Thank you for your interest in the Community Health Worker "Building Holistic Partnerships with Older Adults:  A Community Health Work, Person-Centered & Social Determinants of Health Approach" Training for certification in the Specialty of Older Adults. This FREE training is funded by the Rhode Island Department of Health and aligns with the Rhode Island Certification Board’s (RICB) educational requirements for this specialty CHW certification. The training is delivered by the Community Health Worker Association of RI housed at the Institute for Education in Healthcare at Rhode Island College.

The virtual Older Adults Training will be held by Zoom 6pm-8pm and runs mostly THURSDAYS, from July 21 through August 29, with a few MONDAYS 6pm-8pm (8/1,8/22,8/29). Participants must attend all Zoom sessions.

Please be sure to fill out ALL THREE SECTIONS of the application below. The deadline for the application has been extended. If you have any questions, please email Sarah Lawrence at slawrence@ric.edu.