Below is a list of educational opportunities for certification and continuing education for Community Health Workers (CHWs) and CHW Instructors. Courses are certified by DSHS. 
March 2020
Educational OpportunitiesCourse Title
Training Program
Date
Time
Location
Cost
Language
CEUs
Registration
Contact
| Know Your Rights Workshop
Texas AHEC East DFW Region
Presented by: DFW-CHW Association, Proyecto Inmigrante, and NALEO’s Hazme Contar
Learn how to prepare communities about local immigration resources and the 2020 Census.
March 20, 2020
1:00 – 4:00 PM
Meadows Conference Center, 2900 Live Oak Street, Dallas, TX 75204
Free
English
3 hours (2 DSHS certified CEUs, 1 non-certified CEU)
Register at event website.
info@tapchw.org
|
Course Title
Training Program
Date
Time
Location
CEUs
Cost
Language
Registration
Questions
| CDC Preventing Heart Disease and Stroke Series
Dia de la Mujer Latina
Evening classes – 3/24, 3/26, 4/7, 4/9, 4/21, 5/5, 5/19 and 5/21
(All dates are required. However, makeup classes can be scheduled.)
5:30 – 8:30 PM
2630 West Freeway, Fort Worth Texas 76107
30 DSHS-certified CEUs for CHWs (upon completion)
30 scholarships available from American Heart Association grant
(Food, CPR kit, t-shirt, prizes, blood pressure cuff, and class material provided.)
English
Email HealthBridge4u@gmail.com
Call or text Mercedes Cruz, CHWI at 817-495-1799
|
April 2020
Educational OpportunitiesCourse Title
Training Program
Topics
Date
Time
Methodology
Location
CEUs
Cost
Language
Registration
Questions
| Migrant Health Education Resources Workshop
Texas Department of State Health Services Region 1
Medicaid and the Families You Serve - A Panel, Apps & Social Media,
Folk Medicine in Diverse Cultural Settings, Secondary Trauma/Caregiver Fatigue
April 16, 2020
8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
In person
Texas Agrilife Research Center, 1102 East FM 1294, Lubbock, TX 79403
Free
4.5 DSHS-certified continuing education hours for CHWs, 1 Non-certified
English
Register at event website.
VeronicaDeLaCruz@dshs.texas.gov or 806-783-6409
|
Title
Theme
Date
Location
Cost
CEUs
Registration
Contact
| 9th Annual Expanding the Role of Promotores/CHW Conference
Behavioral Health Navigation
April 24-25, 2020
The Fountain of Praise LifeCenter
14075 S. Main Street, Houston, TX 77035
$50 each day
April 24 – 8 CEUs - Mental Health First Aid
April 25 – 4 CEUs - Behavioral Health in a Multicultural Environment
CHWs as Behavioral Health Navigators (training in Spanish)
Email Nelly at txpchw2011@gmail.com
Email Nelly at txpchw2011@gmail.com
|
Return to Top
May 2020
Educational OpportunitiesConference
Training Program
Date
Time
Location
Method
CEUs
Cost
Language
Registration
Contact
| Trust in Health II: Resiliency, Capacity, and Trust
University of Houston – Honors College CHW Training Center
May 9, 2020
8:30 AM – 4:00 PMUniversity of Houston, Main Campus, 4849 Calhoun St., Houston, TX 77204
In-person
TBD
$15 (early registration 2/3/20 to 3/27/20)
English
Register at event website.
CHWI@uh.edu |
July 2020
Educational OpportunitiesTitle
Dates
Method
Location
DSHS-certified hours
Language
Registration
Questions
| 6th Annual Northeast Texas CHW Conference: "Building Bridges for Better Community Health"
July 16-17, 2020
In person
Tyler Junior College West Campus: 1530 S SW Loop 323, Tyler, TX 75701
To be determined.
English
Coming soon. Save the Date.
northeasttxchwcoal@gmail.com
|
August 2020
Educational OpportunitiesTitle
Training Program
Date
Time
Location
DSHS-certified hours:
Non-certified hours:
Language
Cost
Registration
Questions | “SOY UNICA” South Texas Women’s Border Conference
South Texas Promotor(a) Association, Inc.
August 22, 2020
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM (Continental breakfast and lunch are included.)
402 Scobey Avenue, Donna, TX 78537 (Hidalgo County)
4 DSHS-certified CEUs
3 Non-DSHS certified CEUs
English/Spanish
$50 Non-STPA Members/$20 Current STPA Members
(Conference t-shirt will be given to the first 50 participants paid before August 1, 2020.)
Register by email at stpaevents@outlook.com
Registration Deadline: August 1, 2020
956-222-4299 (after 5:00 p.m.)
|
Return to Top