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One network.
Many roles.
Shared commitment to community health.

The Southeast Community Health Worker Network is an inclusive, peer-driven network that welcomes community health professionals across a range of roles, including Community Health Workers, Community Health Representatives, Promotores de Salud, Doulas, Peer Support Specialists, and others engaged in community-based care.

The Network connects peers across the Southeast to strengthen relationships, exchange knowledge, and advance a strong, sustainable community health workforce.

Our primary goal is to enable areas throughout the region to support one another in order to collaboratively reach new heights in the community health worker field.

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About

Read about the mission, values, and plans of the network.

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Connect

Connect with the network or one of the ten state CHW associations involved.

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Meetings

Join us for our monthly meetings or watch recordings of previous ones.

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Standards

Explore the training and certification standards in the eleven network states

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Summit

Learn more about the annual Summit and review materials from previous gatherings

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Advocacy Toolkit

This toolkit presents experiences, insights, and best practices identified for CHW advocacy efforts from seven states

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