Health Workforce Programs

Purpose: Increase the number of community health workers and health support workers and equip them with the skillsets needed to provide effective community outreach build trust with communities, support connections to and retention in care and support services, and implement other strategies to increase access to care and to assist individuals in prevention services and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and other public health emergencies in underserved communities.

Purpose: Provide federal financial support for Native Hawaiians who are students at health professions schools, in return for a commitment to provide primary health services to the Native Hawaiian population in the State of Hawaii.

Purpose: Support organizations to develop scholarship programs that incentivize individuals to pursue careers in public health.

Purpose: Strengthen the public health workforce through tailored training and technical assistance through collaborative community-based projects.

Purpose: Assist students from disadvantaged backgrounds to enter and successfully complete health profession schools. The program prepares students to meet the admissions requirements for the next level of their education and receive a health professions degree or certificate.