Building and Sustaining effective Veterans Family Advisory Councils- Workshop (VFAC)
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Share PrintBuilding a workshop to assist staff in creating and sustaining an effective Veteran and Family Advisory Council will help staff navigate through multiple decision points when developing their own councils, while respecting the needs of their leadership and Veteran population. The two-day interactive workshop and accompanying toolkit will educate staff on how to effectively engage Veterans and family members in project design and execution and demonstrate the benefits of their input through real-world examples.
Origin:
October 2009, Palo Alto VA Medical Center (Palo Alto, California)
Adoptions:
59 successful, 3 in-progress
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Overview
The problem
Files
- Toolkit to assist staff in the establishment of Veteran and Family Advisory Councils to co-design changes WITH Veterans and their families. Toolkit 2.0 - Voice of the Veteran Family Advisory Council
Links
- Community for those interested in including Veterans and family members as co-designers in care. Ask questions, browse best practices, seek opportunities for feedback. VHA Veteran and Family Advisory Council Team
The solution
The results
Diffusion tracker
Does not include Clinical Resource Hubs (CRH)
Implementation
Timeline
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6-12 months
Development timeline based off facilities readiness to implement.
Departments
- Voluntary Services
Core Resources
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Links
- Veteran and Family engagement is a key contributor to the success of proposals being awarded at VA Palo Alto with an overall funding success rate of 80% and $10 million in research funding per year. In FY2021, VISN 21 had the second-highest VERA research support allocation of all the VISNs with a total of $90 million. Veteran and family Advisory Councils are a proven mechanism for engaging in direct feedback in the design and improvement of VA Research and medical care. The Veteran and Family Advisory program is part of our participation in the Diffusion of Excellence Academy, which supports our focus on human(Veteran)-centered design when supporting VA programs. Increasing Veteran and Family Engagement in Research
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About
Original team
Travis W. Runnels
Veteran and Family Centered Care Program Manager
Walan Chang
Veteran and Family Advisory Council Co-Chair
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