Models
Midwest
Indiana CHW Association
http://www.inchwa.org/chw-scope-of-practice
Purpose: Provide sources of information to the community, provide education, and enhance the healthcare system.
Services/Info:
- Enhance access and coordinated client/patient-centered care
- Support client/patient engagement in care
- Facilitate cultural brokering
- Case management
- Teaching
- Support community mobilization and advocacy
Ohio CHW Association
no website available at this time
Purpose: Provide a comprehensive link to community resources through family-based services.
Services/Info:
- Counties grouped into regions for CHWs
- Applications to apply to be a CHW
New England
Massachusetts Association of CHWs
Purpose: Strengthen the professional identity of CHWs, foster leadership, and promote integration of CHWs into the healthcare, public health, and human services workforce
Services/Info:
- Job opportunities
- Education and training
- Policy (local, state, employer)
- 1-day forums
- Conferences
West Virginia CHW Network
http://www.futurewv.org/community_health
Purpose: Aims to build the capacity of rural community-based organizations to develop sustainable health education and promotion programs based on the CHW model.
Services/Info:
- Provides partners technical assistance in:
- Project Planning
- Budgeting & Marketing
- Partnership Development
- Evaluation
- Fundraising
- CHW best practices
South
Texas Gulf Coast CHW Association
Purpose: Bringing together area services providers, CHWs, and continuing education opportunities.
Services/Info:
- Training and Education
- Career opportunities
- Annual summit
Arkansas CHW Association
Purpose: Provide training, continuing education, and career advancement, advocate for steady and reliable funding, increase awareness of CHWs, and convene CHWs from across the state.
Services/Info:
- Annual Summit
- Education and Training
- Recruitment
- Development networking across the state
- Research on CHWs
- Programs with funders and roles within those programs
West
California Association of CHW
http://www.cachw.org/about-us/
Purpose: Increasing access to care, reducing costs, promoting happy, healthy, communities.
Services/Info:
- How to recruit and train
- Forming relationships with community partners
- Research, Policy Analysis
- Model programs (IEHP)
CHWs of Nevada
Purpose: Bridge between communities and the traditional health care and human service systems.
Services/Info:
- CDC resources (CHW handbook and toolkits)
- Job opportunities
- Education and Training
- Policy Development