Training community health workers, advocates, and faith leaders to deliver accessible, culturally competent, and whole-person care to underserved communities — in partnership with The Church of Inclusion.
Graduates will be equipped as credentialed community health advocates, ready to bridge the gap between underserved communities and quality healthcare.
Guide community members through healthcare systems, insurance options, and social services — reducing barriers and improving health outcomes.
Deliver healthcare education and advocacy that honors cultural identity, language, spiritual values, and lived experience.
Educate communities on prevention and management of diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and mental health conditions with accessible, practical tools.
Recognize mental health crises, reduce stigma, and connect community members with appropriate support and resources.
Integrate health and wellness programming into faith community life — using congregations as trusted platforms for health equity work.
Understand health equity issues, social determinants of health, and how to advocate for systemic change in your community.
Practical, accessible, and community-centered — designed for people already doing the work of care in their communities.
Social determinants of health, health disparities, the faith basis for health justice, and the role of the community health worker.
Cultural humility, implicit bias, trauma-informed approaches, language access, and building trust across difference.
Educating communities on diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, obesity, and cancer prevention using accessible, evidence-based tools.
Mental health literacy, addiction awareness, suicide prevention, mental health first aid, and connecting people to care.
Designing a community wellness program within a faith or neighborhood context. Capstone project, final assessment, and certification.
Pastors, deacons, lay leaders, and ministry workers who want to serve their community's health with credentialed knowledge.
Neighborhood leaders, social workers, and nonprofit staff already doing health-adjacent work who want formal health education credentials.
Those caring for family members or neighbors who want to understand health systems and help their loved ones navigate care.
Those beginning a healthcare career who want a values-driven, community-focused credential as their foundation.
A joint certificate co-issued by CAPScare Academy for Health Care Education and CUEWA University, with program partnership recognition from The Church of Inclusion.
CAPScare Academy × CUEWA University × The Church of Inclusion
has successfully completed the Certificate Program in Healthcare Access & Community Wellness, fulfilling all curriculum requirements through the faith-based academic platform of CUEWA University, in partnership with CAPScare Academy for Health Care Education and The Church of Inclusion — advancing health equity and accessible care in communities that need it most.
Complete the inquiry form and our team will reach out within 2 business days. This program is offered free or on a sliding-scale basis — because community health advocacy should never be gated by cost.
Certificate in Healthcare Access & Community Wellness
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This program is offered free to qualifying community advocates. No one will be turned away.