CHW and Instructor Training

DSHS Certified Training Programs 

Community Health Worker (CHW) Training Programs are organizations that have been certified by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Promotor(a)/CHW Training and Certification Program to provide certification and/or continuing education courses for Promotores or CHWs and Instructors of CHWs. 

Certification courses are at least 160-hours and cover all core competencies (pdf), which are the foundation of CHW or CHW Instructor certification. Continuing education (CEU) courses are required to renew CHW or CHW Instructor certification.  

To locate a training program near you, click on the Texas map below or this list of Training Programs (pdf) in Texas containing the same information as the map. Contact the Training Program to ask about the schedule and cost for certification or CEU courses.

The map shows training locations for Community Health Worker (CHW) Certification, CHW Continuing Education Units (CEU), CHW Instructor Certification, and Instructor CEU. 

Map symbols are:

 Green Square = Instructor CEU  

 Yellow Square = CHW CEU 

 Blue star = Instructor Certification 

 Red Star = CHW Certification

Click on the map (on left) to go to the interactive map. Please read the instructions carefully. The menu/legend is on the right upper corner. Once in the map, click on a symbol for additional information about the selected facility, including the type of training available. 

Distance Learning (Online) Instructor and CHW Certification 

Some Training Programs provide the certification courses online for Instructors and CHWs. View a list of Distance Learning Training Programs (pdf) that provide the certification course online.

Some training programs also offer online continuing education for CHWs and online continuing education courses for CHW Instructors.