With demand for community health workers rising, so does need for sustainable funding
Cloe Poisson :: C-HIT.ORG
Millie Landock, Lead Community Health Worker at Project Access New Haven, talks to a client on the phone while doing outreach to connect residents to health providers and social services
New Haven Community Health Worker (CHW) Katia Astudillo helps dozens of her clients navigate the logistics of getting vaccinated and connects them with other health services. She even helps them find rental assistance.
In and around New London, CHW Lizbeth Polo-Smith hands out flyers about COVID-19 safety and vaccinations at churches, laundromats, stores, warming centers for the homeless anywhere she can.
We need an army of community health workers in CT, advocates say, but is their work sustainable?
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Adam Cloud
Adam Cloud is currently the city treasurer, overlooking Hartford’s finances, which have been on shaky ground for years. During the pandemic, Adam has ably guided the city’s Hartford Municipal Employees Retirement Fund (MERF). In fact, in December he announced that MERF exceeded $1.1 billion, the highest level during his 11-year tenure as city treasurer.
Adam has won re-election multiple times, proving some staying power. He was also the first Black man to serve as city treasurer.
But the real Cloud family power stems from the patriarch, Sandy Cloud Jr., a lawyer by trade who became the first Black barrister to work at law firm Robinson+Cole. He also served two terms in the state senate, became an Aetna executive and chaired or served on the boards of UConn Health, the Connecticut Health Foundation, Eversource and MetroHartford Alliance.