Strength on Wheels (SoW)
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A Mobile Hub for Learning, Collaboration, and Workforce Devlopment
Sowing STRENGTH across communities
STRENGTH on Wheels (SOW) is CHW Strength's mobile workforce development platform designed to bring learning, workforce resilience, community engagement, and workforce innovation directly into communities. SoW expands access by reducing barriers related to geography, transportation, and technology while creating relationship-centered experiences that travel where people are.
STRENGTH• Learning Pods
Mobile, high-touch learning experiences that expand access to CHW education and collaborative workforce development
STRENGTH• Community Engagement Experiences
Asset-Based Community Development experiences that position Community Health Workers as trusted Community Connectors
Why SoW?
• Bring the experience closer to people: Learning and workforce development can happen within the communities where people live, work and serve.
• Strengthen relationships: SoW creates space for CHWs, public health teams, healthcare organizations, educational institutions, faith communities, businesses and community-based organizations to learn and build together.
• Turn mobility into connection: The vehicle is more than transportation. Each deployment becomes an opportunity to expand workforce capacity, strengthen partnerships and exchange knowledge.
STRENGTH• Workforce Resilience Experiences
Intentional experiences that strengthen connection, collaboration and the resilience of public health teams
STRENGTH• Workforce Learning Journeys
Cohort-based travel experiences that transform conferences, site visits, and professional exchanges into structured learning and knowledge sharing
Partner With Us
• Workforce development and CHW training
• Team resilience and professional development
• Community engagement and asset mapping
• Partner convenings and collaborative learning
• Conferences, site visits and learning journeys
• Rural and community-based workforce initiatives
Potential partners include health departments, healthcare systems, hospitals, community-based organizations, colleges and universities, faith organizations, libraries, workforce organizations, foundations and other organizations invested in healthier communities.
