This story has been updated. The House of Representatives on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill — later approved by the Senate — that included a last minute amendment that, among other measures, taps ...

Here, and at other medical centers across the country, an unsung workforce ensures that all patients have the best possible access to care—community health workers. “Community health workers are ...

Manti, Utah — Garrett Clark estimates he has spent about six years in the Sanpete County Jail, a plain concrete building perched on a dusty hill just outside this small, rural town where he grew up.

Bucking the norm, New York City-based Montefiore has opted to directly employ and embed community health workers within its clinical teams to connect patients with social services as part of broader ...

For decades community health workers have helped people from underserved communities navigate their way through the health care system. These workers, many of whom work or volunteer with community ...

Community health workers (CHWs) are trusted frontline public health workers who often function as liaisons or intermediaries between health and social services and the community. Their activities can ...

The saying “not all heroes wear capes” is certainly true with community health workers. A community health worker (CHW) is a frontline public health worker with lived experience and local knowledge, ...

Before Mohammed Chowdhury met a community health worker in New York City, the security guard struggled to manage his diabetes and high blood pressure. That changed when he started to work with Mamnun ...

Local nonprofit ConnectionHealth was recently awarded a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to expand their ...

Regina Gully knows what it’s like to need help and not know where to turn. Now, as a community health worker with Trinity Health, she spends her days making sure others don’t have to feel that way.