South Carolina State University received a $6 million Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516) to implement a Community Health Worker Training Program. The program will establish educational curricula to train and enable new Community Health Workers and health support workers to acquire core competencies and public health...
The Institute for Public Health Innovation (IPHI) was awarded a $6 million Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516). The grant will support IPHI's Community Health Worker Academy initiative to develop the community health worker workforce and address health inequities in Washington D.C. and surrounding counties through September 2025....
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was awarded a $6 million Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516). UAMS will implement the Community Health Worker Training and Apprenticeship Program to train and place 270 community health workers and health support workers over three years. The program aims to expand the public health workforce and address...
Arizona State University was awarded a $5,999,868 Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals to launch a Community Health Worker Training Program. The grant was awarded on September 15, 2022 under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516) to develop and deliver a standardized, certified curriculum to train 200 community health workers. The two-semester training program will include...
This $6 million federal Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals will support the International Pre-Diabetes Center Inc.'s Community Health Worker Training Program. The program aims to train 225 new community health workers and health support workers, with 50% expected to engage in high-demand community healthcare career pathways by providing outreach and support to underserved communities....
Affiliated Service Providers of Indiana, Inc. (Aspin) received a $6 million project grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516) to deliver community health worker training and apprenticeship programs. Over three years, Aspin will train 210 new community health workers and upskill 23 existing workers annually through expanded curricula on...
The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals awarded Creighton University a $5,992,148 Project Grant under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516) to implement the Community Health Worker Training and Apprenticeship Pipeline Project (CHW-TAPP) from September 15, 2022 to September 14, 2025. CHW-TAPP aims to increase the number of community health workers in Nebraska by recruiting, training, and placing 240...
Wayne State University will receive $5.2 million over three years from the Health Resources and Services Administration under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516) to launch the Community Health Worker Academy workforce development project. The project will certify 140 trainees as community health workers through comprehensive foundational and specialized trainings, and place them in registered apprenticeships and internships on integrated care teams. At least 60% of...
Purdue University was awarded a $350,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Rural Health and Safety Education (RHSE) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.516). The project aims to educate and build capacity for strengthening mental health in rural Indiana counties, including suicide and substance use prevention. Purdue will deliver research-based programming such as the Compassion & Resilience Education at Work (CREW)...
The Johns Hopkins University was awarded a $4,691,464 Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516). The grant will fund the HEAL (Health Educators, Advocates, and Leaders) Training program to address healthcare gaps in Baltimore City through community health worker training. Specifically, the program will develop a novel curriculum to...
Purdue University was awarded a $4.8 million Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration under the Public Health Training Centers Program. The grant will support Purdue University's Community Health Worker Development Institute to expand the public health workforce in Indiana through 2025.
Key deliverables include training 75% of new participants as credentialed Community Health Workers and Health Support Workers, establishing curricula to provide core competencies, and reducing barriers to enrollment through support services. The Institute will also develop apprenticeship programs with community partners to provide field experience for trainees and job placement assistance. The goal is to increase the number of Community Health Workers and Health Support Workers employed in underserved communities to help address health inequities.