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Committee approves 1-year community health worker certification contract; health department explains transition from SEMHA
Summary
The committee approved a one-year, $90,000 certification contract with the Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance for the health department and discussed the 2023 transition of roughly 88 contract workers from SEMHA into City employment.
The Public Health and Safety standing committee on April 14 voted to send a one-year, $90,000 contract with the Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance (Mishaw) to formal council with a recommendation to approve. The contract will allow the city to certify community health workers through a statewide program, a health-department official said.
Leah Smith, director of administrative operations for the health department, explained that the contract addresses a certification need after the department…
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