The Queen City (QC) Community Connect Coalition’s mission is to unify, equip, and empower Community Health Workers to serve Mecklenburg County communities.
What is a Community Health Worker (CHW)?
CHWs are frontline public health workers that are a trusted member of and/or has an unusually close understanding of the community served. This trusting relationship enables the CHW 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 CHW 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. (American Public Health Association, 2009)
“Be encouraged; even when it seems no one is watching your hard work, someone is. Your ‘shine’ is not unnoticed.”
CHW, Fort Myers, FL
Our purpose is to unify Community Health Workers across organizations in a collaborative forum by creating an environment that equips and empowers those to serve Mecklenburg County communities.