We look at the success of Penn’s IMPaCT Community Health Workers model, which hires, trains and manages people from low income areas to help people in their community. The results have been so positive, the program is expanding across the US. Host Dan Loney talks with Jill Feldstein, COO of IMPaCT Community Health Workers, and Evelyn Kruger, Project Manager for IMPaCT Community Health Workers, to learn more about how this program is helping local communities on Knowledge at Wharton.
June 13, 2018
• 20 min listen
with Jill Feldstein and Evelyn Kruger
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