Healthy Start TASC

Equity Culture LAB
2024-05-28 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York)
Please join the Healthy Start TA & Support Center’s (TASC) for the third session in the Equity Culture LAB. The Equity Culture Lab is focused on equity culture, including the language we use and strategies we employ to foster a culture of equity. Equity LAB participants will be asked to bring a current equity challenge or problem to the group. During the session, the group will work on dissecting, researching, hypothesizing, and then conducting small tests of change associated with their individual topics.

Equity Tools & Strategies Lab #3
2024-05-29 10:00 - 17:00
Please join the Healthy Start TA & Support Center’s (TASC) for the third session in the Tools & Strategies Equity LAB. The Tools & Strategies Equity Lab is focused on learning and sharing different equity tools and strategies. Equity LAB participants will be asked to bring a current equity challenge or problem to the group. During the session, the group will work on dissecting, researching, hypothesizing, and then conducting small tests of change associated with their individual topics.

CAN to Consortium Webinar
2024-05-30 15:00 - 16:30
Please join the Healthy Start TA & Support Center (TASC) for a webinar on Thursday, May 30 from 3-4:30 pm ET focused on the transition from the Community Action Network (CAN) to the Consortium. In the previous Healthy Start grant cycle (2019-2024), grantees were required to have a Community Action Network (CAN). In this new Healthy Start grant cycle (2024-2029), grantees are required to have a Community Consortium. This webinar will discuss the shift to the Consortium and explore strategies to engage community partners in the Consortium.

FY2024-2029 Healthy Start Grantee Kick-off
2024-06-04 13:00 - 15:00

Healthy Start Hub & Website Launch Party!
2024-06-06 15:00 - 16:00
To celebrate the launch of the website and Hub, the TASC will be hosting a Launch Party webinar on Thursday, June 6 from 3-4 pm ET. During this webinar, we will highlight pieces of the new website and the Hub, demonstrate how you can maximize the benefits of both sites and answer any questions. Click here or use the button below to register. We look forward to seeing you there, and celebrating these exciting new resources. If you have any questions about the website, Hub, and Launch Party, please email healthystart@nichq.org.

Fatherhood Talk Tuesday
2024-06-11 15:00 - 16:30
On Tuesday, June 11th from 3-4:30, the Healthy Start TA & Support Center will be hosting our monthly Fatherhood Talk Tuesday. We will be joined by Dr. Jeffrey Johnson of the National Partnership for Community Leadership (NPCL) where he and Kenn Harris will discuss their much-anticipated mentoring program that will be launching later this year. We will also be spotlighting one of our grantee Fatherhood Coordinators, Mr. Onaje Muid, who plays an integral role at the Foundation for Delaware County’s Fatherhood Program. This will be a great opportunity to gain insight into the successes and challenges that grantees face while supporting our fathers enrolled in the Healthy Start program.
We encourage all staff to attend and participate in our conversation, but especially fatherhood coordinators and staff that specifically work with fathers. We hope you can join us for a great conversation!

Data Collection Forms Webinar
2024-06-13 14:00 - 15:30
On behalf of the Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services (DHSPS), the Healthy Start TA & Support Center (TASC) is hosting a Healthy Start Data Collection Forms training on Thursday, June 13 from 2-3:30 pm ET. During this training, staff from DHSPS will discuss the implementation of the revised data collection forms for the 2024-2029 grant cycle. We strongly encourage the following staff members to attend: Healthy Start data managers, case management supervisors, and any staff responsible for training others to collect data using the forms.

Sustainability Learning Lab Session #2
2024-06-17 14:00 - 15:15
The Sustainability Learning Lab, in partnership with Brenda Blasingame, Principal and Founder of Vav Amani Consulting LLC, will provide an opportunity for Healthy Start sites to engage in a cycle of reflection and practice on sustainability through:

Learning – participants will exchange knowledge with peers and subject matter experts
Planning – participants will tailor their sustainability plan to their local context
Applying Real-time Approaches – participants will draft and implement sustainability action plans
Analysis and Assessment of Approaches – participants will evaluate the implementation of action plans and identify lessons learned

The second session on June 17th will focus on the “Right People, Culture, and Systems.”
This is a closed group.

Equity Culture LAB Session #4
2024-06-25 13:00 - 14:30
The Equity LAB is a learning community where information can be deposited, developed, and (re)directed. The Equity LAB is an opportunity to collaborate in a group learning format and will include knowledge transfer, communal interactions, synergy, and testing.
LAB stands for … Learning, Analyzing, and Beta Testing
This final session of the Equity Culture LAB on June 25th will debut all the progress and work made by the LAB partners, and plans to move their projects along in their Healthy Start community.
This is a closed group.

Equity Tools & Strategies LAB Session #4
2024-06-26 13:00 - 14:30
The Equity LAB is a learning community where information can be deposited, developed, and (re)directed. The Equity LAB is an opportunity to collaborate in a group learning format and will include knowledge transfer, communal interactions, synergy, and testing.
LAB stands for … Learning, Analyzing, and Beta Testing
This final session of the Equity Culture LAB on June 26th will debut all the progress and work made by the LAB partners, and plans to move their projects along in their Healthy Start community.
This is a closed group.

Sustainability Learning Lab Session #3
2024-07-15 14:00 - 15:15
The Sustainability Learning Lab, in partnership with Brenda Blasingame, Principal and Founder of Vav Amani Consulting LLC, will provide an opportunity for Healthy Start sites to engage in a cycle of reflection and practice on sustainability through:

Learning – participants will exchange knowledge with peers and subject matter experts
Planning – participants will tailor their sustainability plan to their local context
Applying Real-time Approaches – participants will draft and implement sustainability action plans
Analysis and Assessment of Approaches – participants will evaluate the implementation of action plans and identify lessons learned

The third session on July 15th will focus on the “Strong Partnerships, Community Engagement and Champions.”
This is a closed group.

Networking Café: TASC Online Courses
2024-07-16 12:00 - 13:30
Please join the Healthy Start TA & Support Center (TASC) for the TASC Online Courses Networking Café on Tuesday, July 16 from 12-1:30 pm ET. The goal of this Networking Café is to gather input from Healthy Start staff to inform the development of online courses on the TASC’s new engagement platform, the Healthy Start Hub. We will provide an overview of the Community Health Worker Course on the Hub and facilitate a discussion around how to make future online courses impactful, accessible, engaging, and enriching for grantees. This Networking Café is open to all Healthy Start staff. We especially encourage those who have taken the Community Health Worker course in the past to join.
To register for this Networking Café, please click here. We look forward to seeing you on July 16! If you have any questions in the meantime, please email healthystart@nichq.org.

Networking Café: COVID Stories
2024-07-22 12:00 - 13:00
Please join the Healthy Start TA & Support Center for the COVID Stories Networking Café on Monday, July 22 from 12-1 pm ET. This Networking Café is part of an exciting new project where the TASC is working to capture Healthy Start Project Directors’ COVID stories and share those experiences with the broader MCH community. This Networking Cafe will provide an opportunity for grantees to meet the creative team driving this project and help inform the process for gathering these stories (e.g., surveys, interviews). Join in the conversation to help us think through the best strategy to share the Healthy Start experience during COVID! To register for this Networking Café, please click here.

Sustainability Learning Lab Session #4
2024-08-05 14:00 - 15:15
The Sustainability Learning Lab, in partnership with Brenda Blasingame, Principal and Founder of Vav Amani Consulting LLC, will provide an opportunity for Healthy Start sites to engage in a cycle of reflection and practice on sustainability through:

Learning – participants will exchange knowledge with peers and subject matter experts
Planning – participants will tailor their sustainability plan to their local context
Applying Real-time Approaches – participants will draft and implement sustainability action plans
Analysis and Assessment of Approaches – participants will evaluate the implementation of action plans and identify lessons learned

The fourth session on August 5th will focus on the “Sustainability Through Outcomes.”
This is a closed group.

Community Consortia Plan Kick-off Webinar
2024-09-18 14:00 - 15:30
On behalf of the Division of Healthy Start & Perinatal Services (DHSPS), the Healthy Start TA & Support Center (TASC) is hosting the Community Consortium Plan Kick-off Webinar on Wednesday, September 18 from 2-3:30 pm ET. As part of the 2024-2029 grant cycle, Healthy Start grantees must collaborate with their Community Consortium to create a community-driven action plan to address the factors and conditions beyond clinical care that contribute to disparities in perinatal outcomes. These plans should be based upon results of a community needs assessment and environmental scan that identifies and prioritizes SDOH causes of disparities in perinatal outcomes in the project area, and should describe strategic partnerships and strategies to address the “upstream factors” and unique social and structural determinants of health (SDOH) contributing to disparities in perinatal outcomes within the project area.
During this webinar, TASC and DHSPS staff will discuss the NOFO requirements for the Community Consortium plan and share available resources and support to help your program in the planning process. Consortia leaders and Project Directors are encouraged to attend this webinar. Each project may also invite up to two consortia members.

Quarterly Healthy Start Enhanced Webinar
2024-10-09 14:30 - 16:00
This is a closed group.

Quarterly Catalyst Webinar
2024-10-16 13:00 - 14:30

Networking Cafe: Community Consortium Plan
2024-10-29 15:00 - 16:00
Please join the Healthy Start TA & Support Center (TASC) for the Community Consortium Plan Networking Café on Tuesday, October 29 from 3-4 pm ET. This Networking Café is designed to support Healthy Start grantees as they move through the community consortium planning process. During this Networking Café, the TASC team will provide a level-setting overview of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), then grantees will have the opportunity to discuss the various elements of the community consortium plan and any challenges or successes that they have experienced so far in the planning process.

Healthy Start Evaluation Webinar 1: Engaging People with Lived Experience in the Community Consortium
2024-11-06 14:00 - 15:00
Please join the Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services (DHSPS), in partnership with Westat, the Healthy Start evaluation contractor for Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), for two Healthy Start evaluation webinars.
The first webinar, Engaging People with Lived Experience in the Community Consortium, will take place on Wednesday, November 6 from 2-3 p.m. ET. The goal of this webinar is to provide a resource for grantees to describe the performance measure on engaging people with lived experience in the Community Consortium. Grantees must report this performance measure in the annual Non-Competing Continuation (NCC) progress report. Westat will present the spectrum of engagement as a strategy and share tools to plan, assess, and document progress on the meaningful engagement of people with lived experience for continuous quality improvement.

Healthy Start Evaluation Webinar 2: Engaging Community Members in Data-Related Decisions
2024-11-13 15:00 - 16:00
Please join the Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services (DHSPS), in partnership with Westat, the Healthy Start evaluation contractor for Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), for two Healthy Start evaluation webinars.
The second webinar, Engaging Community Members in Data-Related Decisions, will take place on Wednesday, November 13 from 3-4 p.m. ET. The goal of this webinar is to provide a resource for Healthy Start grantees to describe the performance measure on engaging community members in the process of data collection, analysis, and reporting. Grantees must report this performance measure in the annual Non-Competing Continuation (NCC) progress report. Westat will review approaches to support data equity and will share examples of activities in the different phases of the data life cycle to engage community members in data-related projects.

Community Consortium Plan Office Hours
2024-11-18 10:00 - 11:00
Seeking guidance and support as you develop your community consortium plan? If so, please join the Healthy Start TA & Support Center (TASC) on Monday, November 18 from 10-11 am ET for Community Consortium Plan Office Hours. TASC consultants Calondra Tibbs and Piia Brown will be available during this time to answer questions, provide guidance, and discuss elements of the community consortium plan.
If you need support on your community consortium plan and are unable to join the Office Hours, please feel free to submit a TA request.

Conversations with the Division
2024-11-20 14:00 - 16:30
Please join the Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services (DHSPS) for Conversations with the Division on Wednesday, November 20 from 2-4:30 p.m. EST. During this webinar, DHSPS staff will share key updates and information for Healthy Start grantees.
The Division wants to hear from you! Are there any topics that you hope to be covered at Conversations with the Division? Do you have any specific questions that you hope to have addressed at Conversations with the Division? If you have any topics or questions you’d like to mention to the Division, please send them to healthystart@nichq.org by EOD Wednesday, November 13.

Community Consortium Plan Q&A Session
2025-01-08 12:00 - 13:30
Please join the Healthy Start TA & Support Center for our Community Consortium Plan Q&A Session on Wednesday, January 8 from 12-1:30 p.m. EST. During this session, grantees will hear from the TASC’s review team, who will discuss trends and tips from their review process. We will then review SDOH and the intent of Consortiums to move work upstream. Finally, grantees will have an opportunity to ask questions about their plans.

Fatherhood Talk Tuesday
2025-01-14 15:00 - 16:30
Please join the Healthy Start TA & Support Center for Fatherhood Talk Tuesday on Tuesday, January 14 from 3-4:30 p.m. EST. During this session, Dr. Amina Alio will address the inclusion of fatherhood in the MCH program space, focusing on challenges and strategies of engaging dads.

Group-Based Education (GBE) Webinar Series: Part 1
2025-05-29 13:30 - 15:00
On behalf of the Division of Healthy Start & Perinatal Services (DHSPS), the Healthy Start TA & Support Center (TASC) is hosting a three-part Group Based-Education (GBE) Webinar Series to disseminate effective and innovative strategies to Healthy Start grantees. The series will feature representatives of model GBE programs as well as grantees who have successfully implemented GBE programs.

Group-Based Education (GBE) Webinar Series: Part 2
2025-06-05 13:30 - 15:00

Group-Based Education (GBE) Webinar Series: Part 3
2025-06-12 13:30 - 15:00

Understanding Community Consortia Training
2025-08-27 14:30 - 16:30
Please join the Healthy Start TA & Support Center (TASC) on Wednesday, August 27 from 2:30-4:30 pm ET for the Understanding Community Consortia Training.
During this training, Calondra Tibbs, CEO of Trifecta Advising and Consortium Subject Matter Expert for the TASC, will discuss how collaborative partnerships between community members, organizations, and other local stakeholders can drive meaningful change on shared community issues like increasing access to essential services and building stronger local networks. Whether you’re new to consortia work or looking to strengthen your approach, this session will provide valuable insights and practical guidance. To register for the Understanding Community Consortia Training, please visit the Healthy Start Hub.
The Understanding Community Consortia Training will be a prerequisite for the upcoming Advancing Community Consortia Community of Practice (CoP). As a reminder, participation in the Advancing Community Consortia CoP is a mandatory requirement for all Healthy Start projects. The Healthy Start TASC will run multiple cohorts of the CoP to ensure that all projects have a chance to participate. To learn more about the Advancing Community Consortia CoP and register to participate, please click here.

Strengthening Participation and Retention in Group-based Education
2025-09-17 11:00 - 12:00
Please join the Healthy Start TA & Support Center (TASC) on Wednesday, September 17 from 11:00 am – 12 pm ET for the Strengthening Participation and Retention in Group-based Education.
Dr. Ebony Carter from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and community collaborator Cheron Phillips will discuss the foundational work their team has done around group-based care. The session will surface the building blocks of what makes a group effective, including facilitation, participant engagement, retention, and creating value in the first session, while also sharing early findings on recruitment and participant experiences.
Presenters will highlight lessons that Healthy Start sites can use to implement and sustain group-based education, including approaches that strengthen peer support, encourage active participation, and align community partnerships with care delivery systems. This session is designed to provide practical insights that grantees can apply directly to their own group-based efforts.

2025 Annual Healthy Start All-Grantee Meeting
2025-09-24 07:30 - 2025-09-27 12:00
Access the agenda here.
