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Minnesota Community Health Worker Project

Description:

To address critical health care workforce issues a statewide coalition of public higher education, rural and urban health care systems and major payers created the Minnesota Community Health Workers Training Program. Through a standardized accredited curriculum they will offer articulated pathways within the health professions, new employment opportunities, and recruitment from the low-income and first-generation communities to be served including Native Americans and Southeast Asian, Latino and East African immigrants. The curriculum includes field-based components and gives credit for the professional experience of currently employed Community Health Workers.

 
Project Director/Key Contact:

Anne M. Willaert
Director of Project Design and Development
124 Myers Fieldhouse
Mankato, MN 56001
Phone: (507) 389-2590 Fax: (507) 389-2411
E-Mail: anne.willaert@mnsu.edu

 
Local Funder(s):
  • UCare Minnesota
  • Minnesota State University and Colleges Perkins Funds
  • Health Partners
  • Fairview Health Partners
  • University of Arizona
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation
  • Minnesota Department of Health
  • Otto Bremer Foundation
 

Grant Recipient: Minnesota State University, Mankato

Grant Amount: $373,000

Grant Period: 7/1/2005 - 6/30/2009

Grant Status: Closed

Recipient Web Site:
http://www.heip.org

Project Web Site:
http://www.heip.org/community_health_worker.htm