Community Health Workers:
An implementation toolkit
For organizations & managers
Creating and maintaining a community health worker program can be challenging, particularly as needs, standards, and payment models differ widely. This toolkit provides an overview of issues not commonly covered, with an emphasis on social determinants of health. It will assist organizational planners, program managers, and other stakeholders in developing a professional community healthcare worker workforce, choosing program outcomes, and improving over time.
Toolkit prepared by: Jess Williams, Tami Gurley-Calvez, and Rebecca Anderson.
Acknowledgments:
We would like to thank Health Forward Foundation for its financial support. We would also like to thank Joanna Veazey Brooks, Jennifer Oliveira, Michael Turman, and Kelly Williams for their excellent contributions. Additionally, we could not have completed this toolkit without the generous participation of the community health workers, supervisors, managers, patients, and partners. We also received feedback from the KC Regional community healthcare worker Collaborative, for which we are very appreciative.
