Minnesota Community Health Worker Program

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Minnesota Community Health Worker Program

• 11 Credit Core Curriculum
• Specialty Training Tracks
• Partnerships Whos at the table
• Advisory Committee, Policy Council
• Policy Development
• Reimbursement-Sustainability
• Certification vs. Non-Certification
• Workforce Development
• Job placement
• Job creation
• Job Validation

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Minneapolis Community and Technical College

• Most notable Challenge?
• Curriculum process was not difficult develop
  through state partnership
• Language skills of incumbent workers and new
  students
• Employment placement
• Expansion of curriculum to non-accredited schools
• What Strategies and strengths have helped you
  address the challenges?
• Workforce placements being developed through
  partnership - HEIP CHW Policy Council
• Number of Students
• 22 students in pilot, 86 students in year two
• 56 graduates, 4 with combined certificates
• 3 applied to continue education
• 2 of the 11 credits articulate into other
  educational programs

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Rochester Community and Technical College

• Most notable Challenge?
• Coordinating Internships within Mayo
• What Strategies and strengths have helped you
  address the challenges?
• Strong advocating from faculty and from within
  Mayo system to educate and promote the position
  within Mayo. Preceptors are now the supporters
  of the CHW positions within Mayo.
• A strong partnership with created job
  descriptions and role of CHW
• Number of Students.
• 7 students
• 5 graduates all with CNA and CHW certificates
• All five have used the certificate to move into
  another position or support the position they
  were previously in. All five work as CHWs

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South Central College

• Most notable Challenge?
• Qualified faculty
• Language level of students
• What Strategies and strengths have helped you
  address the challenges?
• Measured the reliability of the accuplacer test
• Hired teacher with diverse background
• Partnered lower English level students with
  mentor
• Number of Students
• 19 students in pilot, 12 graduates
• Three are taking classes at a University and two
  are working with a department to articulate the
  credits.

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Inver Hills Community College

• Most notable Challenge?
• Challenge as it relates to development was time
  commitment and coming to a consensus about the
  role, definition, admission requirements, etc.
• Challenge at Inver was being able to demonstrate
  workforce need and student interest.
• What Strategies and strengths have helped you
  address the challenges?
• Funding to support faculty who wrote curriculum
  and commitment from employers
• Wealth of knowledge from CHW state Advisory
  Committee
• Workforce analysis studies done by CHW Policy
  Committee, Study done by BCBS of MN Foundation
• Internal task force at Inver to provide
  information and input
• Funding to support the implementation of the new
  curriculum
• Number of Students
• No students program will be implemented in
  January 2007

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Summit Academy OIC

• Most notable Challenge?
• Education level of students
• Personal barriers child care, transportation,
  financing, social and economic barriers
• What Strategies and strengths have helped you
  address the challenges?
• Slowed the curriculum down
• Referrals to help students overcome other
  barriers
• Creative teaching to help the low literacy
  students
• Field trips, speakers, case scenarios, past
  students
• Number of Students
• 44 enrolled into CHW program, 13 have received
  their certificates and 16 are still enrolled in
  program.
• 4 have received jobs in newly created CHW
  positions

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Ivy Tech - Indiana

• Most notable Challenge?
• Getting all the right players to the table long
  delayed process in just figuring out the role of
  the CHWs in Indiana still do not have a CHW at
  the table.
• What Strategies and strengths have helped you
  address the challenges?
• Developed a task force
• Ivy Tech is considering modifying the curriculum
  less credit hours
• Develop curriculum as pathway in a Human Services
  Associate degree by articulating CHW hours as a
  Human Services specialty.
• Access the labor market and job opportunities for
  CHWs in three different areas of the state
• Once everything is in place would re-offer CHW
  program through Ivy Tech schools which are
  located in 14 regions.
• Offer classes so students can complete in 1 2
  semesters
• Number of Students
• 4 students graduated in past 5 years
• 20 interested students in the pipeline

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Future Schools

• We are working with two other schools within the
  Minnesota State Colleges and University System to
  implement the curriculum.
• Curriculum Published January 2007
• Looking at other ways to implement in more rural
  areas
• Partner Schools with local organizations
• Designate one school to implement curriculum in
  rural areas.
• Through Customized Training