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CHW Certificate Scholarship

About the CHW Certificate Scholarship Program

The Minnesota Community Health Worker Alliance, in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Health, is offering scholarships funded by The Health Services and Resources Administration to strengthen and diversify the public health workforce to better meet the needs of under resourced communities in Minnesota by training new Community Health Workers.

Current and incoming CHW Certificate students are eligible to apply for a scholarship that covers tuition and some related costs for up to one year of their CHW Certificate program. This award is for a total amount of $3,750. Of that amount, up to $3,720 will be paid directly to the recipient’s school of choice for tuition and fees to complete the CHW Certificate. The remaining $30 will be paid to the Minnesota Community Health Worker Alliance to add the recipient to the CHW Registry housed at the Alliance.

Required Qualifications

  • You must have a high school diploma or GED and be a citizen of the United States or be a foreign national, having in your possession a visa permitting permanent residence in the United States (these are not requirements to complete a CHW Certificate, they are required for the scholarship which is funded by HRSA).  
  • Eligible degree programs include: CHW Certificate Only
  • In order to meet the goals of this grant, we will not award scholarships to individuals who hold higher U.S. health care license with 4 years or more education (e.g. MD, RN, LSW/LICSW, MSW) and/or do not intend to work as a CHW in MN, and/or do not meet grant scholarship criteria for expansion of the public health CHW workforce in MN.

How to Apply

The open application period for Spring 2025 is now open

NOTE: This is NOT an application to one of the CHW Certificate Programs. You must be accepted into a college and its CHW Certificate program to be eligible for this scholarship.

Schools Offering the CHW Certificate Program

Click on the links below to learn how to apply to the school of your choice. You must apply and be accepted in the CHW Certificate Program at one of the schools to get a scholarship.

Minnesota West Community and Technical College

Normandale Community College

Northwest Technical College

St. Catherine’s University

Saint Mary’s University