Science of Community Health Worker (CHW) Sustainability Conference

A full-day interactive conference focused on organizations based in Northern Arizona to explore the science, practice, and policy needed to build and sustain Community Health Worker (CHW) programs in the Northern Arizona region.

• Evidence-based and practice-informed CHW models
• Real-world CHW program implementation strategies
• Workforce and infrastructure development
• Financing and reimbursement pathways
• Policy approaches that support CHWs as essential members of care teams and community-based systems

• Sustainable CHW program design and implementation
• Financing, reimbursement, and policy pathways
• Integration of CHWs across health and public health systems
• Applied research and implementation lessons from the field

• Arizona Complete Care
• Pear Suite
• Contexture
• Arizona Community Health Worker Association (AzCHOW)
• Arizona Community Foundation
• Arizona Biomedical Research Centre

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

For those organizations ready to start billing for Medicaid for CHW services, a half-day onboarding session with Pear Suite is available. Pear Suite provides a simple, digital platform that helps Community Health Workers and care teams screen for social needs, connect people to local resources, track follow-up over time, and bill for reimbursement. https://www.pearsuite.com

This workshop is sponsored by the Arizona Biomedical Research Centre (ABRC) in collaboration with Northern Arizona University's (NAU) Center for Community Health and Engaged Research (CHER) and the Community Health Worker (CHW) Network of Northern Arizona.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

High Country Conference Center, 201 West Butler Avenue, Flagstaff, United States

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