Awards & HonorsAwards & Honors
As a national leader in the development and implementation of Community Health Worker programs for over twenty years, Migrant Health Promotion consistently receives recognition for programmatic excellence, innovation and responsiveness to the community. Migrant Health Promotion's most significant honors include the national Models That Work award and the Border Models of Excellence designation. The National Advisory Council on Migrant Health cites Migrant Health Promotion as one of only a few organizations in the country "successfully reaching migrant populations that were previously isolated from necessary health and social services."1
Awards and Recognition by Year:
Recognition for Outstanding Service in Migrant Health — 2003
Sponsored by the National Association of Community Health Centers
The National Association of Community Health Centers bestowed this award on Migrant Health Promotion for its twenty years of dedication to the migrant health movement, and specifically its commitment to and support of the Promotores and Promotoras who serve Migrant and Community Health Centers, farmworkers and their families and communities.
Recognizing 20 Years in the Advancement of Lay Health Outreach — 2003
Sponsored by the National Center for Farmworker Health, Migrant Clinicians Network, Farmworker Health Services and Farmworker Justice Fund
This award acknowledged Migrant Health Promotion's 20 years of outstanding leadership and dedication to the lay health outreach workers who serve migrant farmworkers and their families.
Certificate of Appreciation — 2003
Sponsored by the Gateway Community Health Center
Migrant Health Promotion provided training and support to the Promotores(as) and other staff implementing a diabetes self-care management program in Laredo, Texas. The Gateway Community Health Center commended Migrant Health Promotion's responsiveness to its needs and ability to help the Health Center make positive changes. According to the Health Center, Migrant Health Promotion inspired the Promotores(as) and staff and modeled the power of relationships to help people make positive changes in their lives.
Border Models of Excellence — 2003
Sponsored by the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission
Migrant Health Promotion won the first binational Border Models of Excellence initiative for its work with partner organizations, Promotores(as) and community members in the REACH Promotora Community Coalition. Migrant Health Promotion's program was one of eight United States models recognized. Key criteria for selection included successfully implementing a Community Health Worker model, responding to community needs, collaborating effectively and demonstrating measurable improvements and sustainability.
National Occupational Research Agenda Partnering Award for Worker Health and Safety, Finalist — 2003
Sponsored by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
Migrant Health Promotion (as part of the Great Lakes Partnership for Agricultural Safety and Health) was nominated for its collaboration with universities, nonprofit organizations, agricultural employers and farmworkers to conduct research on occupational health.
Outstanding Community Health Worker Program of 2002
Sponsored by the Texas Community Health Workers and the Health Education Training Centers Alliance of Texas
Migrant Health Promotion was recognized for its leadership in improving health care, access to health care and overall community health through its commitment to training and mentoring Community Health Workers and to promoting the development of the Community Health Worker field.
National Advisory Council on Migrant Health — 2002
Sponsored by the federal Bureau of Primary Health Care, Migrant Health Program
Promotora Enedelia Cisneros accepted her nomination to the National Advisory Council on Migrant Health in 2002. Former President of the Migrant Health Promotion Board of Directors, Ms. Cisneros will serve a four-year term on the Council, and she will provide direct guidance to the United States Department of Health and Human Services on farmworker and border health issues.
Innovation Collaboration — 2001
Sponsored by the Texas Department of Health
Migrant Health Promotion was recognized for its innovative collaboration with the Texas Department of Health as a part of the Colonia Health Worker Tuberculosis Program. Through this unique project, Promotoras provided "directly observed therapy" and community-based education to border residents receiving treatment or preventative therapy at county clinics. The participating Hidalgo County Health Department credited the Colonia Health Worker Tuberculosis Program with treatment compliance rates between 96 percent and 100 percent among their hard-to-reach colonia patients.
State and Community Coalition Award — 2001
Sponsored by the Association of State and Territorial Directors of Health Promotion and Public Health Education and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This national award honored successful state and community collaborations and was presented to Migrant Health Promotion and the Texas Department of Health for the Colonia Health Worker Tuberculosis Program. The award recognized the strong partnership between the two organizations and the program's innovative use of Promotoras to improve treatment compliance.
Leadership and Commitment to the Border Vision Fronteriza — 1995-2004
Sponsored by the University of Arizona, Rural Health Office, College of Public Health and the United States Health Resources and Services Administration
The Border Vision Fronteriza Initiative commended Migrant Health Promotion for its participation in the Initiative as a Texas partner and acknowledged Migrant Health Promotion's continuing participation in the second phase (2001-2004).
Coalition for Valley Families, Certificate of Membership —1996-2001
Sponsored by Avance of the Rio Grande Valley and partners
The Coalition for Valley Families recognized Migrant Health Promotion's participation in activities to strengthen and support Rio Grande Valley families.
Invaluable Contribution to the Colonias Program — 1999
Sponsored by the Center for Housing and Urban Development, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University formally commended Migrant Health Promotion, the Colonia Health Worker Program and the Promotores(as) for improving health and well-being in the Rio Grande Valley through community-based health promotion and advocacy.
Certificate of Appreciation and Recognition — 1998
Sponsored by the Texas Department of Health
The Texas Department of Health, Tuberculosis Elimination Division honored Migrant Health Promotion and the Promotoras working on the Colonia Health Worker Tuberculosis Program for providing community-based outreach, education and treatment to colonia patients. As testament to the success of Migrant Health Promotion's work and collaboration, the Texas Department of Health nominated the Colonia Health Worker Tuberculosis Program for a national Innovations in American Government Award.
Certificate of Appreciation — 1998
Sponsored by South Texas Community College
Migrant Health Promotion was commended for its active involvement in the Community Health Outreach Worker Conference.
Lifetime Achievement Award — 1998
Best Model Project for a Populations of Color Grant — 1995-1997
Sponsored by the Prevention Network
Migrant Health Promotion's model for teen health promotion, Infórmate Teen Health Program, was honored for three consecutive years. Distinctions for the teen program include the active involvement of the teens in program planning and the program's expansion to other sites.
National Council of La Raza, Maternal and Child Health News, Successful Program Awards — 1997
Sponsored by National Council of La Raza
The Camp Health Aide Program received an Honorable Mention for its ability to improve maternal and child health among isolated Latino farmworkers and community members.
Models That Work — 1996
Sponsored by the federal Bureau of Primary Health Care and partners
The national Models That Work competition recognized the Camp Health Aide Program's ability to improve access to and appropriate utilization of health care services among vulnerable and underserved communities and to form a solid foundation for all of Migrant Health Promotion's programs. Models That Work also praised Migrant Health Promotion and the program for responsiveness to the community served, innovation, collaboration, outcomes, sustainability, replication of programs in diverse regions and cost effectiveness. Migrant Health Promotion was selected from among 279 applicants nationally.
National Advisory Council on Migrant Health — 1996
Sponsored by the federal Bureau of Primary Health Care, Migrant Health Program
Then Migrant Health Promotion Board President and long-time Promotora María Inés Pérez was nominated and accepted an appointment to the National Advisory Council on Migrant Health. Over the course of her four-year term, Ms. Pérez provided direct guidance on farmworker and border health to the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
Exemplary Program Award — 1995
Sponsored by the Michigan Department of Community Health
The Michigan Department of Community Health honored the Camp Health Aide Program for its ability to improve maternal and child health outcomes among hard-to-reach farmworkers in Michigan.
(1) National Advisory Council of Migrant Health. (1993). 1993 recommendations of the National Advisory Council on Migrant Health. Rockville, MD: Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Primary Health Care.
