CHW Training and Certification Standards by State: ASTHO

State CHW Programs

Legislative Tracking

ASTHO's State Health Policy team tracks and analyzes legislation across the states to identify trends and emerging issues impacting public health and state health agencies. Real-time state legislative tracking on Community Health Workers is available on this web page under "Licensure and Certification".

Click here for a map of the current status of state CHW certification standards, a chart illustrating what states have which program requirements/elements in their CHW law, and chart outlining the summaries of each state’s CHW certification bill as of December 2014.