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COMMUNITY WELLNESS INSTITUTE
Community Health Worker Academy
PROFESSIONAL CHW TRAINING • WORKFORCE PATHWAY
TRAIN FOR A CAREER THAT CONNECTS PEOPLE TO CARE
COMMUNITY HEALTH
WORKER ACADEMY
Build the skills to become a trusted frontline professional who helps people navigate healthcare, access resources, understand systems, and move toward healthier outcomes.
ADVOCATEHelp people be heard.
NAVIGATEConnect people to systems and services.
COORDINATESupport referrals, follow-up, and resources.
YOUR PATHWAY
TRAINING → PRACTICUM → EMPLOYMENT
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS
Bridge healthcare, resources, and the communities they serve.
What Participants Learn
- Social determinants of health
- Healthcare and systems navigation
- Communication and cultural competency
- Documentation and resource mapping
- Advocacy and community engagement
- Career preparation
Benefits
- Certification readiness
- Practical, real-world skills
- Individualized CHW support
- Workforce readiness
- Community impact
Barriers We Address
- Limited access to care
- Workforce gaps
- Complex service systems
- Lack of community trust
- Disconnected resources
Your Pathway Forward
Learn it. Practice it. Build a career with it.
Join the Academy
Take the first step toward becoming a trusted community advocate.
Build Core Skills
Gain knowledge through expert-led training, projects and case-based learning.
Intern With The Access Point
Apply your training through supervised navigation, outreach and advocacy.
Move Into Employment
Prepare for CHW opportunities with Monarch Legacy and aligned partners.
The CWI Workforce Pipeline
Training is only the beginning.
CWI connects education, supervised field experience and employment into one intentional system—so participants do not finish with knowledge alone. They finish with experience, professional support and a pathway to paid community impact.
01Learn
CWI Academy Training
Build C3-aligned CHW knowledge, ethics, communication, advocacy and systems-navigation skills.
02Practice
The Access Point Internship
Turn classroom learning into supervised outreach, navigation, advocacy and resource-connection experience.
03Launch
Monarch Legacy Employment
Move into professional CHW opportunities, workforce support and billable community-based service.
One coordinated workforce pipeline.Student→Skilled CHW→Community Professional→Sustainable Impact
CHW Roles, Ethics & Scope
Understand the CHW profession, boundaries, ethics and responsibilities of trusted community-based practice.
Communication & Relationship Building
Build culturally responsive communication, interpersonal and trust-building skills.
Health Systems, SDOH & Public Health
Connect health knowledge with the social conditions, systems and resources shaping community wellness.
Outreach, Advocacy & Community Engagement
Engage communities, elevate participant voice and advocate for access, equity and opportunity.
Care Coordination & Systems Navigation
Assess needs, coordinate services, make warm referrals and help people move through complex systems.
Documentation, Technology & Professional Practice
Use documentation, research, digital tools and professional conduct to support accountable CHW service.
Built around the C3 framework.
Every learning area reinforces the nationally recognized Community Health Worker Core Consensus framework—integrating the skills CHWs use, the roles they fulfill and the qualities that make them trusted community partners.
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Included With Every Student
Individualized CHW support & advocacy
Students receive personalized navigation, resource connections and follow-up support throughout training, internship and career transition.