Community Health Workers: An Overview
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Description
Discusses the roles of community health workers (CHWs) and provides evidence of their effectiveness. Focuses on Arkansas's plans for a CHW certification process and reimbursement pathway, and other policy considerations. Features state-level maps showing state approaches to funding mechanisms for CHWs.
Author(s)
Elizabeth Montgomery, Jennifer Wessel
Date
05/2026
Organization
Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
Tagged as
Community health workers
· Funding
· Legislation and regulations
· Medicaid
· Reimbursement and payment models
· Arkansas