Jobs for the Future
The Last Mile: Quality Jobs for Community Health Workers
Build and test employer job quality standards for Medicaid-funded Community Health Workers to support advancement for immigrant and disconnected women through feasible, measurable practice change.
Community Health Workers are essential to healthcare access yet remain in low-wage roles with limited advancement. The Last Mile is an employer-facing initiative that defines, tests, and scales job quality standards for Medicaid-funded CHW roles. Led by Jobs for the Future, the project uses national job quality evidence, worker-led research, and employer feasibility testing in three states to produce adoption-ready tools that improve wages, stability, supervision, and advancement for immigrant and disconnected women.
Primary Barrier
The Broken Rung
Location
Massachusetts
Solution Region
Nation-wide
Community Type
Urban
Annual Operating Budget
$50.1 to 100 Million
