ARCHWA Webinar: CHW Certification through the Arkansas Department of Health
The ARCHWA Webinar: CHW Certification through the Arkansas Department of Health is a free, one-hour online event scheduled for Tuesday, December 8, 2026, from 2:00–3:00 p.m. Central Time. Organized by the Arkansas Community Health Worker Association (ARCHWA), it focuses on Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) certification as the state prepares for Medicaid reimbursement of CHW services.
What the webinar covers
The central subject is how Community Health Workers become certified through ADH under Arkansas’s evolving statewide framework. Arkansas established statewide CHW certification through Act 435 of 2025, with certification pathways that include experiential, traditional-training, and apprenticeship routes; certification is tied to recognized core competencies and ongoing professional development.
Why it matters
The webinar arrives as Arkansas moves toward connecting formal CHW certification with reimbursement for qualifying CHW services, including through Medicaid. That makes the session particularly relevant to practicing CHWs, prospective CHWs, supervisors, health-care organizations, and community organizations trying to understand how certification fits into employment and reimbursable service delivery.
Arkansas’s certification framework
The state’s certification system grew from several years of collaboration among ARCHWA, ADH, UAMS, CHWs, health-care organizations, and other stakeholders. The work included defining CHW competencies and certification structures, while preserving substantial CHW participation in the process; Arkansas now recognizes multiple routes intended to accommodate both experienced workers and people entering through formal training or apprenticeship.
Event details
The event is online, lasts approximately one hour, and is listed by both ARCHWA and Eventbrite for December 8. ARCHWA describes it specifically as preparation for Medicaid reimbursement and an opportunity to learn about certification through ADH, rather than as a certification course itself.