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Community health worker training in Minnesota

5 community health worker programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free

5 schools offer these community health worker programs, and Minnesota has approved every one for workforce funding. Each shows its price if you pay yourself and how past students did.

Community health workers promote wellness by helping people in their community adopt healthy habits. Most need a high school diploma and learn on the job, and some states require certification, which can include a state-approved training program.1

In Minnesota, all 5 programs ask for a high school diploma or equivalent.

All 5 are the same kind of program: community health worker certificate or course.

See the 5 programs

How much does community health worker training cost in Minnesota?

$2,661 to $3,004 is what most community health worker programs in Minnesota cost if you pay yourself

That is the middle half of the 5 programs with a price. All of them: $1,801 to $3,029

In the typical program

Finished the program
Not enough data
4 programs report it; a typical figure needs 5
Working 6 months later
80%
Earned a year, estimated
about $36,700
Length
30 weeks

Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in Minnesota may also offer community health worker training. How these figures are made

Is there free community health worker training in Minnesota?

Who qualifies, and other ways to pay: financial aid, grants and the GI Bill

All 5 community health worker programs in Minnesota approved for WIOA funding

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5 programs

  • Community health worker certificate or courseIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Community Health Worker and Navigator

    Normandale Community College

    Bloomington

    Accredited school

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Normandale Community College, BloomingtonCommunity health worker certificate or course · Accredited schoolIn person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimated$31,600
    Price if you pay yourself$2,661
    Program website, Community Health Worker and Navigator at Normandale Community College
    More details about Community Health Worker and Navigator at Normandale Community College
    Finished
    81%
    Working at 6 months
    75%
    Earned in a quarter
    $7,888
    Length
    30 weeks, 16 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    131
    Earned a year, estimated
    $31,600
    Price if you pay yourself
    $2,661
    Program website, Community Health Worker and Navigator at Normandale Community College

  • Community health worker certificate or courseOnlineHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Community Health Worker

    Minnesota West Community and Technical College

    Based in Worthington, MN

    Accredited school

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Minnesota West Community and Technical College, based in Worthington, MNCommunity health worker certificate or course · Accredited schoolOnline · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimated$42,600
    Price if you pay yourself$3,004
    Program website, Community Health Worker at Minnesota West Community and Technical College
    More details about Community Health Worker at Minnesota West Community and Technical College
    Finished
    78%
    Working at 6 months
    80%
    Earned in a quarter
    $10,656
    Length
    30 weeks, 17 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $680
    Students counted
    116
    Earned a year, estimated
    $42,600
    Price if you pay yourself
    $3,004
    Program website, Community Health Worker at Minnesota West Community and Technical College

  • Community health worker certificate or courseOnlineHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Community Health Worker

    Northwest Technical College

    Based in Bemidji, MN

    Accredited school

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Northwest Technical College, based in Bemidji, MNCommunity health worker certificate or course · Accredited schoolOnline · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimated$40,800
    Price if you pay yourself$3,029
    Program website, Community Health Worker at Northwest Technical College
    More details about Community Health Worker at Northwest Technical College
    Finished
    73%
    Working at 6 months
    89%
    Earned in a quarter
    $10,201
    Length
    30 weeks, 17 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    104
    Earned a year, estimated
    $40,800
    Price if you pay yourself
    $3,029
    Program website, Community Health Worker at Northwest Technical College

  • Community health worker certificate or courseIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Community Health Worker

    Minneapolis Community and Technical College

    Minneapolis

    Accredited school

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Minneapolis Community and Technical College, MinneapolisCommunity health worker certificate or course · Accredited schoolIn person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimated$36,700
    Price if you pay yourself$2,718
    Program website, Community Health Worker at Minneapolis Community and Technical College
    More details about Community Health Worker at Minneapolis Community and Technical College
    Finished
    52%
    Working at 6 months
    73%
    Earned in a quarter
    $9,183
    Length
    30 weeks, 17 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    67
    Earned a year, estimated
    $36,700
    Price if you pay yourself
    $2,718
    Program website, Community Health Worker at Minneapolis Community and Technical College

  • Community health worker certificate or courseIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Community Health Worker

    Inver Hills Community College

    Inver Grove Heights

    Accredited school

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Inver Hills Community College, Inver Grove HeightsCommunity health worker certificate or course · Accredited schoolIn person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimated$26,100
    Price if you pay yourself$1,801
    Program website, Community Health Worker at Inver Hills Community College
    More details about Community Health Worker at Inver Hills Community College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    82%
    Earned in a quarter
    $6,533
    Length
    30 weeks, 11 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    14
    Earned a year, estimated
    $26,100
    Price if you pay yourself
    $1,801
    Program website, Community Health Worker at Inver Hills Community College

How to pay for community health worker training in Minnesota

WIOA funding can pay for community health worker training in Minnesota

Every program on this page is approved for it. Whether you qualify, how much your local area pays and how to apply are on our page Does WIOA pay for job training?

Financial aid and grants for community health worker training

Most students can get federal student aid for college, career school or trade school. A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, usually doesn't have to be repaid. Ask the school whether its program qualifies.67

GI Bill for community health worker training

Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.8

The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.

Other training in Minnesota

How community health worker training compares with the rest of education and social services: Child care and social services training in Minnesota

Where the Minnesota community health worker program numbers come from

Which Minnesota community health worker programs are on this list?

These are the community health worker programs Minnesota approved for WIOA funding (public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), as reported to the US Department of Labor for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Each state keeps its approved programs on an eligible training provider list (ETPL).9 The list here covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what Minnesota offers.

How the prices and results of Minnesota community health worker programs are measured

Prices are tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported them; check the current price with the school. Results describe students who left each program in recent years, so they are no guarantee, and the yearly earnings are the reported quarter times four, an estimate. A program without a "Trained with WIOA funding" line may still take WIOA students. Where a field was left empty or withheld, the page says "Not reported", and "Left out" where a figure was filed but failed one of our checks; nothing is estimated to fill a gap. Where the numbers come from explains each figure in full.

Sources for the facts about community health worker training in Minnesota

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  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Community Health Workers
  2. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
  3. US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
  4. Code of Federal Regulations, title 20, part 680, sections 680.220, 680.230 and 680.310: career services before training, other grants such as Pell Grants first, and limits on Individual Training Accounts (GovInfo, 2024 edition)
  5. US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
  6. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
  7. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
  8. US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs
  9. US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List