LACHON has worked closely with our program and provided excellent training on PEP/PREP usage, HIV 101, strategies for making effective referrals, how to set professional boundaries while conducting outreach, both verbal and non-verbal communication and active listening. Training LACHON offers CHW training on Core Competencies and other health related topics. Core Competencies are the knowledge and skills a person needs in order to do his or her job well.

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See LACHON in Action Take a look at what we have coming up! Please reach out with any questions regarding upcoming events. LACHON Virtual Training Louisiana Community Health Outreach Network and LSU Health Sciences offer a 40-hour virtual training for Organizations that are in need of having individuals trained as CHWs in the state of Louisiana. Membership in LACHON is open to anyone who works as a paid or volunteer community health workers, as well as any other professionals who support community health worker.

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Like most associations, LACHON asks members to invest in the organization. Membership dues for LACHON are $60 per year; the monthly plan allows members to pay over the course of the year - $5 per month. LACHON wants to make ... LACHON Board & Staff, 2025 Meet Our Board Members Yolanda Michelle Criss is a Louisiana native. She is married to Dallas Criss Sr.

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and is the mother of one son, Dallas Criss Jr. She graduated from Scotlandville Magnet High School in 1984 and continued her education at Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Safe Spaces Project: Community-Partnered Participatory Research to Address Interpersonal Violence in New Orleans For more information, contact Ashley Wennerstrom (awenners@tulane.edu) This is a research poster representing a study by Tulane University and LACHON that discusses issues related to experiences of interpersonal violence, the prevention of interpersonal violence, and its ... LACHON members and staff have decades of experience developing and carrying out service and research, so our expertise can help ensure that partnered work is effective and meaningful. 10. Co-leadership – LACHON staff or members should be offered opportunities to co-lead service and research projects with partner organizations.