Alma Ramirez Email & Phone Number

Maricopa County, Arizona, United States

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Plan and organize community-based events and work collaboratively with key partner organizations to create, coordinate, and provide education and bring services to rural populations across Arizona. Maintain and adhere to required client confidentiality standards and appropriate policies to control conflicts of interest and ensure assistance meets privacy and security standards. Proactively monitor trends with senior leadership about data performance, and program needs, and propose solutions for underperforming areas. Recruit relevant volunteers to increase professional development training and supervise staff, students, and assignment of volunteers at planned events for the University of Arizona Mobile Health Unit. Act as a representative for the University of Arizona to local government, non-profit, and other community-based organizations to generate awareness about programs and identify partnership opportunities across Maricopa County, Pinal County, Apache County, Coconino County, Yavapai County, Navajo County. Execute a plan to coordinate education outreach activities with businesses, community and neighborhood organizations, and other relevant groups.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Promote health, physical activity, and nutrition in order to address the growing incidence of chronic disease. Plan and organize community-based events for health screening and Covid-19 vaccinations. Coordinate training and supervise staff, students, and volunteers within the Mobile Health Unit. Linking community members to services and resources as well as care coordination. Work collaboratively with regional staff and members of the advocacy and business communities to raise awareness and help support rural communities. Program coordinator for Youth Summer Camp called Youth Engagement for Success (Y.E.S.) Camp in order to help young students become future public health leaders.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Provide assistance to Arizona State University - Financial Aid Help Desk. Helping students and parents by answering questions regarding the awards given to them by Federal Student Aid from the Department of Education. Including resolving any issues parents and students may have encountered in that process, as well as guiding them through their MYASU in order to enable them in becoming more self sufficient and finding solutions in the ASU portal.

Santa Barbara, California Area

Provide Health and safety support services to children, parents and staff of State Preschool, School Readiness, Cal-Safe and Family Childcare Programs by providing informational materials on various health topics and hosting parent education classes. Collaborate with school staff, partner agencies, medical professionals and volunteers to assist in hearing, vision and dental screenings at yearly health fair. Collected data and advised family of those results and made referrals for those children identified as having a health concern. Also provided case management or interventions designed to promote health, prevent illness and address barriers to access to health care and was responsible for updating files in order to document family's utilization and retention in each health insurance program. Attended community outreach events throughout Santa Barbara county offering information on low-cost health insurance and establishing outstation support services in order to better assist families with initial application or Annual Eligibility Renewal for Healthy Families/Healthy Kids/Medi-Cal. Participated and conducted Healthy Kids Eligibility and Enrollment training to other applicant assistants. Screen families to determine eligibility for Cal-Fresh and assist with on-line application or quarterly reports. Accountable for maintaining records and reports for First 5 Family Support Initiative, Early Childhood Oral Health Program, Santa Barbara Children's Health Initiative, Medical Billing Technologies, Public Health Nutrition Network Program, and Network for Healthy California.

Los Alamos, Ca

Served as a liaison between school, community and families in order maximize the family well-being and the academic functioning of children. Establishing contact with parent and developing a Family Support Plan or conduct language assessment in order to develop and evaluate progress. Providing families information referring to appropriate agency and assisting with filling out applications for Healthy Families/Medic-Cal programs for families to access any health needs identified. Arranging home visits and assisting with scheduling appointments, transportation and serve as a translator if needed. Maintaining confidentiality in dealing with all parties involved and keeping appropriate client files in order to document intervention, record activities such as home visits in accordance with agency policies.

Santa Maria, Ca

Serve as a resource for families by making appropriate referrals to agencies in the community. Determine that family qualifies for and assist with applying for Healthy Families/Medi-Cal or local Dental Loan Program. Collect data to identify community needs in order to plan, implement and monitor oral health and preventative health instruction designed to encourage healthier habits. Schedule home visits to program participants and provide individual or group instruction on oral hygiene techniques. Collaborate with program evaluator in order to obtain information for reports requested by funding partners. Facilitate training of Oral Health Education Instruction to community agencies, provide informational handouts to be used when working with families and ensure materials needed are ordered and distributed

Social Work

Activities and Societies: Tau Sigma National Honor Society

Social Work

Activities and Societies: Honors Program

Diploma