ANDREA TAVENA
Program Coordinator
Tempe,AZ
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Program Coordinator- Youth Prevention
Pascua Yaqui Tribe
Guadalupe, Arizona
03.2024 - Current
- Serving as a liaison between external organizations and partners involved in delivering programming services, including, schools, behavioral health agencies, county libraries, Guadalupe town hall, fire departments, police departments, etc.
- Developing and implementing program activities for youth programming around prevention, according to established goals and objectives.
- Managed the day-to-day operations of the program, ensuring compliance with applicable policies and regulations.
- Ensured timely completion of project deliverables within budget constraints.
- Prepared reports, including annual budgeting, Needs assessment reports, conduct event surveys, monitoring of data, and others, on progress toward program goals for management review.
- facilitate large-scale events for the community, coordinate efforts with external agencies to offer tabling resources and entertainment, create flyers to distribute to agencies and send through social networks.
Community Health Worker
Native Health
Phoenix, AZ
05.2014 - 03.2024
- Health Start Program: Assist to onboarding the Health Start Program at the New Native Health Mesa location,
- Administrative duties: Scheduling of home visits, various pieces of training, meetings, entering HS billing to EXCEL spreadsheet and ETO/ADHS billing system, File management including maintaining a caseload of 40–50 families with accurate and up-to-date information on individuals and family charts.
- Completion of monthly data and billing reports.
- Completion of the Needs Assessment report every new physical year.
- Conduct in-home/out-of-home visits 1-4 visits per month for the caregiver to complete assessments such as EPDS, Relationship assessments, PICCOLO, ATOD, etc
- Conduct child follow-up visits that consist of evaluations and assessments, including, ASQ, AZ Health survey, all babies cry, Family spirit, John Hopkins-Partners for a healthy baby, etc.
- Educate clients on options to assist in making informed decisions.
- Complete patient assessments and evaluations in a timely manner or when needed based on needs, including the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression scale, Relationship assessment tool, etc.
- Facilitate team and one-on-one meetings with MCH social workers to assist and evaluate patients' needs.
- Connect families with community resources, including AHCCS, AZ@Works, WIC, rental/utility assistance, homeless shelters, Housing HUB, food pantries, 211, etc.
- Facilitate health classes and life skills classes, both in person and virtually, education offered on home safety, healthy cooking class, car seat safety class, infant massage, prenatal labor and delivery, water and sun safety, Mental health, budgeting, Dads matter bootcamp, etc.
- Continuously conduct outreach at various locations to promote agency and program needs by distributing flyers, brochures, or other informational or educational documents to inform members of the targeted community.
- Continued to partner with internal Native Health departments and outside agencies, including Phoenix Children's Hospital-Injury Prevention Program, Navajo breastfeeding coalition, ADHS, NAFAA, NICWA, , ProDoula, IHS, PIMC, school districts, Mesa PD, and various tribal offices, to meet the needs of the MCH programs
- Provide administrative support and coaching to programs of MCH department, continuous and demonstrated leadership by making improvements to work processes and helping to train others.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Public Health Administration
Grand Canyon University
02-2026
Continued Education - English, Accounting, Early childhood Education
Maricopa Community Colleges - Rio Salado Community College
12.2019
Health Service Management -
Maricopa Community Colleges - Gateway Community College
06.2013
HSM certificate program, front office/Back office- Billing, Medical Terminology, Accounting -
06.2006
Skills
- Front/back office, administrative duties, filing, scheduling, billing, customer service, records clerk
- Microsoft Office Proficiency Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, One Note, Share point,
- HIPAA Guidelines-Proficient
- Case Management: Maintaining Updated Records
- Client and Community Service
- Conducting in-home or out-of-home Visits
- Life Skills Instruction, including in-person and virtual health classes
- Infant Mortality Reduction Education (ADHS)
- Work Planning and Organization
- Health Service Referrals to agency departments, including BHD, Medical, Dental, etc
- Health Service Referrals to neighboring agencies, including DES, StMary's Food Bank, Housing HUB, additional shelters, food pantries, CBI, etc
- CPR and First Aid
- Individual and Community Advocacy
- Cross-Departmental Agency Collaboration
- Adult and Children's Case Needs Assessments and Health evaluations completed in timely manner (ASQ3, EPDS, RAT, PICOLLO, etc)
- Community Outreach: at various locations to promote early childhood education, family health, and additional resources
- Abuse and Neglect Reporting
Certification
- Certified Labor and Delivery Doula, ProDoula - 2022
- Full Spectrum Doula: Indigenous Midwifery
- Certified Car seat Technician-(2021)
- Certified Infant Massage specialist 2021
- Certified CPR/AED
- Certified Medical Assistant
- Certified Positive Indian Parenting-2023
Languages
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
Accomplishments
- Native Health LLC; Community Health and Wellness Department Award 2016
- Native Health LLC; Division Director's Award 2023
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeLocation Preference
On-SiteRemoteHybridImportant To Me
Company CultureCareer advancementPersonal development programsTimeline
Program Coordinator- Youth Prevention
Pascua Yaqui Tribe
03.2024 - Current
Community Health Worker
Native Health
05.2014 - 03.2024
Bachelor of Science - Public Health Administration
Grand Canyon University
Continued Education - English, Accounting, Early childhood Education
Maricopa Community Colleges - Rio Salado Community College
Health Service Management -
Maricopa Community Colleges - Gateway Community College