Fresno's CHW Certification Program Graduates a Second Cohort of 29 and Opens Recruitment for a Third — a Central Valley Workforce-Pipeline Counter-Signal
Twenty-nine participants completed the intensive 13-week community health worker training in the second cohort of Fresno's CHW Certification Program — a partnership of Fresno State's Central Valley Health Policy Institute (CVHPI), Cultiva La Salud, and Friends of Calwa — and recruitment is open for a third cohort (Fresno Building Healthy Communities, June 3, 2026).
The graduating class strengthens the bilingual, community-rooted workforce pipeline Central Valley health centers hire from — a concrete counter-signal in the same season Stanislaus County's 18-year-old RAIZ promotores program closed most of its groups under BHSA prevention-funding cuts.
Key takeaways
- 29 CHWs completed the 13-week training (second cohort); a third cohort is recruiting — a growing local pipeline for Central Valley health centers.
Primary source
Fresno Building Healthy CommunitiesFQHC Talent. (2026, June 3). Fresno's CHW Certification Program Graduates a Second Cohort of 29 and Opens Recruitment for a Third — a Central Valley Workforce-Pipeline Counter-Signal. Primary source: Fresno Building Healthy Communities. Retrieved July 17, 2026, from https://www.fqhctalent.com/intel/fresno-chw-certification-second-cohort-june-2026
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