Community Health Worker Network of Buffalo is for CHWs- those OF and FROM the communities they serve and/or with close and trusting relationships with the community. This trusting relationship enables the worker to serve as a liaison/link/intermediary between health/social services and the community to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery.

 
 
 

Common Questions about CHWs

 

What is the impact of CHWs? The stories . . .

One of my first clients was a teenage mother who had a newborn baby ... she was sleeping on a friend’s couch. She had nothing for the baby and he was sleeping in a cardboard box. Still, she was keeping him safe and close to her, and she seemed to desperately want to do better for herself and him. I helped the mother get diapers, clothes, and a bassinet. She told me that I had given her something bigger than the ‘stuff‐ I had given her hope.
— Nadia Pizzaro, Outreach Worker/Housing Coordinator, American Red Cross, Greater Buffalo Chapter
You made me feel like a human again for the first time in a long time.
— John, Matt Urban Hope Center client
“The impact of parents and students creating a healthier school environment in our District cannot be underestimated. We were able to make significant policy and systems change when we began actively working with parents as full partners.”
— Assunta Ventresca, Former Director of Health Related Services, BPS