Community Health Worker Resource Center
Supporting universal values for health and wellness so no one is left behind.
We are a Resource Center Focused on CHW Training and Staffing.
Consult our Registry for your CHW needs:
Enrollment and Outreach Certified CHWs (Medicaid/ CHIP)
Eliminate the guess work and selection process from numerous CHW roles by consulting us to find a “Match” from our Certified Trained CHW Registry
99% Professional Winning Guarantee
We utilize a “matching tool” to identify Employer : CHW “Best Fit”, combined with Pre-Training for employer required job skills: ensures our very high success rates.
OUR SERVICES ARE ALIGNED to YOUR
BUSINESS AND
Community NEEDS
- Community Health Workers (CHW) receive training and provide services to close gaps in need.
- A core CHW competency for example requires training in group facilitation.
- Facilitation is making it easy for others to patriciate in dialogue
Training Program Core Features:
- Our CHWs receive a stipend during training.
- We build required skills upon CHW lived experience resulting in a Program Certification.
- The Training is funded and available at no cost to qualified participants.
- The Training Program attracts dedicated CHWs with a sense of purpose and want to give back to their communities.
Program Design
- A Collective Impact Framework Approach. Health Systems, Foundations, Community-Based Organizations, Federal Government and Public Health: working in Partnerships with a Common Goal to improve the overall health and wellbeing of the entire community.
- Achieving goals together, that could not otherwise be achieved by a single organization.
Financial Support Model
- Health Systems, Foundations, Federal Government and Key Community-Based Stakeholders: Collaborate for Collective Impact!
- The Result: Long Term Financial Support, combined with Synergistic Effects of Shared Resources: to close gaps in health disparities among minority and underserved populations
Other Services
- A One Stop Community Resource Center designed to improve the quality of services and access to health care by making Qualified Programs and Trained Staff available in local communities.
- Many participants who learn to better manage their chronic disease, return to the center to provide peer support to the community, and receive training to serve as CHWs.
IPDC’s Older American CHW Program
History Of Special Events: 2017
Supported by Dr. Richard Jackson, MD; Harvard University School of Medicine the First Cohort of 35 Community Health Workers were Trained and Certified at the International Pre-Diabetes Center, Panorama City, California.
More Recent Events: 2021
The Department of Labor funded IPDC as a National Grantee for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP). The Program trains qualified participants age 55 and above as CHWs in a senior CHW program model.