When Ward was in high school, he was trained as a community health worker by the Morehouse School of Medicine. Further, only 27.5% of Georgians earning below $25,000 per year enjoy “High Health Status,” compared with 64.9% earning above $75,000, according to the United Health Foundation. As of 2016, only 15 states have a mechanism for licensing or certifying community health workers. Morehouse Community Health Workers Fill in the GapArletha Livingston came to Morehouse School of Medicine in 2014 as director of the Innovation Learning Laboratory for Population Health. Livingston’s key idea was to train high school students as community health workers.