The Oregon Office of Rural Health (ORH) has partnered with the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) to coordinate a grant-funded program that will support the capacity of Oregon’s rural health organizations by growing the Community Health Worker (CHW) workforce in rural Oregon.

This is a grant program to fund the training of community health workers (CHW) for employment at rural health organizations- including hospitals, clinics, public health, EMS and other community-based organizations.

This scholarship will cover the tuition for the CHW training, a $1,500 value.

Click here to apply for the scholarship

Eligibility

• CHWs must be currently employed at a rural health organization;
• The organization must be located in a rural area, as defined by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (check to see if your location qualifies as rural using the Am I Rural? Tool);

CHW trainees selected for a scholarship will be able to participate in one of the following 2026 cohorts: *Please note that all trainings are completely virtual*

Feb-start Cohort- 8:30am to 12:45pm (Facilitated by the Columbia Gorge Health Council)

• Feb. 17, 19, 24, 26
• Mar. 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 31
• Apr. 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30

June-start Cohort: 12:45pm to 5:00pm (Facilitated by NEON)

• Jun. 2, 3, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30
• Jul. 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29
• Aug. 4, 5, 18

August-Start Cohort: 8:45am to 1:00pm (Facilitated by NEON)

• Aug. 13, 14, 27, 28
• Sep. 10, 11, 24, 25
• Oct. 8, 9, 22, 23
• Nov. 5, 6, 19, 20
• Dec. 3, 4, 17, 18

September-start cohort- Timeframe TBD (Facilitated by NEON)

• Sep. 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30
• Oct. 6, 7, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28
• Nov. 3, 4,1 0

Questions? Contact Stepha Dragoon | Dragoon@ohsu.edu