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Nationwide Healthcare Workforce Initiatives
We've compiled a list of healthcare initiatives across the United States. Click on the initiative name below to learn more about what they're doing to support or grow the healthcare workforce.
Initiative Name | Organizations | Healthcare Industry | Workforce Development Focus | Statewide or National | Occupations | Zip Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Project REACH (Realizing Excellence through Academics and Careers in Health) | Youth Healthcare Alliance, School-Based Health Alliance | Nonprofits | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Other: Denver, Colorado | High school students | 80203 |
Home Care University | National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), Relias Learning | Associations | Improving the quality of healthcare workforce AND healthcare workforce retention | National | Home Health and Personal Care Aides | 20003 |
ATSU Hometown Scholars Program | A.T. Still University, National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Statewide (Arizona and Missouri) | Pre-med students, pre-dental students, pre-PA students | 85206 |
Urban Service Track/AHEC Scholars Program | UConn Health/Connecticut AHEC, National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Statewide (Connecticut) | Medical students, pharmacy students, dental students, nursing students, social work students, physician assistant students | "06030" |
NMF Primary Care Leadership Program | National Medical Fellowships (NMF) | Nonprofits | Increasing number of healthcare workers | National | Medical students, graduate-level nursing students, physician assistant students | 22314 |
Central Coast Physician Assistant (CCPA) Program | A.T. Still University, National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Statewide (California) | Physician assistant students | 93454 |
Mental Health First Aid Training (for EMS) | National Council for Mental Wellbeing, Missouri Department of Mental Health | Nonprofits | Improving the quality of healthcare workforce | National | Emergency Medical Technicians, Paramedics | 20005 |
Trauma-Informed Care Screening and Assessment Toolkit | National Council for Mental Wellbeing, Indiana Family and Social Services Administration | Nonprofits | Improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Statewide (Indiana) | Healthcare, general | 46204 |
Behavioral Health in Aging Certificate Program | National Council on Aging (NCOA), Center for Aging and Disability Education and Research (CADER) at Boston University School of Social Work, National Institute of Senior Centers affiliate members | Associations | Improving the quality of healthcare workforce AND healthcare workforce retention | National | Occupations requiring an MSW; Nurses, general | 22202 |
Campus for Rural Health | Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Statewide (Oregon) | Healthcare students, general | 97239 |
AOA Leadership Institute | American Optometric Association (AOA) | Associations | Healthcare workforce retention | National | Optometrists | 63141 |
ADA Success Program | American Dental Association (ADA) | Associations | Increasing number of healthcare workers | National | Dental students | 60610 |
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