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September 1, 2026

Evaluating the Potential Influence of Federal COVID-19 Response Funding on the Building and Sustainability of the CHW Workforce.

Tabeth Tsitsi Jiri-Beta Terry Greene Yu Fu Michael Chen Marianne Mabida Rachel McCloud Durrell J. Fox Margaret Frankhouser Alina Bardwell Noelle Wiggins

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To evaluate how federal COVID-19 response funding influenced the growth, capacity, and long-term sustainability of the community health worker workforce.
Assessed federal emergency relief investments and policy mechanisms directed toward community health worker programs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Identified that short-term federal relief substantially expanded community health worker recruitment and deployment during emergency operations.
Showed that reliance on temporary pandemic funding creates significant vulnerabilities for retaining and sustaining community health workers over the long term.

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Policy analysis examines federal funding impacts on community health worker capacity, highlighting challenges for long-term workforce sustainability.

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Jiri-Beta et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9691257a497a6ca291f2a8 https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2026.308646

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