Arkansas Community Health Worker Association

July 9, 2026

UAMS Trains Huntsville High School Students with Community Health Worker Training

David Wise

Students from Huntsville High School pose with their CHW training certificates

Eight students from Huntsville High School are on the path to become certified community health workers (CHWs) after completing the inaugural high school-based training program from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation.

December 10, 2025

UAMS to Train 75 Community Health Workers with Support from Arkansas Office of Skills Development

David Wise

An instructor at a DEEP Training Workshop takes notes on a whiteboard.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation will work with partners to continue building the community health worker (CHW) workforce across the state after receiving $375,000 in support from the Arkansas Office of Skills Development Training Grant Program. The Office of Skills Development (OSD), an office…

March 3, 2025

UAMS, AR Health Ventures Partner with Arkansas Pharmacies to Improve Diabetes Education

David Wise

Julie Stewart, a pharmacist at Medical Arts Pharmacy in Fayetteville, fills a prescription for a customer.

Pharmacies across Arkansas are offering diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) programs as part of a collaboration with AR Health Ventures and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation to help rural, diabetic Arkansans better understand and manage their diabetes. Funded by the U.S Centers for Disease Control &…