VACHWA
The Virginia Community Health Worker Association (VACHWA) is a space for community health workers (inclusive of all titles) to network and grow personally and professionally through education and advocacy.
About Us
The Virginia Community Health Worker Association adopted the following definition of a community health worker.
A community health worker also builds individual and community capacity by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through a range of activities such as outreach, community education, informal counseling, social support and advocacy.
How We Work
Who is a CHW and What do we do?
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(II) is trained to work in a variety of community settings, partnering in the delivery of health and human services to carry out one or more of the following roles: (a) providing culturally appropriate health education and information; (b) linking people to direct service providers, including informal counseling; (c) advocating for individual and community needs, including identification of gaps and existing strengths and actively building individual and community capacity.
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- Community Mobilization and Outreach
- Health Promotion and Coaching
- Service System Access and Navigation
- Care Coordination/Management
- Community-Based Support
- Participatory Research
Team
The Virginia Community Health Worker Association (VACHWA) is led by industry professionals; who are committed to serving, developing and building their community through access to education and equity in public health.
Board of Directors
Stephanie Carrington
President
Lydia English
Vacant Positions
Keandra Holloway
William Thornton
STAFF
Shanteny Jackson
Teneysa Godwin
Membership
The Association has several membership options. An active membership provides you with direct and indirect benefits. Direct benefits include voting rights, board participation, conference discounts, meeting notifications and special announcements, and newsletters. Indirect benefits are corporate discounts (retail and businesses), financial services with banking institutions, and networking opportunities. The standard membership provides you with access to listserv, newsletters, meeting notifications, and special announcements and networking opportunities.
STRONGER TOGETHER
We thank you for your sacrifice and dedication to our just cause. Together we are stronger, better, efficient and unstoppable in our quest to build better communities through access to health services. At VACHW we believe “Together we can make a difference.
Resources
Training
Ambassador
CHW Toolkit
Interactive Map
Events Calendar
CHW Landscape and Community Resources Interactive Map
Use our interactive map to quickly find information and locations of community resources near you. If you wish to have a resource added to our interactive map, fill out one of our programs, CHWs, or donor forms.
Downloads
Below are downloadable files for your professional development and enrichment.
VACHWA
The Virginia Community Health Worker Association (VACHWA) is led by industry professionals; who are committed to serving, developing and building their community through access to education and equity in public health.
GET IN TOUCH
- Call : 804-645-6313
- Email : info@chwofva.com