PoWER Lead Community Health Worker (CHW)

Position Title: PoWER Lead CHW

Salary: $63,000-$80,000, depending on experience (plus benefits)

Position End Date: 6/30/2028

Location: Kentucky Department for Public Health (hybrid)

 

About the CDC Foundation 

The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations, and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the sole entity authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has launched approximately 1,000 programs and raised over $740 million. The CDC Foundation managed over 300 CDC-led programs in the United States and in more than 130 countries last year.   

 

Overview:  

The CDC Foundation is seeking a mission-driven Lead Community Health Worker (CHW) to support the Kentucky Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). Kentucky’s RHTP launches five interrelated programs designed to build rural health infrastructure and provide sustainable, long-term improvements. This plan directly supports Kentucky’s rural counties while advancing statewide impact through innovation, technology-enabled care and strengthened workforce recruitment pipelines for both clinical and non-clinical staff. This strategy will help build a resilient, integrated and technology-forward health system across the Commonwealth. PoWERing (People who Work for Engagement and Resilience) Maternal and Infant Health is one of these programs and aims to expand timely prenatal and postpartum care by deploying telehealth-enabled maternal care teams who will serve maternity-care deserts and high-risk regions, to help mothers and infants receive seamless, high-quality support.

The PoWER Lead CHW will bring strong expertise in community-based care, wraparound support services, and maternal and infant health service delivery, serving as a key member of the PoWER Program Team and supporting the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of the Program statewide. The role will function as a liaison between the pilot site-based PoWER CHWs and the PoWER Program Team leadership, helping translate program design into consistent, effective practices across pilot sites. The Lead CHW will provide guidance and coordination to support effective implementation of PoWER CHW led activities at pilot sites, promote alignment with PoWER Program goals, and ensure consistent documentation and data collection to inform performance monitoring and program improvement. This position provides leadership, technical assistance, and implementation support to pilot site CHWs to ensure services are delivered consistently, within the Kentucky CHW scope of practice established by Kentucky Administrative Regulations, and in alignment with the goals, standards, and evidence-based model of the PoWER program.

The American Public Health Association defines a Community Health Worker (CHW) as a frontline public health worker who is a trusted member of and/or has a uniquely close understanding of the communities served. This trusting relationship enables the PoWER Lead CHW to serve as a liaison/link/intermediary between health/social services and the community to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery for the PoWER Program.