2021 Texas DSHS‐Certified Training Programs for Community Health Workers (CHWs) and CHW Instructors
Panhandle South Texas
North Central Texas West Texas
Central Texas East Texas
Panhandle DSHS Health Service Region 1
Contact: Keila Johnson at 806-477-1113 or [email protected]
☐ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☐ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☐ Spanish
Provides training throughout North Texas, Lubbock
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing
Contact: Monica Garcia at 806-743-3020 or [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☐ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☐ Spanish
Provides training: Lubbock
West Texas Area Health Education Center Program
Contact: Estela Salazar at 806-743-3633 or [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☒ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☐ Spanish
Provides training throughout West Texas, including Abilene, Plainview, Canyon, Midland and El Paso.
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2021 Texas DSHS‐Certified Training Programs for Community Health Workers (CHWs) and CHW Instructors
North Central Texas Baylor Scott & White Health & Wellness Center (BSW HWC)
Contact: Vanessa Mendez at 214-865-3065 or [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☒ Instructor Course ☒ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☒ May provide training in Spanish
Provides training in Dallas/Fort Worth and by distance learning El Centro College
Contact: Angelina Mireles at 214-860-2376 or [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☐ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☐ Spanish
Provides training in Dallas/Fort Worth
Texas AHEC East DFW Region
Contact: Matthew Britt at 214-426- 2018 or [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☒ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☒ May provide training in Spanish
Provides training in Dallas/Fort Worth and by distance learning Community Health Training Institute, Inc.
Contact: Maudia Gentry at 214- 801-8399 or [email protected] or Yara William at [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☐ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☐ Spanish
Provides training in Dallas/Fort Worth and by distance learning
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2021 Texas DSHS‐Certified Training Programs for Community Health Workers (CHWs) and CHW Instructors
University of North Texas Health Science Center – Fort Worth
Contact: Teresa Wagner at 817-735-0387 or [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☐ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☐ Spanish
Provides training in Dallas/Fort Worth
Central Texas Cardea Services
Contact: Lori Weber at 512-474-2166 or [email protected]
☐ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☒ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☐ Spanish
Provides training in Austin and by distance learning
DSHS Office of Border Public Health
Contact: Ursula Solozarno at 737-243-3843 or [email protected]
☐ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☒ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☒ May provide training in Spanish
Provides training in Austin, South Texas and by distance learning
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2021 Texas DSHS‐Certified Training Programs for Community Health Workers (CHWs) and CHW Instructors
CHW Leadership Institute
Contact: Juan Rosa at 512-439-0728 or [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☐ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☒ May provide training in Spanish
Provides training in Austin
Migrant Clinicians Network
Contact: Theressa Lyons-Clampitt at 512-579-4511 or [email protected]
☐ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☐ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☒ May provide training in Spanish
Provides training in Austin Texas AHEC East Capital Region
Contact: Tiara Smith at 512-978-8136 or [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☐ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☐ Spanish
Provides training in Austin
National Center for Farmworkers Health, Inc.
Contact: Alicia Gonzales at 512-312-2700 or [email protected]
☐ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☐ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☒ May provide training in Spanish
Provides training in Austin and Buda
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2021 Texas DSHS‐Certified Training Programs for Community Health Workers (CHWs) and CHW Instructors
CCHD’s National Community Health Worker Training Center, Texas A&M School of Public Health
Contact: Denise Martinez at 979-436-9360 or [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☒ Instructor Course ☒ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☒ Spanish
Provides training by distance learning as well as in-person in College Station, the Rio Grande Valley and other locations by request
Central Texas College, Mental Health Services Department
Contact: Renee Henry at 254-526-1338 or [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☐ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☒ Spanish
Provides training: Dallas and College Station
Empowering the Masses
Contact: Tammy Johnson at 972-460-6316 or [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☒ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☐ Spanish
Provides training by distance learning as well as in-person in Dallas, and other locations by request
Texas A&M School of Public Health Office of Special Programs
Contact: Kay Carpender at 979-436-9478 or [email protected] or Brenda Sebesta at 979-436-9478 or [email protected]
☐ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☐ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☐ Spanish
Provides training by distance learning as well as in-person in College Station
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2021 Texas DSHS‐Certified Training Programs for Community Health Workers (CHWs) and CHW Instructors
Texas A&M Center for Population Health and Aging
Contact: Brittaney Badillo at 979-436-9365 or [email protected]
☐ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☒ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☐ Spanish
Provides training in College Station
Umemba Health, LLC
Contact: Quisha Umemba at 501-912-7452 or [email protected]
☐ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☒ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☐ Spanish
Provides training in Austin via distance learning
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2021 Texas DSHS‐Certified Training Programs for Community Health Workers (CHWs) and CHW Instructors
South Texas Proyecto Juan Diego
Contact: Sister Phylis Peters at 956-542-2334 or [email protected]
☐ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☐ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☐ Spanish
Provides training in Brownsville
South Coastal AHEC: Promotores of South Texas Training Institute
Contact: Belinda Flores at 361-881-8133 or [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☐ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☒ May provide training in Spanish
Provides training in Corpus Christi and by distance learning Gateway Community Health Center, Inc.
Contact: Otila Garcia 956-625-3049 or [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing EducationUnits ☐ Instructor Course ☐ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☐ Spanish
Provides training in Laredo
Texas A&M Colonias Program Training Academy
Contact Joe Gutierrez at 956-728-0210 or [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing EducationUnits ☐ Instructor Course ☒ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☒ May provide training in Spanish
Also provides training in Laredo, San Antonio and Weslaco
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2021 Texas DSHS‐Certified Training Programs for Community Health Workers (CHWs) and CHW Instructors
South Texas College
Contact: Olivia de La Rosa at 956-872-3856 or [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☐ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☐ Spanish
Provides training in McAllen-Edinburg
South Texas Promotora Association, Inc.
Contact: Merida Escobar at 956-383-5393 or [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☒ Instructor Course ☒ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☒ May provide training in Spanish
Provides training throughout South Texas(McAllen/Edinburg) and in other locations by request
Northwest Vista College
Contact: Dr. Fernando Martinez at 210-486-4382 or [email protected] or Guadalupe Cornejo at 210-486-4673, [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☐ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☐ Spanish
Provides training in multiple locations including San Antonio
Texas A&M Colonias Program Training Academy
Contact: Oscar Muñoz at 979-862-2372 or 800-633-2374 or [email protected] or Laura Trevino at 956-447- 9355 or [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☒ Instructor Course ☒ Instructor Continuing EducationUnits
anguage: ☒ English ☒ May provide training in Spanish
Provides training in San Antonio, Laredo and Weslaco
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2021 Texas DSHS‐Certified Training Programs for Community Health Workers (CHWs) and CHW Instructors
West Texas
Adults and Youth United for Development Association, Inc. (A.Y.U.D.A. Inc.)
Contact: Patricia Garcia at 915-851-0272 or [email protected]
☐ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☐ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☐May provide training in Spanish
Provides training in El Paso
Alzheimer’s Association Texas Region
Contact: Pablo Panta at713-314-1342 or [email protected]
☐ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☐ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☐ Spanish Provides training in Dallas and Houston
Familias Triunfadoras, Inc.
Contact: Maria Covernali at 915-851-9011, [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing EducationUnits ☐ Instructor Course ☐ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☒May provide training in Spanish Provides training in El Paso
Texas A&M Colonias Program Training Academy
Contact: Eufemia (Pema) B. Garcia at 915-860-9528
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☒ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☒ May provide training in Spanish
Provides training in El Paso
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2021 Texas DSHS‐Certified Training Programs for Community Health Workers (CHWs) and CHW Instructors
East Texas
Dia de la Mujer Latina
Contact: Venus Gines at 281-489-1111 or [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☒ Instructor Course ☒ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☒ May provide training in Spanish
Provides training in Houston and by distance learning
Harris Health System, Community Outreach Services
Contact: Denise LaRue at 713-634-1243 or [email protected]
☐ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☐ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☐ May provide training in Spanish
Provides training in Houston
Houston Community College – Coleman College for Health Sciences
Contact: CHW Certification course only: Nicole Phinazee at [email protected]
All other courses: Rosalinda Garza at 713-718-2697 or [email protected] or Prashant Harjai at 713-718-2329 or [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☒ Instructor Course ☒ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☐ Spanish
Provides training in Houston and by distance learning Texas AHEC East – Greater Houston AHEC Region
Contact: Alex Reyna Jr at 713-592-6411 ext. 14 or [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☐ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☐ Spanish Provides training in Houston
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2021 Texas DSHS‐Certified Training Programs for Community Health Workers (CHWs) and CHW Instructors
University of Texas School of Public Health – Houston
Contact: Rosalia Guerrero-Luera at 713-500-9395 or [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☒ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☒ May provide training in Spanish
Provides training by distance learning as well as in-person in Houston, Brownsville, El Paso, Dallas and other locations by request University of Houston Honors College CHW Program
Contact: Daniel Price, 713-743-0219 or [email protected] or [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☒ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: English
Provides training in Houston
Texas AHEC East Coastal Region
Contact: Leslie Hargrove at 409-933-0021 or [email protected] or [email protected] o ☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☒ Instructor Course ☒ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☒ May provide training in Spanish
Provides training by distance learning as well as in-person in Houston and La Marque LW Pharmacy School
Contact: Karen Moore at 903-295-0808 or 903-295-5933 or [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☐ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☐ Spanish
Provides training in Longview
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2021 Texas DSHS‐Certified Training Programs for Community Health Workers (CHWs) and CHW Instructors
Texas AHEC East Piney Woods Region
Contact: Shontel Minor at 936-344-1449 or [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☐ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☐ Spanish
Provides training in Nacogdoches
University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler (UTHCT)
Contact: S. Kim Bush at 903-877-8935 or [email protected]
☒ CHW Certification Course ☒ CHW Continuing Education Units ☐ Instructor Course ☒ Instructor Continuing Education Units
Language: ☒ English ☐ Spanish
Provides training in Tyler and other location by request
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