White Paper – A Hard Day’s Work: Promoting Sustainable Financing for Community Health Workers
By Natasha Kumar, Shyloe Jones, Mackenzie Marshall, Shelby Ostrom,
09.02.2022
In this white paper we discuss the importance of Community Health Workers (CHWs), and how they are essential to addressing health disparities in our communities. We then offer an overview of the current financing landscape of CHWs, with a particular lens on how the COVID-19 pandemic shaped financing. Lastly, we share state and federal recommendations to sustainably pay for CHWs.