CHW Toolkit
The CHW Planning and Assessment Toolkit is intended to provide you with background knowledge, resources, tips, and recommendations for hiring and utilizing a CHW. It is ideal for managers and key decision makers advocating for, or implementing, a CHW program at their organization. The focus of this toolkit is on healthcare and social service settings; […]
Competency-based occupational framework for registered apprenticeship: Community Health Worker
This framework defines the purpose of the CHW occupation, the job functions that are carried out to fulfill that purpose, the competencies that enable the apprentice to execute those job functions well, and the performance criteria that define the specific knowledge, skills and personal attributes associated with high performance in the workplace.
Community Health Worker Roles and Responsibilities in Rural and Urban America
Through focus groups held with CHWs in rural and urban regions of four states, we explore CHW roles and responsi- bilities, the growing professionalization of the field, and evolving interactions between CHWs and other care providers. Critically, we also provide an in-depth look at how CHW work varies between rural and urban environments and provide […]
CHaSCI social work care management model trainings (AIMS and Bridge)
Center for Health and Social Care Integration model for effective engagement in care. Includes a list of clinical skills used to prevent barriers of effective engagement, skill trainings on social care initiatives, and core competencies of frontline complex care providers.
Supporting the Integration of Community Health Workers in Whole Person Care Pilots
Whole Person Care (WPC) is a California waiver program that provides counties, cities, and/or health/hospital authorities with an opportunity to coordinate clinical care, behavioral health, and social services for the most vulnerable and high-utilizers of Medi-Cal. Many WPC-participating entities plan to or are already employing community health workers (CHWs) to achieve their aim of care […]
ASTHO CHW Learning Community: New Hampshire State Team Call January 31, 2020
Meeting summary from New Hampshire State Team Call. Objectives of the meeting include: understanding the national C3 (CHW Core Consensus Project) competencies for CHWs and how it could relate to CHW certification, training, hiring, and financing; and providing an update on discussions within New Hampshire about CHW certification, while recognizing the importance of CHW leadership.
ASTHO CHW Learning Community: South Carolina State Team Call 2/18/2020
Objectives of this call were to examine reciprocity in state CHW certification programs, explore CHW career advancement issues, and plan next steps for the South Carolina CHW workforce development effort.
Community Health Worker Training Employer Survey
The purpose of this survey instrument is to determine whether the Community Health Worker Training Program by the Washington State Department of Health is useful to employers of Community Health Workers. (questionnaire only – this is not a report of survey results)
Supporting the Nontraditional Workforce: Community Health Workers and Promotores
Community health workers and promotores (CHW/Ps) have been part of the health care landscape in the United States for decades. Payers and providers increasingly recognize their essential role in supporting patients with complex medical and social needs. With support from the California Health Care Foundation, the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) is examining the critical value that CHW/Ps […]
CHW Fundamentals Module Evaluation – DRAFT
Form including evaluation scales for various CHW training modules.
