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CAPScare Academy for Health Care Education
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🏥 CAPScare Academy × 🎓 CUEWA University × 🙏 Church of Inclusion
Community Program · Healthcare Access

Certificate in
Healthcare Access &
Community Wellness

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.

📅Duration: 10 Weeks
🌐Format: Online / Self-Paced
🎓Credit: CUEWA University Certificate
💰Tuition: Free / Sliding Scale
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Presented Through CUEWA University's Faith-Based Platform

Offered in partnership with CUEWA University — a faith-based institution under Florida Religious Law — grounded in the conviction that caring for our neighbors, especially the most vulnerable, is a sacred act of justice, love, and service.

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In Partnership with The Church of Inclusion

This program is co-developed with The Church of Inclusion — extending CAPScare Academy's healing mission into communities that need it most. Graduates are equipped to serve as trusted health advocates within their congregations, neighborhoods, and networks.

What You Will Learn

Program Outcomes

Graduates will be equipped as credentialed community health advocates, ready to bridge the gap between underserved communities and quality healthcare.

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Community Health Navigation

Guide community members through healthcare systems, insurance options, and social services — reducing barriers and improving health outcomes.

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Cultural Competence in Care

Deliver healthcare education and advocacy that honors cultural identity, language, spiritual values, and lived experience.

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Chronic Disease Prevention

Educate communities on prevention and management of diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and mental health conditions with accessible, practical tools.

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Mental Health First Aid

Recognize mental health crises, reduce stigma, and connect community members with appropriate support and resources.

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Faith-Based Health Ministry

Integrate health and wellness programming into faith community life — using congregations as trusted platforms for health equity work.

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Health Advocacy & Policy Literacy

Understand health equity issues, social determinants of health, and how to advocate for systemic change in your community.

Course Structure

10-Week Curriculum

Practical, accessible, and community-centered — designed for people already doing the work of care in their communities.

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Foundations of Community Health & Health Equity

Social determinants of health, health disparities, the faith basis for health justice, and the role of the community health worker.

Weeks 1–2
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Cultural Competence & Trauma-Informed Care

Cultural humility, implicit bias, trauma-informed approaches, language access, and building trust across difference.

Weeks 3–4
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Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Education

Educating communities on diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, obesity, and cancer prevention using accessible, evidence-based tools.

Weeks 5–6
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Mental Health, Substance Use & Crisis Response

Mental health literacy, addiction awareness, suicide prevention, mental health first aid, and connecting people to care.

Weeks 7–8
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Faith-Based Health Ministry & Community Capstone

Designing a community wellness program within a faith or neighborhood context. Capstone project, final assessment, and certification.

Weeks 9–10
Who Should Enroll

This Program Is For You If…

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Faith & Community Leaders

Pastors, deacons, lay leaders, and ministry workers who want to serve their community's health with credentialed knowledge.

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Community Advocates

Neighborhood leaders, social workers, and nonprofit staff already doing health-adjacent work who want formal health education credentials.

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Parents & Family Caregivers

Those caring for family members or neighbors who want to understand health systems and help their loved ones navigate care.

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Entry-Level Healthcare Students

Those beginning a healthcare career who want a values-driven, community-focused credential as their foundation.

Your Credential

What You Earn

A joint certificate co-issued by CAPScare Academy for Health Care Education and CUEWA University, with program partnership recognition from The Church of Inclusion.

Certificate of Completion

Healthcare Access & Community Wellness

CAPScare Academy × CUEWA University × The Church of Inclusion

This certifies that
Your Full Name

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.

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CAPScare Academy
For Health Care Education
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CUEWA University
Faith-Based Platform
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Church of Inclusion
Community Partner
Enrollment

Serve Your Community with Confidence

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.

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    Program Length10 weeks, fully self-paced online
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    TuitionFree for qualifying community advocates — sliding scale for all others
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    CredentialJoint certificate: CAPScare Academy × CUEWA University
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    PrerequisitesNone — open to all
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    PlatformDelivered at cuewaedu.org
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    Community PartnerThe Church of Inclusion

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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.

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