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Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Training Programs 

Educational activities targeted for eligible HCBS sites are offered both virtually and in-person. Online activities are designed to allow learners to complete a training at their own pace. In some cases, learners must also complete a program evaluation. A valid email address and a professional identification or license number (driver’s license, state ID, employee ID, health license, etc.) are needed in order to create a user account.

The Home and Community-Based Services funding specifically supports healthcare paraprofessionals offering direct care to individuals in an eligible home and community-based setting. Healthcare paraprofessionals include certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs), Community Healthcare Workers, Behavior Technicians, Direct Support Professionals (DSPs), and qualified mental health professionals (QMHP), etc. However, licensed clinical healthcare professionals such as Social Workers, Nurses, Pharmacists, Physicians, Physician Assistants (PAs), and licensed Mental Health Counselors are not eligible. Licensed clinical healthcare professionals are entitled to free CE credits for the Community First Responders Program for Health Care. 

If your organization is interested in Mental Health First Aid Training, please contact MJ Kanaczet, Director of Healthcare Workforce Development at mj@uri.edu or 401.874.2615. 

Questions about accessing educational content should be directed to Haitao Wang, Graduate Student Program Administrator at healthcareworkforce-group@uri.edu.

Trainings

HCBS Overdose Response Training

Become a Community First Responder! The HCBS workforce has direct access to patients and others in their homes or community settings which increases the likelihood of exposure to a person experiencing an overdose. This program will increase knowledge about the opioid epidemic, the ability to respond appropriately in an overdose situation, and provide training about how to administer naloxone. This one hour-long training is targeted towards paraprofessionals in the HCBS sector. Upon completion of the educational activity, learners should follow the Instructions at the conclusion of the program to complete a program evaluation to claim CE credits.

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Programa Comunitario de Primeros Auxilios: HCBS Respuesta a Sobredosis (Español)

Dado que la fuerza laboral de HCBS tiene acceso directo a los pacientes y otras personas en sus hogares o entornos comunitarios, este programa aumentará su conocimiento sobre la epidemia de opioides, su capacidad para responder adecuadamente en una situación de sobredosis y brindará capacitación sobre cómo administrar naloxona. Los módulos existentes se complementarán con una capacitación de una hora recientemente desarrollada dirigida a paraprofesionales en el sector HCBS.

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Social Determinants of Health

The health of an individual or a community is about much more than fighting disease or infection. Our overall health is determined, in part, by access to social and economic opportunities, such as the level of education or economic standing of a community, and the resources and supports available in our homes, neighborhoods, and local governments. Improving these social determinants of health is key to “Building a Culture of Health” in Rhode Island. Several recorded presentations on this topic are available. Click on this tile and scroll down, and select the “recorded presentations” tab to learn.

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Health System Transformation Concepts

Aiming to enhance health care professionals’ knowledge of health system science and promote understanding of health system transformation concepts, this series of educational webinars focuses on such topics as alternative payment models, team-based care, virtual health care and more. This program does not provide CE credits.

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MedTech Program

This non-credit course is designed to meet the requirements of Section R23-17.9 Rules and Regulations Pertaining to RI Certificates of Registration for Medication Aides, Rhode Island Department of Health. This course is offered to licensed CNAs at eligible RI Department of Health facilities in cooperation with the URI Office of Strategic Initiatives, URI College of Pharmacy, and the RI Department of Health. This program is funded by a Real Jobs RI partnership grant.

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Mental Health First Aid

Mental Health First Aid is designed to help people recognize the symptoms of emerging mental illnesses or to assist those people experiencing a mental health crisis. Interested HCBS Paraprofessionals should complete the inquiry form to be notified of future trainings. You will receive an email once a date has been scheduled. The training is available upon request to workplaces. To request training, please email your name, employer and position title to us at healthcareworkforce-group@uri.edu and we will be in touch!

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RI-INBRE Workforce Development and Training Program

The RI-INBRE Workforce Development and Training Program is thrilled to announce that it is scheduled from May 20, 2024, to July 26, 2024. The WDT program was created in 2023 to provide hands-on biomedical training for students by capitalizing on RI-INBRE’s well-equipped and well-maintained RI-INBRE Centralized Research Core Facility (CRCF). The RI-INBRE WDT program’s mission is to provide trainees with valuable biomedical skills and to make these trainees preferred new hires for Rhode Island chemical and biotechnology industry once they graduate and pursue biotechnology jobs.

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