Sunday, May 11, 2025
5/11/2025
Community Health Worker Training Program - Address: 1311 E Central Dr, Meridian, ID 83642 Project Director Name: Ryan P. Lindsay, PhD, MPH Contact Phone Numbers: (V) 208-373-1779. (F) 208-282-4903 Email Address: ryanlindsay@isu.edu Web Site Address: https://www.isu.edu/publichealth/chw/ Grant funds requested: $2,994,236 Overview: The proposed project, Advancing Community Health Worker Training in Idaho, addresses health inequities in rural and underserved Idaho communities by establishing a Community Health Worker (CHW) Academy. The CHW Academy will meet CHW, community-based, and clinic-based identified training and employment needs by recruiting and training new CHWs, providing advanced and experiential training to CHWs, providing training to CHW supervisors/support staff, and offering an in-depth registered apprenticeship program with partnering clinics and community organizations. Continuing education will be provided to all CHWs to stay current in pressing CHW topics and issues. Objectives: Improve health equity by placing 50 percent of CHW trainees and apprentices in rural or underserved areas Train 100 new CHWs per year Provide continuing education training to 33 CHWs per year Train 5 CHW supervisors and/or support staff per year Support 73 apprentices per year Clinical Priorities: Rural Health and Health Equity How the program will be accomplished: Idaho State University initiated and has administered a CHW Core training program since 2016. This project adds to the CHW core training by implementing an advanced course, registered apprenticeship program, and continuing education opportunities that will be housed in the ISU CHW Training Academy. Available to all CHWs statewide, the ISU CHW Training Academy’s core (48 hours) and advanced courses combine online didactic instruction (48 hours) and experiential training (48 hours) while the registered apprenticeship program provides in-depth, on-the-job training (2000 hours). The advanced CHW training and registered apprentices hip offers community- or clinic-based tracks as areas of specialization. Those CHWs completing the advanced CHW training and registered apprenticeship program will receive a federally recognized CHW credential. Apprentices are employed in community- or clinic-based sites in partnership with the employer, state associations that act as apprenticeship sponsors (i.e. Idaho Primary Care Association, Idaho Association of Free and Charitable Clinics, Idaho Community Health Worker Association, etc.), or ISU clinics. To help defray costs associated with training, eligible CHWs in the training and apprenticeship programs will receive living stipends. Organizations that employ apprentices are eligible for financial incentives through this project and the Idaho Department of Labor. CHW Supervisor/support staff training will be offered to CHW employers. Continuing education efforts through the provision of health specific modules and quarterly mini-learning collaboratives will provide ongoing workforce development on current topics. The Community Health Worker Academy at ISU will build the CHW workforce, encourage the creation of CHW positions, and improve training opportunities for new and existing CHWs in Idaho. Total amount requested: $2,995,964
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