Created in 1971 as the Pariquera-Açu Nursing Assistant School, the Pariquera-Açu Human Resources Training Center (CeforRH), is linked to the São Paulo State Health Secretariat, joining the group of six state schools of Health. The institution, located along the Régis Bittencourt Highway (BR-116), has the mission of training workers in the Family Health Strategy, basic health units and outpatient clinics and hospitals - that is, who work at different levels of health. attention - from Vale do Ribeira, joining the Intermunicipal Health Consortium of Vale do Ribeira (Consaúde).

In 2011, CeforRH Pariquera-Açu received the Abese Education Management Award 2011-2012, granted by the Regional Nursing Council of São Paulo (Coren-SP) and by the Brazilian Academy of Nursing Specialists (Abese), in recognition of the value management of technical schools and colleges.