Community Health Workers

About CHWs

Community Health Workers (CHWs) go directly to residents and community groups to provide on-going connection and support.

Our CHWs are dedicated to identifying needs and connecting people to services.

• They are involved in the community to support and enrich the lives of community members.
• Focus their attention to Social Determinants of Health - including education, income, employment, housing, and access to health care - in order to define and address these factors and help bridge the gaps and disparities they create.
• Offer a warm hand-off between community members and agencies, organizations, and programs that can offer assistance to the community member.
• Provide a safe, trusting environment to promote agency, encouraging and practicing tools and strategies to create next steps for community members as they continue to navigate community systems.
• Listen, create, and provide a safe space for individuals to communicate where they are at in the present.
• Promote advocacy for the individuals we are assisting.
• Build knowledge based on needs of the individual and work to increase skillsets to help members of the community meet their needs and advance their goals

Resources

• Black Maternal Health Resource Library(PDF, 138KB)

CHW Brochures

CHW Brochure - English(PDF, 3MB)

Translations

• CHW brochure, Simple Chinese(PDF, 451KB)
• CHW brochure, Traditional Chinese(PDF, 458KB)
• CHW brochure, Spanish(PDF, 413KB)
• CHW brochure, French(PDF, 416KB)
• CHW brochure, Karen(PDF, 440KB)
• CHW brochure, Russian(PDF, 396KB)

10/13/2026