Sunday, May 11, 2025
5/11/2025
Community Health Worker Training Program - OVERVIEW: The Nelson Community Wellness Alliance is requesting $3,000,000 in funding to support the development and implementation of a Community Workforce Program focused on the training, certification, and placement of community health workers (CHWs). The Community Workforce Program will support the implementation of the first Pathways Community Hub in Virginia. This program will improve the local labor market and reduce the number of families living in poverty who are experiencing social disparities by providing access to training, enabling services, internships, and employment opportunities. OBJECTIVES: Over the course of the funding period the Alliance will engage in activities that will allow them to deliver the following outcomes: Increase the number of people in Central Virginia trained as a Community Health Worker, Increase the number of local employers who have staff trained as CHW Supervisors, enhance community collaborations by securing MOUs with partner organizations to provide access to local trainings, enabling services, internship, and employment opportunities, increase the number of people in Central Virginia who are eligible for certification as a Community Health Worker by the state of Virginia, and decrease the percentage of families living at or below 100% of poverty in Nelson County, VA. CLINICAL PRIORITIES: RURAL HEALTH PARTNERS: The Alliance will partner with the Blue Ridge Health Department, Blue Ridge Medical Center, The Jefferson Area Board of Aging, Nelson County School Division, Nelson County Commonwealth Attorneys’ Office, Nelson County Social Services, Pathways Community Hub Institute, Piedmont Virginia Community College, and Virginia Workforce Services to implement a community workforce program focused on increasing the number of community health workers serving our community. Participants will be recruited from Nelson County and the surrounding areas to participate in a one-year program. Participants will be screened to identify barriers and needs. The Alliance will provide a variety of enabling services to meet each participant's individual needs. After completing the initial training participants will receive ongoing support to meet the requirements for state certification. Additionally, the Alliance will collaborate with partner agencies to develop employment opportunities for program graduates. 5. Funding preference (if requested): Not requested 6. The total funding amount requested. $2,998,720
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