CHW Core and Advanced Training
Take the next step in empowering healthier communities. Whether you are an individual aiming to launch or expand your Community Health Worker certification, or an organization looking to upskill your team, CHW Core and Advanced training programs are designed to strengthen Idaho CHWs.
Learn more about our annual Behavioral Health Workforce Development Grant CHW Training sessions [here]. If those dates do not align with your schedule—or if a general CHW course is a better fit—please complete the form below to share your training needs and learn about other available funding or grant opportunities. Once we receive enough interest to launch a new cohort, we will notify you as soon as registration opens!
How to Complete the Request Form
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Enter Your Basic Contact Details
Provide your name, organization (if applicable), and preferred contact information so our training team can follow up with you.
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Select Your Request Type
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Choose "Myself (Individual Request)" if you are submitting a training request for your own seat in a training.
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Choose "My organization/team/employee(s) (Group Request)" if you are a manager, supervisor, or administrator arranging training for staff.
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Customize Your Preferences
Indicate whether you need Core Training, Advanced Training, or are interested in the Idaho CHW Apprenticeship program, and the ideal timeline that you would begin the training.
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Submit & Hear Back
Once submitted, our academy staff will be in touch with cohort schedules, pricing details or grant opportunities, and next steps.
Questions before you apply?
If you have immediate questions about program prerequisites, requirements, or custom billing arrangements, please email our training team directly at chw@isu.edu.
Core Course Details
Description: The CHW Core Training Course is designed to provide core competencies for CHWs through a self-paced curriculum, synchronous online sessions, and supplemented by five add-on health topic modules selected by the student. Students successfully completing the core course and course evaluation receive a Core CHW Training Certificate of Completion.
Audience: Idaho-based participants wanting to become a community health worker that have not worked as a CHW previously, or have not received CHW training.
Style: Hybrid - 48 contact hours total, of which 12 hours are live-online sessions (13 weeks, also available in an accelerated 8-week format)
Advanced Course Details
Description: The CHW Advanced Training Course is designed to expand knowledge and competencies for CHWs through self-paced curriculum, synchronous online sessions, and experiential learning through community or clinical tracks with a rotation at a preceptor site. Students successfully completing the core course and course evaluation, receive an Advanced CHW Training Certificate of Completion.
Audience: This course is designed to be taken after the CHW Core Training Course for those seeking to further expand and practice CHW skills.
Style: Hybrid - 96 contact hours total, of which 48 hours are in-person practicum hours with a clinic or community based organization
Tuition Options
General sessions of the CHW Core Course have a typical course tuition fee of $650. General sessions of the CHW Advanced Course have a typical course tuition fee of $850. Depending on your situation, there may be various options available to you for tuition support. Please read the following options carefully to determine the best option for you. We would also love to meet with you or your employer to discuss payment options.
EMPLOYER SUPPORTED
We encourage you to seek support from your employer to pay for all or part of your course tuition. Training improves productivity and efficiency, leads to higher morale and engagement, helps attract and retain talented CHWs, fosters innovation, and provides a competitive advantage for CHWs through a more skilled and adaptable workforce. We appreciate organizations who are able to support their CHW employees by paying for their employees’ course tuition.
DIRECT PAYMENT
You can pay the course tuition directly if the previously listed options do not work for you. If you are interested in the training, but unable to pay, tuition assistance may be available. Email chw@isu.edu for more information.
Behavioral Health Focused CHW Training Sessions
For CHWs working in behavioral health settings in Idaho, with an emphasis on those serving children, adolescents, and transitional-age youth in high-need communities, we will have an annual cohort of trainees who apply and are accepted into a session of the CHW Core, Advanced, and Practicum that is focused on Behavioral Health as part of the Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Paraprofessionals by the Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) in the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). If you are interested in that BH focused training and/or the Idaho CHW Apprenticeship program, please visit here, or email chw@isu.edu for more information.
If you have any questions about tuition or how to request training, please email chw@isu.edu or call (208) 282-4160.
The CHW Core and Advanced Trainings are offered through Continuing Education and Workforce Training at Idaho State University. You do not need to be an ISU student to enroll in these courses. Continuing Education credits for these courses through the University are currently not available, however if you are interested in CEUs, please email chw@isu.edu.
This program is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $500,000.00 with 0% financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.