May 9th-June 23rd, Mondays & Thursdays 6-8pm

Zoom online format

This is the “Accelerated Training. There is also a Standard Pace Training Here.” Read more about the difference at the bottom.

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The FREE Community Health Worker Core Competency training includes 12 modules, each aligned with a set of competencies defined by the Rhode Island Certification Board.

This training is a generalist model intended to prepare participants for entry-level CHW positions in community-based social service, healthcare and behavioral health settings. Each module includes 2 hours of live zoom training plus 4 hours of training activities, for a total of 72 training hours, fulfilling the 70-hour requirement for RI CHW certification.

See the Core Competencies of a Community Health Worker here.

Learn about getting your Community Health Worker Certification here.

Classes are Mondays & Thursdays, 6-8pm

May 9 – June 23, 2022

Applications Due Monday, May 2nd, 2pm

Funded by the Rhode Island Department of Health

Implemented by Rhode Island College’s Institute for Education in Healthcare and CHWARI

Please apply for the Accelerated CHW Core Training if your schedule can fairly easily accommodate two evenings of live zoom classes a week, with two corresponding sets of assignments. This option will likely appeal to people who are unemployed, part time employed, or full time employed but with few other time commitments and who wish to get certified as soon as possible. 

Possible reasons to choose the Accelerated option:

• you work better and enjoy making connections among content areas when your learning is concentrated 
• your employer has an upcoming deadline for you to obtain your CHW certification. 
• you want to be certified as a CHW as soon as possible so you can apply for Medicaid reimbursement for your work when the federal government approves that for our state.
• for summer planning, you’d like to be done by late June rather than mid July

Link to Standard Paced Training