Academic

The Community College of Denver offers a 17-credit, one-semester program that combines academics and an internship for CHWs. Courses include community health issues, psychological impact of chronic disease, basic patient navigation, and CHW field experience.

The Community Health Worker Certificate of Achievement program at Santa Rosa Junior College in California is a 22-unit program that combines interactive course work and practical community experience. Students experience a variety of community health outreach strategies and techniques, including examining common disease and health problems, motivating health behavior change, preventing disease and injury, identifying and using community health resources, and working with a health team. An Associate’s Degree program is also available.

Minneapolis Community & Technical College’s 17-credit Community Health Worker (CMHW) certificate trains students to become a liaison between providers, clients and agencies. Students gain an understanding of how ethics influences client care and develop a critical thinking framework for solving health care problems. The program is offered during the fall semester or can be split across spring and summer semesters.

The North Central State College Community Health Worker Certificate is a three-unit certificate program focused in six major health areas: health care, community resources, communication skills, individual & community advocacy, health education, and skills and responsibilities. Students who complete this certificate program are eligible to be certified by the Ohio Board of Nursing as a Community Health Worker. The program is flexible and does not follow the normal college calendar.

Located in Minnesota, St. Catherine University offers a 9-month, 17-credit, Community Health Worker Certificate program that focuses on bridging the gap between cultures and health care systems while mentoring and empowering people to achieve their optimal level of wellness. Classes are available on evenings and weekends as well as online.

The City College of San Francisco's Community Health Worker Certificate Program is a 17-unit program designed to prepare individuals for work in the field of community-oriented health and social services. Their CHW program offers two related certificates (Post-Prison Health Worker and Youth Worker) and provides students with the tools to reduce health disparities among underserved communities in a culturally appropriate way. In addition, the program addresses global economic impacts on community health as well as tools available for organizing environmental change.