FHSI’s consultation services aim to improve and expand migrant health outreach programs, increase farmworkers’ access to care and improve the quality of outreach program infrastructure and service delivery.

FHSI’s goal is to help organizations build upon their outreach programs’ existing strengths and available resources, reaching their identified goals and objectives. FHSI recognizes that no two health delivery organizations face the same set of challenges. As such, services are customized to fit into allotted resources, budgets, and timelines of client organizations.

Creation of Outreach Program Goals and Objectives – assistance in identifying specific goals of an outreach program and associated action steps, evaluation measures, and timelines for monitoring progress.

Planning (Action Planning, Program Planning Stategic Planning) – assistance in developing short- or long-term plans for outreach programs.

Protocol Development – guidance on writing protocols, samples from other organizations and feedback on developed protocols.

Needs Assessment – facilitation of needs assessment planning and design process and recommendations and feedback on data collection tools and assessment activities.

Health Education – specific strategies for conducting meaningful, culturally appropriate health education with farmworkers.

Assistance with Grant Applications – information on grant seeking, review Request for Proposals, advise client on grant writing strategies, and review and comment on draft proposals.

Data Collection – appropriate data collection techniques to use with farmworkers, and guidance on and review of data collection tools.

Program Outcome Measures – strategies for evaluating the outcomes of outreach program and individual outreach activities.

Review and Feedback on Outreach and/or Health Education Materials – considerations for developing culturally appropriate health education and other outreach materials for farmworkers. FHSI staff also provides suggestions and feedback on outreach tracking tools.

Positioning Farmworker Outreach Programs for Private Funding Requirements – how to meet and address challenges posed by private funding requirements that often seem contradictory to the nature of outreach and enabling services. Clients learn how to institutionalize, integrate, and redesign outreach structures to meet longer term private funding goals.