Tuesday, June 10, 2025
6/10/2025
Community Health Worker Training Program - Address: 408 N. Capitol Ave., San Jose, CA 95133 Project Director Name: Jesse Tarango Contact Phone Number: (408) 579-6018 Email Address: jesse@chpscc.org Website Address: https://chpscc.org/ Grant program funds requested in the application: $1,115,232.24 Funding preference: yes Community Health Partnership (CHP) is leading a network of partners including two community colleges, three community health centers, and one community-based organization to offer a Community Health Worker Training Program (CHWTP). Trainees will obtain a CHW certificate from one of the community colleges, which are located in Santa Clara County, and the majority will transition to on-the-job training through a field placement or apprenticeship with a network partner to serve communities at high risk of health disparities in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. The overall goal of this project is to train high quality CHWs and health support workers who can effectively link underserved community members in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties with needed health and social services to ameliorate the health disparities that are present in the region. To reach this goal, CHP will develop a pipeline of CHW trainees from community colleges into CBOs and health centers and develop CHW career pathways through an apprenticeship program. A minimum of 30 new and existing CHW student trainees will enroll in the program each year, and a minimum of seven to eight trainees will complete apprenticeships each year. The two community colleges in the network will work together to enhance current curriculum, lead instructional design and implementation, and conduct the majority of trainee training to issue CHW certificates to new and existing CHWs and health support workers. The health centers and CBOs will serve as field placement sites and apprenticeship sites. One of the community colleges will also serve as the licensed apprenticeship program, and the job center will serve as a consulta nt to support the health centers and CBOs who want to become registered apprenticeship sites. All trainees will receive a stipend to help them pay for technology, childcare or transportation needs, or other services and materials that present a barrier to participation in the program. Trainees will also participate in a peer support program to receive peer mentoring and continuing education and networking opportunities. CHWs will be trained as either Generalists or Subject Matter Specialists to best support the needs of the target communities. Trained CHWs will then be deployed in teams to target disadvantaged communities using a hub-and-spoke model. CHP is requesting a funding preference, as the organization has been working with one of the community college partners included in this proposal to deliver a similar CHWTP over the past couple of years. CHP meets the funding preference, as the current program primarily serves individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds and most program completers/graduates practiced in federally-designated medically underserved areas (MUAs), medically underserved communities or HPSAs, or served medically underserved populations (MUPs). CHP is requesting a total of $1,115,232.24 for the three-year project period (between $370,340 and $373,162 per year). Grant funds will be used to cover salary and fringe for the two key staff, a $7,500 stipend for every trainee (30 trainees per year), reimbursement for trainees for travel, consultant services for a project manager to support the Project Director, and employer hiring/Human Resources costs to help potential employers establish pathways to employment after trainees complete their field placement and/or apprenticeship.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).