Envision Sustainability Summit 2024

• 2022: A Strategy to Address Systemic Racism and Violence as Public Health Priorities: Training and Supporting Community Health Workers to Advance Equity and Violence Prevention 
• 2001: Recognition for Community Health Workers' Contributions to Meeting Our Nation's Health Care Need
  
• 2009: Support for Community Health Workers to Increase Health Access and to Reduce Health Inequities
  
• 2014: Support for Community Health Worker Leadership in Determining Workforce Standards for Training and Credentialing
  
• The Nation's Health APHA Newsletter, As pandemic ebbs, community health worker funding drying up 

• State Approaches to Community Health Worker Certification 
• Hiring Practices that Support State Integration of CHWs 
• The Role of State and Territorial Health Agencies in Supporting and Hiring Community Health Workers 
• State Policies Bolster Investment Community Health Workers 
• Approaches to Community Health Worker Certification 
• Community Health Workers: Evidence of their Effectiveness 

• CCHA website 
• Best practice toolkits
• Perinatal CHW toolkit 
• CHW Training Opportunities
• CHW Resources and Case Studies
• Southeast CHW Network 
• Meaningful Community Engagement

• Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities (CCR) website
• Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) website
• National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) website
• Community Guide 
• CDC CHW Workgroup Resources

• A Guide to Using the CHW Common Indicators 
• CHW Common Indicators Grid 
• An Introduction to Popular/People's Education 

• Beyond core skills training resources
• Envision CHW sustainability Summit 2023 Resources
• keynote sessions: View recordings, slides, and more from the 6 keynote sessions
• Summit Journal ( English)
• la Guía del Participante y el Diario de Reflexión ( Spanish)
• Partner Resources
• CHW HISTORY TIMELINE PDF
• Bibliography 
• May 2024 sustainability Webinar
• view the webinar  in english  
• view the webinar in spanish    
•  view the slides

• IHS website
• IHS - Community Health Representative (CHR) Program Webpage
• IHS CHR Strategic Plan 
• CHR Training & Education

• NACHW: CHW Networks and Training Programs (CHW Networks and Associations by State)
• Sustainable Financing of Community Health Worker Employment 2nd edition
• Six Pillars of CHWs
• Playbook for Health Departments
• NACHW Website 
• CHW Roles & Titles 
• Insights on COVID-19 from CHW State Leaders 
• How Federal and State Government Can Improve COVID-19 Vaccine and Testing Equity and Build More Sustainable Public Health Infrastructure  
• CHWs' Perspectives on the Impact of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Unwinding 
• NACHW National Policy Platform 2021
• National CHW Awareness Week 
• Advocacy Day on Capital Hill 
• Data for Action 

• C3 Project Info Sheet
• The Community Health Worker Core Consensus Project Community Health Worker Assessment Toolkit
• The Community Health Worker Core Consensus (C3) Project: A Report of the C3 Project: Phase 1 and 2 
• C3 Project CHW Roles and Competencies Review Checklist 

• NASHP website
• State Community Health Worker Policies 
• State Approaches to Community Health Worker Financing through Medicaid State Plan Amendments 
• Lessons for Advancing and Sustaining State Community Health Worker Partnerships 
• Trends in State Policies That Support the Community Health Worker Workforce
• Developing Meaningful and Effective Partnerships between State Leaders and Community Health Worker Associations
• Six States Selected for NASHP’s Community Health Worker (CHW) State Policy Development Technical Assistance Opportunity

• See OASH summary here
• OASH webinar series on sustainability
• Session 1: w?&591R@
• Session 2: @fTF63$C
• Session 3: ESJsRF$4
• Session 4: %0^^gye6

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"A community is a place where every person knows that they can have a say in what is happening, every person knows how to make themselves heard and is respected for their contribution, and every person listens to understand ".      Anonymous    

“The widespread incorporation of CHWs into the health delivery system offers unparalleled opportunities to improve the delivery of preventive and primary care to America’s diverse communities.”     -Pew Health Professions Commission, 1994

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