Leticia Boughton Price, CHW, LCSW, is an empathetic, encouraging, and enlightening professional with more than 30 years of experience working with youth, families, and at-risk populations. She has a strong interest in mental health within the Black community and actively seeks ways to educate and advocate for individuals to prioritize their mental well-being. One way she advances this mission is through Mental Health First Aid.
Currently, Leticia serves as the Co-Executive Director of the Illinois Community Health Worker Association (ILCHWA), where she is responsible for sustaining and growing the first Community Health Worker (CHW) Association in Illinois. The goal of ILCHWA is to unite CHWs, CHW groups, stakeholders, and allies to provide peer-to-peer support for CHWs, establish a unified voice, and advocate for policies addressing CHW issues and concerns, including identity, training and development, financing, and reimbursement.
Leticia is deeply committed to supporting, sustaining, and expanding the CHW workforce in Illinois. In 2014, she co-chaired the first Illinois Community Health Worker Advisory Board, established following the passage of Public Act 098-0796. Under her leadership, board members and more than 70 stakeholders developed a report containing 25 recommendations organized into five major categories: core competencies and roles, training and certification, financing and reimbursement, workforce development, and awareness building.
She continued advancing these recommendations, which ultimately contributed to the passage of the Community Health Worker Certification and Reimbursement Act (Public Act 410 ILCS 67) in 2021. Leticia is also the co-founder of the Illinois Community Health Worker Association (ILCHWA), a 501(c)(3) organization where she served as President and CEO until 2024, when she transitioned to the role of Co-Executive Director.
Beyond Illinois, Leticia has held several leadership positions, including serving as the elected Chair of the American Public Health Association Community Health Worker Section and as co-lead of a grief support group at the Apostolic Church of God in Chicago.
In June 2014, when Illinois Senator Richard Durbin presented Leticia with the first-ever CHW of the Year Award, he described her as “a force of nature.” That recognition continues to motivate her advocacy for policies and initiatives that support the growth and sustainability of the Community Health Worker workforce in Illinois.