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Community Tech Workers: A Community-Driven Model to Support Economic Mobility and Bridge the Digital Divide in the U.S.

Healthcare Industry

4-Year IHE

Organizations Involved

MICHWA and UofM

Occupations Involved

Community Health Workers

Workforce Development Focus

Increasing number of healthcare workers

Workforce Issues Addressed

Training individuals to work in a healthcare profession

Description

The Community Tech Worker program is located at University of Michigan and is funded through a grant from the NSF. The program trains individuals to become community tech workers, who will provide knowledge and support about the Internet and technology to aging residents in a public housing authority in Detroit and refugees in a public housing community in Ypsilanti. MiCHWA is involved in the project because they are cross-training the community tech workers to become community health workers. This allows the community workers to help individuals with their technological needs as well as their health needs.

Michigan Health Council does not administer all of the programs in this database. Please see the "organizations involved" above to learn who you should contact for more information.

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