19th Annual Community Health Worker Conference - Virtual

Thursday, August 20, 2026 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Community Health Workers: Making the Impossible Possible

Thursday, August 20, 2026
Virtual Conference: 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

Registration Fee
Registration Fee - $30.00 per person
Speakers, Monitors, or Committee Members - no charge

Payment Method Options Below:

Pay by Debit or Credit Card Upon Registering

ONLY Corewell Health/Priority Health Employees:
Internal Cost Center Transfer
*I attest that my leadership/program/department has approved of this internal cost center payment
Registration is not complete until you fill out the internal cost center request form. Please click on the link to complete the request form: 19th Annual CHW Conference Internal Cost Center Transfer – Fill out form

ONLY External Organization Registrants:
Invoice: ONLY for groups of 5 or more participants registering from the same Company/Organization.

Links:
We will be using Zoom for our live virtual event. The links to join the conference will be sent to your email address the week of August 17, 2026.

Attendance:
We will be using Microsoft Forms for our attendance sign-in and sign-out. Information entered on the sign-in/out form must match registration information. The link/QR code to the form will be posted in the Welcome presentation.

Surveys/Certificates:
Surveys will go out from do-not-reply@onlineregistrationcenter.com a couple of days after the conference to those who fill out the Microsoft Forms attendance sign-in and sign-out. If you do not receive the survey within 14 days of the conference, please notify us at chweducation@corewellhealth.org. Once you complete the survey, your certificate of attendance will automatically be emailed to you from do-not-reply@onlineregistrationcenter.com.

Cancellations/Changes to Registrations:
All cancellations and changes to registrations need to be made by Thursday, August 13, 2026.

Refund Deadline: Thursday, August 13, 2026

NOTE: Please note this is a Live Virtual Event, each time listed is for Eastern Standard Time (Michigan). If you will be attending from a different time zone, please be aware you will need to adjust the times to reflect your time zone. This event or portions of the event may be recorded for quality assurance, however, will not be available for distribution to participants.
 
Registration Open Until Friday, August 14, 2026 10:00 AM


Workshop Session 1 - 10:20 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. EST

Please indicate one (1) preference in EACH Session

For more information on the CHW Conference and workshops please click here.


1-A: Cutting Through the Noise: Understanding Misinformation About Autism & Finding Evidence-Based Answers - Stefanie Beattie, Grace Sylvester, Paul Doher, MiBAP
1-B: CHWs as Essential Infrastructure: Powering Michigan’s Next Chapter of Whole-Person Care - Kareem J. Baig, MBA, GC-Public Health, LSSBB, MiCHWA
1-C: Hoarding Disorder Through the Lens of Trauma - Molly Perez, LMSW, Kent County Health Department
1-D: I am a Community Health Worker, You Need Me and I am Here - Leticia De La Paz, Corewell Health
1-E: Community Health Worker Referrals to Address Social Needs in Bariatric Surgery - Tahrima Khanom, MSW, MSHIELD
1-F: Community Health Worker Integration to Improve Equity (CITIE): Strengthening Michigan’s CHW Workforce to Advance Health Equity - Shannon Patrick & Wesli Turner, MDHHS

Workshop Session 2 - 12:20 p.m. to 1:20 p.m. EST

2-A: Supporting the Workforce Behind the Work: Developing High-Functioning CHW Teams - Sarah Pentoney, LMSW, Corewell Health
2-B: Reducing Barriers in Our Community - Stephanie Gonzalez, BA, CHASS Center, Inc.
2-C: H.E.L.L.O: The Most Radical Movement is Connection - Steph Thornton, MSW, BS, CHW, Corewell Health
2-D: Increasing Access to Care and Coverage Through Community-Based Organizations - Jason Helman, CHW and Jennifer Mason, CHW, McLaren Health Plan
2-E From Referral to Response in 24 Hours: CHW Lessons from a Community-Based Emergency Food Response - Samantha Cornell, JD, Chief Operating Officer, Hillery Ross, B.S., CCHW, Community Program Manager, Access Health

Networking Sessions

3-A: Virtual Networking Breakout Session: West Michigan participants only - 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST
3-B: Virtual Networking Breakout Session: Anyone is Welcome! - 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST
3-D: I will not be attending the optional networking session

Fee(s)

 
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