Communication and Community Outreach
What materials should I prepare?
COHEs are part of the community they serve and are most successful when they have community support. A COHE can facilitate discussions throughout the community about how business and labor can work together to impact return to work and disability/injury prevention.
A COHE must collaborate with their L&I contract manager on all communications. The L&I contract manager must approve content for all printed materials such as brochures, advertisements, standardized forms, and presentations.
You should also maintain a web page explaining COHE processes and resources for community providers, workers, and employers and provide a link to appropriate L&I websites.
Community outreach also includes training and seminars for employers, workers, and labor unions.
Examples of communications and community outreach materials
For ideas, see these examples from existing COHEs:
Patient brochures and postcards (542 KB PDF)- Stickers/plaque cards (helps workers and employers identify COHE providers) (169 KB PDF)
- Web pages:
- Local media (newspaper, magazines, etc.) (35 KB PDF)
You can also use materials produced by L&I for employers and workers.
What do I need to do with business and labor?
In addition to community outreach, COHEs are required to maintain a formal mechanism to garner community support from business and labor interests, including self-insured employers. There is no one prescribed method for this; however, here are examples from a Business and Labor Advisor Board developed in the two original community COHEs:
