NATIONAL CHW ASSOCIATIONS
American Association of Community Health Workers
Durrell Fox, Co-Chair, dfoxnehec@aol.com
APHA CHW Section
http://www.apha.org/membergroups/sections/aphasections/chw
Maria Lourdes Fernandez, Chair, (520) 559-3175, chachaml@hotmail.com.
National Association of Community Health Representatives
http://www.nachr.net; Ramona Dillard, CHR/CHWD, rdillard@lagunatribe.org,
Pueblo of Laguna, Laguna, NM; (505) 552-6652
Community Health Representatives (CHR) Area Associations
Oklahoma Area Association of Community Health Representatives (OAACHR)
c/o Cyndi Gilks, President, Muscogee (Creek) Nation CHR Program
Phone: (918) 623-1925
Email: Cyndi.gilks@creekhealth.org
New Mexico/Southern Colorado CHR Association (NMSCCHRA)
Alk'inibaa' Mermejo, President
Phone: (505) 660-8627 or (505) 455-4115
dinewarriorwoman@yahoo.com
akeemmermejo@sanipueblo.org
Aberdeen Area Community Health Representatives Association (AACHRA)
John Eagle Shield, President; (701) 854-3856; srchr@westriv.com
STATE AND REGIONAL CHW ASSOCIATIONS
ARIZONA
Arizona Community Health Outreach Workers Network
Kathleen Gilligan, Coordinator, http://azchow.org, (520) 705-8861
azchow.network@gmail.com.
CALIFORNIA
Community Health Worker/Promotoras Network http://www.visionycompromiso.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=6&Itemid=4
Maria Lemus, Executive Director, (510) 232-7869, chwpromotoras@aol.com or mholl67174@aol.com
FLORIDA
REACH-Workers—The Community Health Workers of Tampa Bay
Michelle Dublin, Chair, (727) 588-4018,Michelle_Dublin@doh.state.fl.us
Florida Community Health Worker Coalition
A statewide partnership dedicated to the support and promotion of the CHW profession in Florida; http://www.doh.state.fl.us/family/chronicdisease/CHW_Coalition/
Susan Fleming at Susan_Fleming@doh.state.fl.us
GEORGIA
Georgia Community Health Advisor Network
Gail McCray, (404) 752-1645, gmccray@msm.edu
ILLINOIS
Chicago CHW Local Network
Laura Bahena, (312) 878-7015, healthconnectone.org
INDIANA
Indiana Community Health Worker Coalition
JoBeth McCarthy-Jean, MPH, JMccarthy-Jean@isdh.IN.gov
http://www.in.gov/isdh/24942.htm
http://www.facebook.com/IndianaCHW
Email: INcommunityhealth@gmail.com
Tel: 317-370-8757
LOUISIANA
Louisiana Community Health Outreach Network (LACHON); Email: lachws@gmail.com or call Ashley Wennerstrom at (504) 988-4007 or Kristina Gibson at 504-523-6221, ext. 172.
They are also on Facebook, and their Twitter account is @LACHON1.
MARYLAND
Community Outreach Workers Association of Maryland, Inc.
Carol Payne (410) 664-6949, carol.b.payne@hud.gov
MASSACHUSETTS
Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers, www.machw.org
Lisa Renee Holderby-Fox, Executive Director, (508) 756-6676, ext. 23, lrfox@machw.org.
MICHIGAN
Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance (MiCHWA)
Project Coordinator: Katherine Mitchell
mitchkl@umich.edu
734-615-7972
The Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance is a group of community health workers (CHWs), organizational partners, and other CHW supporters whose mission is to promote and sustain the integration of CHWs into Michigan's health and human service systems through coordinated changes in policy and workforce development. MiCHWA's governance structure includes a steering committee and four working groups.
Michigan Community Health Worker Network
Co-leaders: Marta Lugo Rodriguez (mlugo-rodriguez@chasscenter.org) and Yessenia Rodriguez (yessenia.rodriguez@spectrumhealth.org)
The CHW Network is a CHW-led MiCHWA working group focused on supporting the profession and promoting CHW leadership.
MINNESOTA
Minnesota CHW Peer Network
http://www.wellshareinternational.org/chwpeernetwork.us
Anita Buel, Chair, (612) 2933502, anita.dchw@gmail.com
Sophia London, Co-Chair, Sophia.London@hcmed.org
MN CHW Peer Network brings Twin Cities CHWs together for learning and continuing education approximately 4-6 times per year. The co-chairs of the Peer Network serve as conveners for the trainings and help the group identify topics for continuing ed. They are busy CHWs who provide leadership to the network on a volunteer basis.
The Minnesota CHW Alliance is a broad-based partnership of CHWs and stakeholder groups who meet monthly and work together to advance the CHW role in the state. The curriculum, scope of practice, workforce development efforts, payment legislation and Day at the Capitol have come out of this group and its predecessor, the MN CHW Policy Council. Contact Joan Cleary, part-time interim director; joanlcleary@gmail.com.
NEW JERSEY
The New Jersey CHW Institute supports the development of CHW groups
Carol Wolff, (856) 963-2432, ext. 202; wolff_c@Camden-AHEC.org
NEW MEXICO
New Mexico Community Health Workers Association; http://www.nmchwa.com/
Bette Jo Ciesielski, (505) 255-1227, nmchwa@yahoo.com
NEW YORK
Statewide: Community Health Worker Network of New York State
http://chwnetwork.org/id49.html
New York City: Community Health Worker Network of NYC
http://chwnetwork.org
Sergio Matos, Executive Director, (212) 481-7667, sergio@chwnetwork.org
Romy Rodriguez, Chair, romelia@chwnetwork.org
Community Health Workers Association of Rochester:
http://www.chwrochesterny.org.
Glenda Blanco, Chair, (585) 922-3507, glenda.blanco@rochestergeneral.org
Community Health Worker Network of Buffalo
Director: Jessica Bauer Walker
104 Maryland Street
Buffalo, NY 14201
716-548-6727
www.chwbuffalo.org
jessica@chwbuffalo.org
OHIO
Ohio Community Health Worker Association
http://www.med.wright.edu/CHC/programs/ochwa.html
Jewel Bell, President, (513)464-8404, jewel.bell@att.net
OREGON
Oregon Community Health Workers Association
Lizzie Fussell
Coordinator, Oregon Community Health Worker Association
Oregon Latino Health Coalition
T: 971-295-3124
E: lizzie@oregonlatinohealthcoalition.org
www.oregonlatinohealthcoalition.org
RHODE ISLAND
Community Health Worker Association of Rhode Island
http://www.chwassociationri.org
Beth Lamarre, Coordinator, (401) 270-0101, ext 149; chwassociationri@gmail.com
TEXAS
South Texas Promotora Association
Merida Escobar, President/CEO, (956) 383-5393, stpa08@sbcglobal.net
WASHINGTON STATE
Washington Community Health Worker Network
Lilia Gomez, (360) 786-9722, ext. 230, lgomez@wacmhc.org
Seth Doyle, (206) 783-3004, ext. 16, sdoyle@nwrpca.org
WISCONSIN
Wisconsin CHW Alliance
Sherri Ohly
Milwaukee Area Health Education Center (AHEC)
2224 W. Kilbourn Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53233
Phone: 414-344-0675 ext. 226
Email: sohly@milahec.org