Community Health Worker Certification by Jurisdiction - ASTHO
March 19, 2024 Updated February/March 2025 Approximately half of U.S. jurisdictions have or are developing a certification program for community health workers (CHWs). Certification can …
Community Health Workers - ASTHO
ASTHO supports community health workers (CHWs) and champions the valuable role they play in public health. ASTHO provides state and territorial health agencies with resources on how to …
2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule, as developed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), went into effect on January 1, 2024. The PFS includes …
The sections below serve as a summary of research studies demonstrating the effectiveness of CHWs across multiple settings and health issues. This wide array of research allows CHW …
Leveraging Medicaid to Support Community Health Workers
Jul 5, 2024 · Encourage communication with community-based CHW employers to ensure they have the necessary resources, infrastructure, and support to navigate the Medicaid claims …
Promoting Sustainable Financing of Community Health Worker …
Jul 26, 2024 · Learn how health agencies can shape policy development and implementation to support sustainable financing of community health worker services.
This document is intended to support state health agency efforts around community health worker (CHW) workforce development. The table summarizes 18 states’ CHW training standards and …
How Community Health Workers Are Impacting Rural …
Apr 5, 2023 · What Is a CHW? A community health worker open_in_new (CHW) is a frontline public health professional that shares life experience, trust, compassion, cultural, and value …
Supporting Community Health Workers in Territories and Freely ...
Mar 24, 2025 · What is a CHW? CHWs open_in_new are a unique, community based, proven workforce rooted in history and diversity, working across sectors — but a precarious workforce …
Empowering Community Health Workers to Advance Health …
Apr 23, 2024 · ASTHO | The importance of recognizing the critical impact of community health workers (CHWs) in advancing health equity, sustaining their partnership with local health …