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Accomplishments and Awards
The National CHR Education Conference, Celebrating 40 Years as the Foundation of Care in Native Communities held July 28-31, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The theme of the conference was CHRs Make A Difference. The following individuals and groups were recognized by the IHS National CHR Program.
Mary Alice Trapp, RN at the Native WEB Native American Programs at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester MN, received a national award from the IHS Headquarters CHR Program.
It is with great pride that the IHS National Community Health Program recognizes the Blackfeet Tribe’s CHR Program for its exemplary service to patients and community through collaboration and partnerships.
It is with heartfelt gratitude that the IHS National Community Health Representatives
(CHR)
Program recognizes Angel
Flight for its exemplary service
to patients and
American
Indian/Alaska Native
(AI/AN) patients and
communities.
Please, Please, Please send any comments, suggestions or errors (as well as ANY compliments) that you find to us
History and Background
It is generally accepted that the CHR program began in 1968, but the CHR program was not a creation of the Indian Health Service.Read more about the history of CHR ››
Training Update
Email sent out on November 17,2008
Greetings all. IHS HQ CHR Program is updating the way in which we train CHR Basic this year. We will conduct only 2 (two) CHR Basic courses during FY 2009. One of those will be a traditional two-week classroom setting and the other will be blended education – a combination of online modules and traditional classroom setting.
Read MoreWhat Can One CHR Program Do?
Energy drinks regulated in Montana thanks to efforts of Blackfeet CHRs
This is the group of state legislators, Governor Brian Schweitzer and the
Blackfeet CHRs who, together, created one of the first set of laws in the United
States, regulating the sale of energy drinks. Photo by John McGill
"The Blackfeet Community Health Representatives (CHRs) did an amazing job of identifying an issue that's real in our community," said Montana Rep. Shannon Augare last week. The local legislator was referring to SB-438, a senate bill regulating the sale and distribution of energy drinks, one created and made possible through the efforts of the Blackfeet CHR program. Read Full Story ››
Please send stories with pictures to dione.harjo@ihs.gov for consideration to be included on the National IHS CHR Webpage for what your CHR program is doing.
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