Download the ResourceCertification without over-professionalization increases the likelihood that community health workers (CHWs) will get hired and that their services will get paid.
A group of CHW stakeholders is forming through Connecticut’s State Innovation Model (“SIM”) initiative to make recommendations for CHW certification requirements and processes for Connecticut. Connecticut’s Medicaid (“HUSKY”) program is also interested in certification approaches.
A starting point for determining the right route for Connecticut is to study the approaches of other states that have established and pending CHW certification systems.
This resource provides at-a-glance information about the approaches of 15 other states. Certification is an evolving process for many and there will be changes with time. The table reveals commonalities and wide variability across states.
For background see Tomorrow’s Health Care System Need Community Health Workers: a Policy Agenda for Connecticut.
Contributors
This resource was compiled by Katharine London, Margaret Carey, and Kate Russell, UMass Medical School Center for Health Law and Economics