community health events.
Collaborate with schools, clinics, and healthcare partners to expand access to perinatal and primary care services.
Assist participants with insurance enrollment, financial assistance applications, and access to safety net healthcare programs.

Impact:

Projected to serve 400 individuals annually. Their CHW began in November 2024, successfully completing training and orientation. Since then they completed 111 encounters with 44 unique patients, and all 111 encounters were successfully closed.
The PASOs CHW plays an important role in supporting social workers and nurses with patients who were recently discharged and managing various chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension, and end-stage renal disease.
Many of these participants needed help with financial assistance (such as applications for medication assistance or Medicaid), but also accessing specialty care and food. The CHW pointed out that helping with financial assistance also helps relieve the participants’ anxiety and stress.