FORCE FOR HEALTH · CAREER PATHWAY
Community Health Worker Track
The trusted bridge between people and the health & social-services system — built on the C3 consensus framework, drawing on Force for Health's existing CHW library.
⚠ DRAFT — state certification varies; this supplements an approved program
🔗How this page works: like the other FFH tracks, it's a guide, not a container. Each card opens a standalone module or an existing Force for Health course — nothing is forked or locked here. Framed to the C3 Project (CHW Core Consensus: 10 roles, 11 skills).
1 · Start here
Orient to the role, scope, and the person-centered communication CHW work runs on.
2 · Force for Health CHW foundations
FFH already has a CHW curriculum on theforceforhealth.com — reuse it, don't rebuild it.
💡These are live Force for Health courses — each card opens the real course on theforceforhealth.com. They're mapped to the C3 competencies. (Only currently-published courses are linked.)
More live FFH courses in this category — all published, all clickable:
In production on the Academy (will link when published): Introduction to CHW · Health Equity 101 · Barriers to Access · Vital Signs · Be a Force for Health · Role of CHW. Listed honestly — currently draft, so not linked yet.
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3 · The CHW role in action (reuse)
The Prepared Patient program already models CHW-style work — teaching, navigating, and documenting encounters.
4 · Core competency modules (C3)
Net-new FFH modules that build the C3 skills — each a standalone Learn It / Live It / Share It spoke with coins, drops & a badge.
5 · The C3 framework
C3 = Community Health Worker Core Consensus Project — the national framework of 10 core roles (cultural connection, health education, care navigation, coaching & support, advocacy, capacity-building, direct service, needs assessment/SDOH, outreach, evaluation) and 11 core skills (communication, interpersonal, service coordination, capacity-building, advocacy, education, assessment, professional conduct, evaluation, knowledge base, and more). Most state CHW programs map to it — but there is no single national CHW exam, so this track is framed to C3 and supplements your state-approved program.
Where CHW fits: the CHW track runs alongside the clinical ladder (CNA → PCT → LPN/RN), not on it. It's the community-facing branch of Force for Health's mission — the trusted bridge that connects people to everything else on the ladder.
