Health Leads

Envision and the Center for Community Health Alignment (CCHA)—a national team of CHWs and allies—are building new tools and supports to strengthen CHW programs nationwide. If your organization employs, partners with, or plans to support CHWs, take a few minutes to share your perspective. Your feedback will help shape future training, tools, and learning opportunities:

Community Health Worker (CHW) Capacity Building Assistance - Interest Survey Thanks to funding from the CDC, we at Envision and the Center for Community Health Alignment (CCHA) are developing new capacity building assistance offerings (e.g., tools, webinars, learning collaboratives) to support organizations and programs nationwide that employ, contract with, or support the C...

California’s healthcare landscape is evolving, staying informed is key to navigating what’s next. Join California Health Care Foundation’s Amplifying Impact Initiative on Thursday, May 28th for their webinar CHW/P/Rs in California: Updates, Opportunities, and What’s Ahead to learn:
🔹 What recent renewals and policy shifts means for providers, CHWs, and communities
🔹 How to maximize the new CHW/P/R Resource Center to streamline your workflow
🔹 Practical frameworks to strengthen community-centered care and workforce support
Plus, we’re sharing exclusive updates on the next phase of the initiative! You don’t want to miss this - Register here: https://bit.ly/4vFRIk5

Our friends at the The Wellbeing Project, Center for Healthy Minds, and Humin, have launched The State of Changemaker Wellbeing Survey. For the first time, there’s a global effort to understand how people driving social change are really doing. Open to all changemakers worldwide, the survey is available in 12 languages, fully anonymous, and designed to build evidence the field has long needed. Take the survey today:https://bit.ly/3QGI5BH

Our Program Director Stephanie Campbell was recently interviewed by Hannah Reale of NPR affiliate WGBH for a feature on Massachusetts’ efforts to support the doula workforce. The state Department of Public Health has brought us in to run a doula community of practice to inform key policy and implementation decisions ahead. Read the full article:

Doulas aren’t covered under most private insurers. That could soon change in Mass. A new certification process is part of Massachusetts’ goal to enable health insurance plans to cover and improve health outcomes for birth parents in the delivery room.

🚨 Registration is open! 🚨The Massachusetts Doula Community of Practice is now enrolling doulas across the state.

Developed in partnership with the MA Department of Public Health and the MA Community Birth and Doula Initiative, this doula‑led space brings doulas together to connect, share experiences, and support one another. Open to doulas at all stages, sessions focus on real‑world topics like billing, hospital partnerships, and sustaining your practice.

Join to connect with fellow doulas, share challenges, and strengthen maternal health equity across Massachusetts.

📅 Session dates:
• April 22, 2026 | 11:00–12:30 ET
• May 6, 2026 | 11:00–12:30 ET
• June 3, 2026 | 11:00–12:30 ET
🔗 Register here: https://bit.ly/47zkSqF