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The class, taught by Bridgeport’s Loretta Ebron, prepares students for a career in helping individuals, families, groups and communities develop access to a variety of resources that include health care and social service agencies, and others that provide health insurance, food, and housing.
Toward this end, Community Health Workers perform a range of activities that include outreach, community education, counseling, social support and advocacy. Community Health Workers also make home visits to chronically ill patients, pregnant women, nursing mothers, individuals with high-risk health issues, and the elderly.
“We have 28 people enrolled in the class,” said Alese Mulvihill, coordinator of Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT), which is funding the course. “Already, we have 30 people on the waiting list for the next class.
The program meets four nights per week from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. for 12 weeks. The fee is $295, including the textbook.
The Community Health Worker program is funded by the Forward Program, through a TAACCCT grant from the U.S. Department of Labor.
HCC is part of the Northeast Resiliency Consortium, a collaboration of seven East Coast Community Colleges— Atlantic Cape in New Jersey, Bunker Hill in Massachusetts, Capital in Connecticut, Housatonic in Connecticut, Kingsborough in New York, LaGuardia in New York and Passaic County in New Jersey — in partnership with Achieving the Dream and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Forward’s goal is to train a highly skilled and resilient workforce of dislocated workers, veterans, underemployed, and unemployed individuals to enter high-demand jobs in healthcare and information technology occupations.
New noncredit and credit curricula are being developed in response to specific industry needs and opportunities. In addition, innovative instructional methods and technologies are being integrated into the college programs.
For more information about the course, contact Marilyn Wahlberg at 203-332-8509.
Housatonic is at 900 Lafayette Blvd. in downtown Bridgeport, less than 150 yards off Exit 27 of I-95 and Exit 1 off Route 8, a block from the Harbor Yard sports complex. Free parking is available in the Housatonic garage.
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