ORH will provide scholarships for 24 CHWs to become certified through NEON. This is a $1,500 value and will be at no cost to participating organizations. 

To be eligible, CHW trainees must be employed at a hospital, clinic or local public health department in rural Oregon (“rural” as defined by FORHP and can be confirmed using the Am I Rural? Tool).  

If your organization is eligible and would like to participate, please fill out this form. You can also learn more about this opportunity by visiting ORH's CHW website. 
 
Once the form is submitted, ORH Rural Population Health Program Manager Stepha Dragoon will follow up to let folks know if they were selected to participate, and will provide instructions to enroll with NEON using ORH grant funds to pay for the cost of the training. 

Participants can choose from three cohort training options (trainings are offered by NEON): 

• August 2025 Cohort (12:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. PT - every other Thursday and Friday afternoon, Aug. 14 - Dec. 19) 
  • Aug. 14, 15, 28, 29 
  • Sept. 11, 12, 25, 26 
  • Oct. 9, 10, 23, 24 
  • Nov. 6, 7, 20, 21 
  • Dec. 4, 5, 18, 19 

• September 2025 Cohort (8:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. PT – weekly on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, Sept. 2 - Nov. 19) 
  • Sept. 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24 
  • Oct. 7, 8, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29 
  • Nov. 4, 5, 12, 18, 19 

• January 2026 Cohort (12:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. PT - every other Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 6 - May 26) 
  • Jan. 6, 7, 20, 21 
  • Feb. 3, 4, 17, 18 
  • March 3, 4, 17, 18, 31 
  • April 1, 15, 28, 29 
  • May 12, 13, 26 

Please feel free to pass this opportunity along to eligible organizations that you think might be interested in training CHWs. We need to enroll folks in the August and September cohorts ASAP, so apply soon! Email Stepha Dragoon with any questions.