The Oregon Office of Rural Health (ORH) has partnered with the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) to coordinate a CDC grant-funded program that will support the capacity of Oregon’s rural public health agencies, hospitals and clinics by growing the Community Health Worker (CHW) workforce in rural Oregon. This is a grant program to fund the training of CHWs for employment at rural hospitals, clinics and/or public health departments in Oregon.

Program details:

• CHWs must work either at an Oregon CAH, RHC or rural public health department or shared between the organizations;
• ORH will coordinate training of 25 CHWs in 2025.
• ORH grant will cover:
  
  • CHW training tuition through NEON;
  • Course supplies up to $50 (books, pens, paper, etc.);
• Trainees will be added to the Rural CHW Network
• Participating hospitals, clinics or public health departments must have capacity to employ the CHW trainee.

To participate in this program, administrators can sign up their CHW trainee here: Apply for CHW training

Contact:

For more information on this program, please contact Stepha Dragoon at dragoon@ohsu.edu