CHEER is seeking a bi-lingual (Spanish - English) community health manager (part time) with leadership and management experience to manage the day to day activities of part time community health workers and community outreach specialists in Long Branch and Takoma Park. Qualifications: Management experience in community health Excellent organizational ability Experience working with health promotion in community settings. Excellent interpersonal communication skills in English and Spanish Enthusiasm and commitment for making Takoma Park/Long Branch a great community The position requires 20 to 24 hours per week and will be compensated at $22 to $28 per hour depending on experience level. Thi
Affordable housing was on the agenda for the Takoma Park City Council meeting on November 16. Modifications of the rent stabilization code proposed by the Renters Protection Group this past summer was one of the items discussed. The group’s proposals increase scrutiny and accountability for exemptions to rent stabilization exemptions. Since October of 2015 CHEER has facilitated Renters Protection Meetings to provide a forum for renters to share information, discuss best practices, and advocate for changes to ensure that affordable housing in Takoma Park remains affordable. The Renters Protection Group had several meetings, including a question and answer session with the City’s Director of H
This is a guest blog post by Romina Da Costa, PhD candidate in Education at the University of Maryland. Rosina recently visited two Coffee Coverstion sessions. For more information on CHEER's Coffee Conversation program, please visit: http://www.communitycheer.org/coffee-conversations. The two sessions I observed were part of CHEER’s relatively new partnership with Montgomery County to promote food security. Currently, Montgomery County is drafting its first comprehensive food security plan, and the county reached out to CHEER in order to help draft this plan alongside the local community, assessing community needs and the effectiveness of programs that are already in place. The goal is to r
None of us intends to get sick or to have an accident, but all of us need medical care at some point. Without health insurance, the costs of medical care, hospitalization, emergency medicines and other health treatment related costs would be too high and we would always be at risk of serious financial problems. With health insurance, most health care costs are covered and we (and our families) can be, in a way, financially protected from the high costs of medical services (and going into bankruptcy due to them – as happened with many American families in the past.) Additionally, having health insurance give us the freedom to better manage our own health. Preventive services such as annual do
