Montana CHW Trainings

Montana CHW Training Programs

There are four trainings in Montana that meet MTCHWA’s recommended training standards and certify trainees as a Community Health Worker or Community Health Representative in Montana. If you have a training that is not listed here, please email us at admin@mtchwa.org

Montana Office of Rural Health & Area Health Education Center, MSU

  • Core CHW Training
  • Pathway to a Messenger
  • Spanish language module
  • Various add-on modules
    • Asthma, Diabetes, Historical Trauma, etc.

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Center for Children, Families and Workforce Development, UM

  • Core CHW Training
and other trainings offered in coordination with employer and DPHHS programming

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Indian Health Services Community Health Representative (CHR) Training

The CHR Basic Training, now referred to as the CHR 1: Foundations, provides the important base information as established by the National Council on CHW Core Consensus Standards.

I.H.S. also offers an Indian Country ECHO CHR Program Series, a monthly webinar series to support Indian Health Service, Tribal, and Urban Indian Community Health Representatives and community-based health workers.

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Salish Kootenai College





SKC offers a Montana Community Health Worker Fundamentals Course, with remote and hybrid options, that provides 9 continuing education credits.

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