Community Health Worker services
What are Community Health Workers?
Like Peers, Community Health Workers are people who have lived experience that is relevant to the health issue they aim to address, as well as training and certification to provide high quality, evidence-based support services. CHWs understand how Social Determinants of Health impacts the trajectory of achieving positive health outcomes.
Our CHWs help people who have found little success in improving a mental health condition due to other factors such as
- Having additional health conditions or chronic pain
- Being pregnant or postpartum
- Barriers afflicted on people of color and people in the LGBTQ community
- Other barriers like low income, limited or no health insurance, limited transportation, housing insecurities, among others
Our CHWs can help you
- Navigate the healthcare system & obtain health insurance
- Connect to resources that fit your needs & lifestyle
- Set goals & receive coaching to reach them
- Learn self-advocacy & health decision-making skills
Who is eligible?
Adult residents in Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham counties in Michigan who are in recovery from severe mental illness or a co-occurring disorder (mental illness combined with substance use disorder) and who have found recovering especially challenging due to compounding health and social issues are eligible to work with our Community Health Workers. Services are free for most people and when they are not free, they are no more than $10/session.
Our staff and volunteers can provide services in person at non-residential locations or virtually. There is not a required number of sessions and our services are always voluntary and confidential.
Why The Nest?
We look for staff and volunteers who not only have a history of overcoming health challenges, but are driven to make mental health recovery possible for others.
Our CHWs receive training to provide services that are evidence-based, barrier-free, and trauma-informed.
Our CHWs do not prioritize one recovery pathway over another. Our organization recognizes that long term, sustainable recovery happens when people are given choice and the autonomy to pave their own unique pathway.
If you or someone you know is interested in signing up for Community Health Worker services through The Nest, send an email to operations@lansingnest.org, call us at 517-614-8986, or send us a Facebook message by following the link below.
