Students receive community health worker training at Central Oregon Community College's Redmond campus during the pandemic in 2022. This spring, Central Oregon Community College’s Madras campus will ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Central Oregon Community College’s public health discipline will begin offering a one-year certificate in community health this fall, the first of its kind in the state, ...

BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) — The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services (NDHHS) is encouraging people to apply for Community Health Worker certification. This is part of an effort to increase ...

Community health workers are sometimes called the “boots on the ground” of public health: doing outreach and education, connecting people with services and addressing barriers to getting care. A ...

Kayla Fogle and Lysaih Rice, community health workers with the Jefferson County General Health District, have been fully certified through the Ohio Board of Nursing, district officials have announced.

Western Nevada College Continuing Education is launching an eight-week Community Health Worker training program beginning Oct. 1. The program provides a low-barrier entry point into the healthcare ...

Las Vegas resident Taja Reese was facing numerous barriers when she heard about a Community Health Worker certification that has helped her move forward to a new and more hopeful place in life. Last ...

Local nonprofit ConnectionHealth was recently awarded a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to expand their ...

Community health workers don’t provide clinical care, but serve as liaisons between the health system and their communities. Community health workers are sometimes called the “boots on the ground” of ...