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Community Health Worker Training Program - The Health Promotion Resource Center (HPRC/MSM) at Morehouse School of Medicine proposes to implement the MSM – Community Health Professional Training (CHPT) Program. The CHPT Program is a collaboration between several MSM departments including HPRC, Family Medicine, and the Innovation Learning Lab, and the external partner Clayton County Health Department.

The MSM – CHPT Program will recruit and train 120 new CHW trainee candidates in the MSM – CHW Curriculum Training Program. The program will also train and upskill 20 existing CHWs in the MSM – CHW Curriculum. Upon completion of the curriculum training, 90 new trainees will be placed in field training practicum sites, and 30 new trainees will be placed in the MSM Registered Apprenticeship Program.

The training program will provide coaching, mentoring, and other training support to ensure a high completion and graduation rate. The evaluation will collect HRSA performance measures, process, and outcome data to determine whether the program achieved the goals and objectives. The evaluation will also determine the intended and unintended outcomes of the program for trainees, practicum training sites, and patients served by trainees.

The goals of the program are to:

1. Expand the public health workforce by training new and existing CHWs and health support workers with specialized training and financial support to offset expenses that would impede success in training. The aim is for 75% of participants to become newly credentialed CHWs and health support workers.

2. Extend and upskill the public health workforce by developing or enhancing existing curricula to increase the skills and competencies of existing CHWs and health support workers.

3. Increase CHW and HSW employment readiness through field placements and apprenticeships developed in collaboration with a network of partners. This will enable trainees to respond to and support essential public health services and provide them with employment opportunities.

4. Advance health equity and support for underserved communities by increasing the number of CHWs and HSWs that are employed as integral members of integrated care teams. Their expanded skills will help reduce health disparities.

The Morehouse School Of Medicine

NOT APPLICABLE

93.516 - Public Health Training Centers Program

HRSA Office of Federal Assistance Management (OFAM) [HHS - HRSA]

Atlanta, Georgia United States

City-Wide

Community Health Worker Training Program (CHWTP) (HRSA-22-124)

COVID-19 $3,000,000 (100%) percent of this Project Grant was funded by COVID-19 emergency acts including the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 09/14/25 to 03/31/26.