Building Healthier Communities From the Ground Up
CC Health Development invests in the people, data, and infrastructure that underserved neighborhoods need to close persistent health gaps. From training the next generation of Community Health Workers to deploying mobile clinics where fixed facilities cannot reach, we build lasting public health capacity rooted in community trust and epidemiological rigor.
CHW Training Academy
Our 16-week Community Health Worker certification program prepares Baltimore residents to serve as frontline health navigators in their own neighborhoods. Graduates earn Maryland DHMH certification and are placed with partner clinics, health departments, and community organizations.
- ✓ 16-Week Intensive Curriculum
- ✓ 240+ Hours Clinical Practicum
- ✓ Maryland State Certification
- ✓ 94% Job Placement Rate
Our Impact in Numbers
Since 2012, CC Health Development has built public health infrastructure across Baltimore's most underserved neighborhoods, training a new generation of community health leaders.
Our Core Programs
Six evidence-based programs designed to build lasting health infrastructure in communities that have been chronically underinvested.
CHW Training Academy
Sixteen-week intensive certification program combining classroom instruction in chronic disease management, motivational interviewing, and social determinants navigation with 240 hours of supervised clinical practicum in partner health systems. Graduates receive Maryland DHMH Community Health Worker certification and individualized career placement support.
Program Details →Health Needs Assessment
Comprehensive mixed-methods community health assessments using door-to-door household surveys, focus groups, key informant interviews, and GIS-mapped health resource inventories. Our assessment methodology has been peer-reviewed and adopted by three other state health departments for their community health improvement planning cycles.
Try Our Assessment Tool →Mobile Clinic Network
Technical assistance and implementation support for launching mobile health clinics in medically underserved areas. Our mobile units provide primary care screenings, chronic disease monitoring, immunizations, and care navigation services in neighborhoods where fixed-site clinics are absent or inaccessible due to transportation barriers.
Mobile Clinic Info →Health Equity Dashboard
Open-source, real-time data visualization platform aggregating ZIP-code-level health indicators including emergency department utilization, chronic disease prevalence, food access scores, environmental hazard proximity, and social vulnerability indices. Used by three Baltimore-area health departments for resource allocation decisions.
Dashboard Overview →Youth Public Health Pipeline
Summer immersion program for Baltimore City public high school juniors and seniors exploring careers in public health, epidemiology, and community medicine. Participants complete a mentored community health research project, shadow CHWs in the field, and receive college application support for health sciences programs at partnering universities.
Youth Programs →Clinic Capacity Building
Consulting and implementation support for Federally Qualified Health Centers and community clinics seeking to integrate CHWs into their care teams, implement standardized social determinants screening, establish quality metrics dashboards, and develop sustainable third-party billing frameworks for CHW services.
Capacity Building →Academic & Institutional Partners
We collaborate with leading academic institutions, health systems, and government agencies to ensure our programs meet the highest standards of evidence-based public health practice.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Research PartnerMorgan State University School of Community Health
Pipeline PartnerBaltimore City Health Department
Government PartnerMaryland DHMH Office of Minority Health
Certification AuthorityCommunity Health Needs Assessment
Use our interactive tool to identify the most pressing health priorities in your neighborhood and discover which CC Health Dev programs address each area.
Community Health Needs Assessment
This interactive assessment helps identify the most pressing health challenges in your neighborhood. Answer six questions about conditions in your community, and we will generate a prioritized needs profile with recommended CC Health Dev programs that address each area.
Ready to Build Health Infrastructure in Your Community?
Whether you are a community organizer, health department leader, clinic administrator, or aspiring Community Health Worker, we want to hear from you.