Empowering Incarcerated Individuals as
Empowering Incarcerated Individuals as
Community Health Workers
Community Health Workers
Pre-Apprenticeship
Empowering Wellness from Within
Empowering Wellness from Within
We equip incarcerated individuals with the skills and support to become certified Community Health Workers (CHWs) — trusted health advocates who bring wellness, literacy, and hope to their communities. This program is rooted in equity, mentorship, and lived experience.
We equip incarcerated individuals with the skills and support to become certified Community Health Workers (CHWs) — trusted health advocates who bring wellness, literacy, and hope to their communities. This program is rooted in equity, mentorship, and lived experience.
Program Pillars
Self-Care and Empowerment
Self-Care and Empowerment
Health Literacy for Justice-Involved Communities
Health Literacy for Justice-Involved Communities
Building Resilience Against Misinformation
Building Resilience Against Misinformation
We are actively building a network of employers committed to hiring our CHW candidates upon release.
We are actively building a network of employers committed to hiring our CHW candidates upon release.
Learning & Development Process
Module 1:
Discover what it truly means to be a Community Health Worker. Learn how CHWs serve as trusted connectors, explore the roots of this vital role, and understand how CHWs drive health equity, cultural humility, and systems change.
Module 1:
Discover what it truly means to be a Community Health Worker. Learn how CHWs serve as trusted connectors, explore the roots of this vital role, and understand how CHWs drive health equity, cultural humility, and systems change.
Module 2:
Navigate the foundations of public health and the systems CHWs work within. Gain clarity on how disparities show up for system-impacted individuals—and how CHWs close the gap.
Module 2:
Navigate the foundations of public health and the systems CHWs work within. Gain clarity on how disparities show up for system-impacted individuals—and how CHWs close the gap.
Module 3:
Build the capacity to serve diverse communities with care and understanding. This module explores how trauma and culture shape health—and how CHWs can be a healing presence.
Module 3:
Build the capacity to serve diverse communities with care and understanding. This module explores how trauma and culture shape health—and how CHWs can be a healing presence.
Module 4:
Empower others through knowledge. Learn how to communicate clearly, educate confidently, and support clients in making informed decisions.
Module 4:
Empower others through knowledge. Learn how to communicate clearly, educate confidently, and support clients in making informed decisions.
Module 5:
Support reentry through connection and self-efficacy. Equip yourself and your clients with essential life skills to rebuild after incarceration.
Module 5:
Support reentry through connection and self-efficacy. Equip yourself and your clients with essential life skills to rebuild after incarceration.
Module 6:
Help people discover their “why.” This module equips you with MI techniques to support readiness for change through empathy and listening.
Module 6:
Help people discover their “why.” This module equips you with MI techniques to support readiness for change through empathy and listening.
Module 7:
Be a strategic ally. Learn how to assess needs, build care plans, and walk alongside individuals in their healing and empowerment journeys.
Module 7:
Be a strategic ally. Learn how to assess needs, build care plans, and walk alongside individuals in their healing and empowerment journeys.
Module 8:
Gain a compassionate lens on mental health and addiction. Learn how to support clients facing behavioral health challenges with dignity and tools.
Module 8:
Gain a compassionate lens on mental health and addiction. Learn how to support clients facing behavioral health challenges with dignity and tools.
Module 9:
Become a public health advocate. This module equips you to design and deliver preventative strategies that matter.
Module 9:
Become a public health advocate. This module equips you to design and deliver preventative strategies that matter.
Module 10:
Support the transition home. Understand what barriers people face post-incarceration, and how you can be part of their support system.
Module 10:
Support the transition home. Understand what barriers people face post-incarceration, and how you can be part of their support system.
Module 11:
Deepen your understanding of peer-led behavioral health systems and your role within them.
Module 11:
Deepen your understanding of peer-led behavioral health systems and your role within them.
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