Building Systems to Sustain Home-Based Asthma Services
Financing Healthy Homes Services
Building Systems to Sustain Home-Based Asthma Services
These eleven eLearning modules are intended to equip staff in public health agencies, state asthma control programs, state Medicaid agencies, and other housing and health organizations with information about how to build the systems, infrastructure and financing to put home-based asthma services in place in their own states, communities or regions.
Course Content
Includes 42 lessons | 145 activities | Certificate
- Label
- Welcome to Building Systems to Sustain Home-Base...
- Intake Assessment (revised 2021)
- If at any time you need extra assistance, there ...
- News forum
- ELEARNING PACKAGE:
- Module 0. Building Systems Sustain Home-Based Asthma Services: An Introduction
- KEY READINGS AND RESOURCES:
- Unlocking the Power of Home-Based Asthma Services: Model Health Benefit Packages
- Module 0 URL Resources
- ELEARNING PACKAGE:
- Module 1. Overview of Sustainable Financing
- KEY READINGS AND RESOURCES:
- Medicaid: A Primer – Key Information on the Nation’s Health Coverage Program for Low-Income People
- Pathways to Reimbursement: Understanding and Expanding Medicaid Services in Your State
- Affordable Housing’s Place in Health Care: Opportunities Created by the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Reform
- Healthcare Financing of Healthy Homes Services Resource Library
- Sustainable Financing for Asthma Education and Home Environmental Trigger Remediation: Lessons Learned from the Field
- Advancing the Role of Community Health Workers: Engaging State Medicaid Offices to Develop State Plan Amendments Regarding the Preventative Services Rule Change
- Medicaid Coverage of Guidelines-Based Asthma Care Across 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, 2021-22
- Health Services Initiatives: Using a CHIP State Plan Option to Address Asthma Among Children in Low-Income Households
- EXHALE: A Technical Package to Control Asthma
- CMCS Informational Bulletin: Coverage of Services and Supports to Address Health-Related Social Needs in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (Nov. 2023)
- CMCS Informational Bulletin: Coverage of Services and Supports to Address Health-Related Social Needs in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (Dec. 2024))
- CMCS Informational Bulletin: Rescission of Guidance on Health-Related Social Needs (March 2025)
- CHCS Policy Cheat Sheet: Using In Lieu of Services to Address Health-Related Social Needs: Upshots from the Recent Federal Rule
- Addressing the full costs for delivering asthma home visiting services
- Module 1 URL Resources
- ELEARNING PACKAGE:
- Module 2. Making the Business Case
- KEY READINGS AND RESOURCES:
- EPA's Value Proposition Tool
- CDC's Chronic Disease Calculator
- Investing in Best Practices for Asthma: A Business Case
- Health Investments That Pay Off: Strategies for Addressing Asthma in Children
- WebMD Insurance Directory
- Boston Asthma Home Visit Collaborative
- Asthma Resource Center for Implementing CDC’s 6|18 Initiative
- The Medicaid Return on Investment Template
- Asthma Mitigation Project: Final Evaluation Report
- Module 2 URL Resources
- ELEARNING PACKAGE:
- Module 3. Adapting Systems for Sustainability
- KEY READINGS AND RESOURCES:
- Helping Communities and States Spread and Scale Up Integrated, Place-Based Initiatives for Children
- Healthcare Financing of Healthy Homes Services Resource Library
- Ballotpedia's State Legislative Scorecards
- Community Asthma Initiative: Program Replication Manual
- Medicaid Quality Reporting | Georgia Department of Community Health
- Economic Evidence for US Asthma Self-Management Education and Home-Based Interventions
- Module 3 URL Resources
- ELEARNING PACKAGE:
- Module 4. Client Referral and Eligibility
- KEY READINGS AND RESOURCES:
- Case Studies in Healthcare Financing of Healthy Homes Services
- Investing in Best Practices for Asthma: A Business Case
- Health Insurance Plan Strategies for Managing Asthma and Reducing Exposure to Environmental Triggers
- Outreach Flyers
- Enrollment Tools
- Module 4 URL Resources
- ELEARNING PACKAGE:
- Module 5. Developing the Scope of Services
- KEY READINGS AND RESOURCES:
- Asthma Community Network
- American Lung Association; Courses
- Case Studies in Healthcare Financing of Healthy Homes Services
- MA DPH Asthma Prevention and Control Program | CHW-led Asthma Home Visiting
- Asthma Home-Based Services Toolkit
- Boston Children’s Hospital Community Asthma Initiative Program Replication Manual
- Asthma Home Visits: The Three-Visit Model
- A How-to Guide on the Implementation of the CHAMPS Intervention
- Better Home Visits for Asthma Lessons Learned from the Seattle–King County Asthma Program
- Asthma Home Environment Checklist
- Home Characteristics and Asthma Triggers: Checklist for Home Visitors
- Seattle-King County Home Environment Checklist
- NEEF's Environmental Intervention Guidelines and Patient Handouts Packet
- Module 5 URL Resources
- ELEARNING PACKAGE:
- Module 6. Assembling a Qualified Workforce
- KEY READINGS AND RESOURCES:
- Asthma Community Network; CHW section
- Asthma Community Network; Community Health Workers Podcast
- Asthma Community Network; Podcast: The Role of CHWs in Asthma Control
- American Lung Association; Courses
- National Healthy Homes Training Center and Network
- Case Studies in Healthcare Financing of Healthy Homes Services
- Community Health Workers: Health System Integration, Financing Opportunities, and the Evolving Role of the Community Health Worker in a Post-Health Reform Landscape
- Community Health Workers: Delivering Home-Based Asthma Services
- Community Health Workers: Key Partners in Improving Children’s Health and Eliminating Inequities
- Community Health Worker Impact Estimator Tool: Childhood Asthma
- Medical Billing Codes
- Statewide Community Health Worker (CHW) Certification
- Asthma Education for the Community Health Worker (CHW)
- Building CHW Capacity: Meeting Recordings
- Home Characteristics and Asthma Triggers Checklist and Training for Home Visitors: Making Homes Healthier
- Community Health Worker Asthma Training: Remote Visits Guidance
- Module 6 URL Resources
- ELEARNING PACKAGE:
- Module 7. Selecting Supplies and Ancillary Services
- KEY READINGS AND RESOURCES:
- asthma & allergy friendly™ Certification Program
- Example Supplies List | Boston Asthma Home Visiting Collaborative
- Example Supplies List | Children's Mercy Kansas City
- Example Supplies List | Multnomah County, Oregon
- Reducing Environmental Triggers of Asthma (RETA) in Homes of Minnesota Children
- Example Supplies List | NEAIC
- Tenant Protections
- Financial Help for Home Repairs
- Air Cleaners for Asthma Programs
- Module 7 URL Resources
- ELEARNING PACKAGE:
- Module 8. Connecting and Collaborating for Sustainability
- KEY READINGS AND RESOURCES:
- Asthma Community Network
- Healthcare Financing Resource Library
- Partnership Checklist
- Asthma Coalitions List
- Example Partnership Matrix
- EXHALE: A Technical Package to Control Asthma
- Module 8 URL Resources
- ELEARNING PACKAGE:
- Module 9. Program Evaluation and Reporting
- KEY READINGS AND RESOURCES:
- CDC Program Evaluation Framework
- Logic Model Development Guide
- Additional Evaluation Resources from CDC
- Additional Logic Model Resources
- Michigan’s Managing Asthma Through Case Management in Homes (MATCH) Program: Evaluation Outcomes and Sustainability Success
- Examples of Data Collection Tools to Assess Asthma Control
- Asthma Mitigation Project: Final Evaluation Report (copy)
- Module 9 URL Resources
- ELEARNING PACKAGE:
- Module 10. Incorporating Virtual Visits into Home-Based Asthma Services
- KEY READINGS AND RESOURCES:
- Strategies for Continuing Healthy Homes Activities While Social Distancing
- Telehealth & Implications for Asthma Care Coverage in Medicaid
- GHHI's Virtual Healthy Homes Toolkit
- Example Virtual Visit Consent and Release Form Central California Asthma Collaborative)
- Virtual Visit Guide (Central California Asthma Collaborative)
- Template Documenting Asthma Telehealth Encounter (University of Missouri, Columbia (MU))
- Community Health Worker Asthma Training: Remote Visits Guidance
- PRESENTATION PACKAGE:
- Video: Building Healthy Indoor Environments with Healthcare
- YouTube Access: Building Healthy Indoor Environments with Healthcare
- Slides: Building Healthy Indoor Environments with Healthcare
- Transcript: Building Healthy Indoor Environments with Healthcare
- KEY READINGS AND RESOURCES: (copy)
- Healthcare Financing of Healthy Homes Services Resource Library
- AsthmaCommunityNetwork: Financing In-Home Asthma Care
- PRESENTATION PACKAGE: (copy)
- Racism, Housing, and Asthma: A Conversation (Session Recording)
- Racism, Housing, and Asthma: A Conversation (Session Slides)
- KEY READINGS AND RESOURCES:
- Racism, Housing, and Asthma: A Conversation (Resource List)
- SELF-STUDY TA RESOURCES AND ACTIVITIES:
- Assessing the Landscape: Understanding Home-Based Asthma Services in Your Community
- Landscape Matrix | Financing Opportunities
- Example Partnership Matrix
- Formalizing Partner Relationships: Sample Agreements
- Partnership Checklist
- Client Identification and Eligibility: Sample Report Specifications to Identify Eligible Clients
- Fact Sheet Development, Part 1: Making the General Case for Home-Based Asthma Services
- Fact Sheet Development, Part 2: Making the Case for a Specific Home-Based Asthma Program or Service
- Promoting Sustainable Financing: Understanding the Costs of Your Home-Based Asthma Services
- Unlocking the Power of Home-Based Asthma Services: Model Health Benefit Packages
- PRESENTATION PACKAGE:
- Mini-Module. Partnering with the Energy Sector
- Slides: Why Partner with Energy Stakeholders and Programs?
- KEY READINGS AND RESOURCES:
- Occupant Health Benefits of Residential Energy Efficiency
- Home Rx: The Health Benefits of Home Performance – A Review of the Current Evidence
- National Association for State Community Services Programs (NASCSP)
- Selected examples of collaboration
- Weatherization Barriers Toolkit
- PRESENTATION PACKAGE:
- Mini-Module. Proactively Preparing for Funding Opportunities
- Slides: Funding Success
- KEY READINGS AND RESOURCES:
- EPA graphic: Financing In-Home Asthma Care
- PRESENTATION PACKAGE:
- Mini-Module. Social Media and Social Networks
- Slides: Social Media and Social Networks
- KEY READINGS AND RESOURCES:
- Glossary
- URL Resources | All Modules Separate
- URL Resources | All Modules Combined
- Follow-up Assessment (revised 2021)
- Course Completion Certificate