CHW Corps is an initiative designed to strengthen and expand the Community Health Worker workforce pipeline for California. Working through a community college-based public health training program in Long Beach, we recruit, train, and place CHWs from the communities that experience the state’s most acute health workforce shortages — majority Latino/x, Black, Asian, and Pacific Islander students who bring the cultural fluency, lived experience, and trusted access that make community-based health work effective. From recruitment through training, placement, and long-term career progression, CHW Corps produces a workforce that reflects the people it serves and is equipped to advance health equity across California.