background: The Navajo Nation Community Health Representatives (CHRs) provide home health care and education to community members. COPE, a community-based organization, seeks to improve coordination between clinical teams and CHRs. Clinic-community linkages are strengthened through provider-led trainings of CHRs on health topics, CHR utilization of patient education materials (flipcharts that have been developed with local provider input to reflect regional and national best practices), and development of care processes, such as referrals to CHRs and CHR access to Electronic Health Records (EHR). objective: Understand providers’ opinions about COPE and collaboration with Navajo CHRs. methods: Qualitative interviews were conducted with 13 healthcare providers from five of the eight service units. Three study staff used open-coding to create a codebook. Coded material was summarized and patterns were identified and tied into a narrative using concept mapping. results: Providers overwhelmingly supported CHRs’ access to EHR to record patient visits and streamline referrals. They were enthusiastic about COPE flipcharts mentioning they provided a consistent message to CHRs and community. Those that led COPE trainings with CHRs valued the face-to-face time and opportunity to build relationships. Among their requests were having designated clinic personnel to manage referrals with CHRs and a formal system to track CHR training on specific modules. conclusion: Providers participating in COPE trainings highly valued the work of CHRs and requested COPE help to further streamline relationship-building and communication, such as referrals and updates, with the CHRs. Future resources should be focused on making communication easy and pleasant between CHRs and providers.