Enhanced CRPA and CHW Training and Workforce Transformation

• By: Victoria Njoku-Anokam, MPH William D. Myhre, MPA Staten Island Performing Provider System (SI PPS)
• July 1st, 2019
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The Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) and Community Health Worker (CHW) are two emerging workforce roles in health care. A CRPA is a person who uses lived experience with substance use disorder (SUD) and who have been certified to provide peer support services including non-clinical coaching,...