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Recognizing Community Health Workers day in the City of Saint Paul.
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WHEREAS Community Health Workers (CHWs) play a vital role in advancing health equity, improving health outcomes, and strengthening connections between Minnesota’s health systems and the communities they serve; and
WHEREAS CHW's Community Health Workers are trusted public health professionals who often come from the communities they serve work in, building meaningful relationships through shared language, culture, and lived experience while fostering trust, understanding, and belonging; and;
WHEREAS through outreach, education, advocacy, and care coordination and resource navigation, CHWs Community Health Workers help individuals and families access preventive care, manage chronic conditions, and navigate complex health and social service systems, reducing unnecessary emergency room use and connecting and connect people to the right care at the right time; and
WHEREAS Minnesota is a national leader in advancing the Community Health Worker profession through the nation's first statewide post-secondary Community Health Worker Curriculum CHW workforce innovation - it developed the nation’s first statewide post-secondary CHW curriculum, a standardized 16-credit certificate program and established state policy and a federally approved plan in 2008 enabling Medicaid reimbursement for defined Community Health Worker services such as diagnosis-related patient education and care coordination; and
WHEREAS Minnesota continues to advance Community Health Worker workforce development through innovative initiatives,including apprenticeship programs and workforce development efforts that expand access to meaningful career pathways while addressing critical healthcare workforce needs; and such as the state’s CHW Apprenticeship Program, expanding access to career pathways and strengthening the healthcare workforce; and
WHEREAS throughout the City of Saint Paul CHWs Community Health Workers serve in ...
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