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Please acknowledge the Community Health Works of San Francisco if any or all parts of this manual are used or adapted.

This Standards of Practice Manual was primarily funded by United States Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE).


Please note that Appendix A: Who Are CHWs and What Do They Do?" (in HTML format) and Appendix B: Identifying Common Core Competencies: A Comparative Analysis of Job Descriptions for Seven Community Health Occupation Titles (in MS Word) must be dowloaded separately.

References available upon request

Coming Soon: Check back for information on our upcoming curriculum with activities and readings to help the learner master the skills outlined in the Standards of Practice Manual.