Community Health Worker (CHW) Renewal
To renew your CHW certification in Texas, you must submit the following to DSHS:
- Proof of Texas residency (e.g., ID card, driver’s license, lease agreement, or utility bill, mortgage statement, voter registration card, or insurance card).
- A renewal application every 2 years.
- Certificates of completion for at least 20 hours of continuing education (CEUs) every two years.
- Recent color photo that meets photo requirements.
CHW Renewal Application
Online application (available only in English at this time) or downloadable renewal application in English or Spanish.
Renewal Requirements
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Your CHW certificate renewal requires continuing education units. There are three types of CEUs.
- DSHS-certified CEUs for CHW. These CEUs are approved by the CHW program
- CEUs completed for another Texas license or certification in another health profession. These must be related to the CHW core competencies.
- Non-certified CEUs. CEUs from training programs and instructors that we did not certify. These must be related to one or more of the core competencies.
You can combine the CEUs in a few different ways.
Option 1:
- All CEUs completed are DSHS certified for CHWs.
Option 2:
- At least 5 DSHS-certified CEUs for CHW,
- Up to 5 hours of continuing education you did to renew a Texas license or certification in another health profession,
- Any Combination of non-certified and DSHS-Certified CEUs for CHWs to equal 10.
Option 3:
- Ten (10) DSHS-certified CEUs for CHW
- Any combination of non-certified and DSHS-certified CEUs for CHWs to equal 10.