* If you are purchasing and Organizational Tier 1 or Tier 2 Membership, please note the contact person listed on the application will count as one of your membership slots. Please complete this form with information for your organizations membership lead. Once the application is received the person listed below will receive a unique coupon code to distribute to the rest of their purchased membership slots. This code will allow up to 9 or 19, depending on the purchased tier, more members to register at no charge. Each individual member must complete the application as a “individual member” and enter the coupon code to receive the discount.

* If you need to add additional members beyond 10 or 20 to your organizational membership, please contact KYACHW@outlook.com after purchase to receive a discount coupon for additional members.

* If you do not receive an invoice, coupon codes, and/or a thank you email within one hour of purchase, please check any spam/junk quarantine folders, as we have experienced emails being automatically routed to those inboxes in the past. If you still cannot locate please contact Shirley Prater, KYACHW Treasurer at sdpr223@uky.edu for a copy.  

Each year KYACHW plans learning and networking opportunities for members to collaborate and learn. We are excited to announce our 2025 schedule. 

KOCH Regional Meeting at Greenbo State Park has been cancelled due to: 

On March 24 and 25, 2025, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services was informed by the federal Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) that remaining COVID-19 funding included in the grants listed below have been terminated “for cause,” effective March 24, 2025. The notification stated that the end of the pandemic provides cause to terminate COVID-related grants. In the interim, we suggest that you pause what activities you can pause as there remains some level of risk that the federal government may not reimburse for incurred costs for services provided through funding from these grants after March 24, 2025

Each year in October Certified Community Health Workers is asked to renew their certification. 10 CEU’s are required with 3 Legislative required trainings listed below. $25 will be paid to Kentucky Office of Community Health Workers for Re-Certification. 

Please note, KYACHW membership dues are separate and will renew in January. 

The KYACHW adopted the following definition of a community health worker from the American Public Health Associations CHW section:

A community health worker is a frontline public health worker who is a trusted member of and/or has unusually close understanding of the community served.  This trusting relationship enables the worker 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. 

A community health worker also builds individual and community capacity by increasing health knowledge and self sufficiency through a range of activities such as outreach, community education, informal counseling, social support, and advocacy.