Health Care Skills Gap Partnership Programs (supported by the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act)
Updated July 9, 2010
Project Lead,
Sector and
Occupational
Focus
Lead: Berkshire County
Regional Employment Board
Sector: Healthcare
Occupational Focus:
Certified Nurses Assistant,
LPN, A.DN., Clinical Internship
with NAPNES Long-Term Care
Certification
Region:
Amount: $210,000
Project
Description
This partnership will focus on
five different enhancements to
the existing educational
pathways for nursing career.
1) Develop a College-Ready
Certificate for CNAs 2) Offer a
Test of Essential Academic Skills
(TEAS) Prep Study Course 3)
Develop a “Curriculum Record
of Completion” (ROC) that
recognizes participants
completion of college courses
that count toward a health care
certificate or degree. Work to
have this ROC recognized by
local employers. 4) Develop an
articulation agreement between
the McCann LPN Program and
Berkshire Community College
A.D.N. 5) Develop a post-LPN
Clinical Internship with potential
for college-credit and develop
and offer a post-LPN
certification in Long-Term Care.
Employer and
Other Partners
Employers:
Berkshire Health Systems
Northern Berkshire
Healthcare
Other Partners:
Berkshire Community College
Berkshire Works
Literacy Network of Southern
Berkshire
Pittsfield Adult Learning
Center
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Health Care Skills Gap Partnership Programs (supported by the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act)
Project Lead,
Sector and
Occupational
Focus
Lead: Boston Private Industry
Council
Sector: Healthcare
Occupational Focus: Medical
Assistant, Patient Care
Technician, Medical
Interpreter, Pharmacy Tech,
Ophthalmic Assistant
Region:
Amount: $200,000
Project
Description
Employer and
Other Partners
The Boston Healthcare Careers
Consortium will
1. prepare participants for
opportunities as Medical
assistants and Patient Care
Technicians. In the interest of
developing a diverse workforce
to serve a diverse population,
many employers are interested
in focusing on bi-lingual
individuals for these positions.
2.Offer a Medical Interpreting
Certificate.
3.Provide Career and academic
case management and job
placement for graduates of the
funded programs.
4. Develop a collaborative
regional healthcare workforce
planning work group. The group
will establish infrastructure,
priorities for the grant period
and beyond.
Employers:
ABCD
Medical Center
Boston Private Industry
Council
Bunker Hill Community
College
JobNet
Mayor's Office of Jobs &
Community Service
The Boston Foundation
The Workplace
Benjamin Franklin Institute of
Technology
JVS
TERI
Massachusetts Senior Care
Association
1199SEIU Training &
Upgrading Fund
Other Partners:
Beth Israel Deaconess
Boston Medical Center
Children's Hospital Boston
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
New England Baptist Hospital
Partners Healthcare
Tufts Medical Center
VinFen Corporation
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Health Care Skills Gap Partnership Programs (supported by the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act)
Project Lead,
Sector and
Occupational
Focus
Lead: Brockton Area
Workforce Investment Board
Sector: Healthcare
Occupational Focus: Insurance
Billing Specialist and Pre-Allied
Health
Region:
Amount: $189,679
Lead: Bristol
Sector: Healthcare
Occupational Focus:
Region:
Amount: $200,000
Project
Description
The Brockton Area Workforce
Investment Board will co-enroll
unemployed and employed
participants in Insurance
Billing/Coding Specialist
Certificate courses and PreAllied Health courses. All
courses will articulate to higher
level allied health degrees.
After the initial Billing/Coding
courses are completed,
participants will receive job
placement support.
Existing C.N.A. course will be
enhanced with additional
content and expanded
curriculum base don employer
input.
Participants will be enrolled in
the newly Enhanced C.N.A
course.
Participants will be enrolled in
Medical Assistant , Phlebotomy,
and other Healthcare Certificate
programs and receive job
placement after completion.
Bristol CC will develop or revise
Medical Assisting courses to
insure they articulate with the
existing Clinical Lab Technician
Associate Degree at Bristol CC.
Employer and
Other Partners
Employers:
Good Samaritan Medical
Center
Signature Healthcare
Brockton Hospital
St. Joseph Manor
Other Partners:
Massasoit Community
College
CareerWorks
Brockton Public Schools
Fisher College
Brockton Higher Education
Collaborative
Southeastern Technical
Institute
Metro South Chamber of
Commerce
Employers:
Other Partners:
Bristol Community College
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Health Care Skills Gap Partnership Programs (supported by the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act)
Project Lead,
Sector and
Occupational
Focus
Lead: Cape and Islands
Workforce Investment Board
Sector: Healthcare
Occupational Focus: Dementia
Care and Certified Nurses
Assistant
Region:
Amount: $190,262
Project
Description
College based Certified Nursing
Assistant Training
Enroll participants in Student
Success cohort offering case
management and ongoing
academic and peer supports to
focus on retention and
academic success.
Provide skills and certification in
dementia care for incumbent
CNA workers.
Employer and
Other Partners
Employers:
Liberty Commons
Epoch Brewster & Epoch
Harwich
Cape Heritage
Windsor
Cape Regency
Bourne Manor
Cape Cod Healthcare
Other Partners:
Cape Cod Community College
Career Opportunities
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Health Care Skills Gap Partnership Programs (supported by the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act)
Project Lead,
Sector and
Occupational
Focus
Lead: Central Massachusetts
Regional Employment Board
Sector: Healthcare
Occupational Focus: Medical
Interpreter, Navigator/Health
Worker, Mentor Supervisor,
Enhanced Clinical Skills
Region:
Amount: $209,999.73
Project
Description
50 trained in Medical
Interpreter program;
25 trained in
Navigator/Health Worker
program;
28 Medical Assistants
trained in Advanced
Clinical Skill program;
Supervisors and Senior
Medical Assistants receive
mentoring training
Lead: Franklin Hampshire
Regional Employment Board
Sector: Healthcare
Occupational Focus: Certified
Nurse Aide, Home Health
Aide, Medical Office Mgt,
Found Health Science
Region:
Amount: $199,878
The FH Healthcare Skills Gap
Project is an innovative
partnership which is developing
a range of creative and flexible
healthcare career pathways for
immigrants and low literacy
individuals. The project involves
creative course delivery (onemployer sites as well as in
community locations);
curriculum development
(developmental, certificate, and
credit-bearing courses); credit
reciprocity at participating
community colleges; transition
to college programs at the CBO;
and a willingness to explore,
collaborate, and fine-tune
programs so as to increase the
number of entry-level
candidates along healthcare
career pathways.
Employer and
Other Partners
Employers:
Family Health Center of
Worcester
Great Brook Valley Health
Center
Other Partners:
Quinsigamond Community
College
Workforce Central Career
Center
Central Mass Area Health
Education Center
Grafton Job Corps Center
Employers:
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Center for Extended Care at
Amherst
Community Health Center for
Franklin County
Valley Medical Group,
Sunbridge Rehabilitation, and
Baystate Franklin Medical
Center
Other Partners:
Greenfield Community
College
Holyoke Community College
Franklin Hampshire Career
Center
Center for New Americans
Springfield Technical
Community College
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Health Care Skills Gap Partnership Programs (supported by the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act)
Project Lead,
Sector and
Occupational
Focus
Lead: Greater Lowell
Workforce Investment Board
Sector: Healthcare
Occupational Focus: Certified
Nursing Associates, Medical
Secretary, Phlebotomist,
Certified Nursing
Associates/Home Health Aide
Region:
Amount: $200,000
Project
Description
Employer and
Other Partners
The Greater Lowell Workforce
Investment Board (GLWIB) will
enroll participants in healthcare
career pathways courses at MCC
that will prepare participants for
entry level positions as Certified
Nursing Associates, Medical
Receptionist, Phlebotomist, and
Medical Secretary. The program
will target unemployed or
incumbent workers in need of
skill enhancement up to an
Associate’s Degree.
Employers:
Saints Medical Center
Life Care Center of the
Merrimack Valley
D’Youville Senior Care
Lead: Greater New Bedford
Workforce Investment Board
Sector: Healthcare
Occupational Focus: Advanced
Certified Nursing Assistants,
Certified Nursing
Assistants/Home Health Aides
Region:
Amount: $210,000
The Greater New Bedford
Advanced Certified Nursing
Assistant (C.N.A.) Program will
provide Advanced C.N.A
training that prepares them for
jobs and provide 4 college level
credits transferable to an Allied
health degree..
Employers:
Alden Court Nursing &
Rehabilitation Center
LifeStream, Inc.
Lead: Regional Employment
Board of Hampden County
Sector: Healthcare
Occupational Focus: Certified
Nursing Assistants and
Medical Assistants
Region:
Amount: $209,999.67
Recruit train and place CNAs
into long term care positions
Employers:
Genesis Healthcare/Heritage
Hall
Baystate Medical Center
Baycare Health Partners
Re design existing Medical
Assistant certificate and degree
programs at STCC
Enroll participants in re-tooled
courses.
Strengthen regional Partnership
for healthcare
C.N.A to LPN Career assessment
focused on strengthening HCC
LPN program
Other Partners:
MCC Academy of Health
Professions
Ladik Middlesex Community
College
Career Center of Lowell
Other Partners:
Bristol Community College
Greater New Bedford Career
Center
Other Partners:
Springfield Technical
Community College
Holyoke Community College
Future Works Career Center
WorkSource Partners, Inc.
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Health Care Skills Gap Partnership Programs (supported by the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act)
Project Lead,
Sector and
Occupational
Focus
Lead: Merrimack Valley
Regional Employment Board
Sector: Healthcare
Occupational Focus:
Certified Nursing Associates
Region:
Amount: $199,994.23
Project
Description
1) enhance an existing and
already successful CNA program
with academic programming,
customer service and content
on aging . Train participants in
the newly enhanced course and
job place graduates.
2) Provide academic
remediation using KeyTrain
software system to incumbent
and unemployed individuals
who were not academically
prepared for entry int o the
C.N.A trng.
3) Design a “Bridge to Allied
Health Careers” course at
Northern Essex CC.
Employer and
Other Partners
Employers:
HomeCare, Inc.
Lawrence General Hospital
Mary Immaculate Nursing
Restorative Center
Nevins Nursing and
Rehabilitation Center
Other Partners:
Northern Essex Community
College
ValleyWorks Career Center
Notre Dame Education
Center
WorkSource Partners, Inc.
Enroll a cohort of students into
the new Bridge program.
Curricula will be provided
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Health Care Skills Gap Partnership Programs (supported by the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act)
Project Lead,
Sector and
Occupational
Focus
Lead: Metro North Regional
Employment Board
Sector: Healthcare
Occupational Focus:
Phlebotomy
Region:
Amount: $200,000
Lead: Metro South/West
Regional Employment Board,
Inc.
Sector: Healthcare
Occupational Focus:
Emergency Medical
Technicians, Paramedics, LPN
Bridge to RN
Region:
Amount: $200,000
Project
Description
Employer and
Other Partners
Designed to begin the process of
identifying and developing
curriculum options and career
ladders to meet the need for
additional training and
education in clinical lab science,
the funds available through this
RFP will be utilized by the Metro
North Healthcare Partnership
to: 1) support the development
of a career ladder which will
built on requirements for
Medical Laboratory Technician
(MLT) Certification options. 2)
utilize the current phlebotomy
program at Middlesex
Community College (MCC) 3)
hire qualified curriculum
consultants to develop a Clinical
Laboratory Assistant Certificate
program 4) develop a Clinical
Laboratory Assistant Certificate
program 5) explore the viability
of an additional MLT Associate
Degree program within the
region 6) establish within the
Metro North region a
comprehensive, expanded
healthcare partnership
Employers:
Lahey Clinic
Hallmark Healthcare System
Develop Academic bridge
courses for LPN to RN at MBCC
Employers:
Armstrong Ambulance
Service, Inc.
Cataldo Ambulance Service
EasCare Ambulance LLC
Hebrew SeniorLife
Provide EMT and Paramedic
education to cohorts of
participants; job place
graduates.
Other Partners:
Middlesex Community
College
The Career Place
Other Partners:
Massachusetts Bay
Community College
Employment & Training
Resources
WorkSource Partners
South Middlesex Opportunity
Council
World Education, Inc.
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Health Care Skills Gap Partnership Programs (supported by the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act)
Project Lead,
Sector and
Occupational
Focus
Lead: North Central Workforce
Investment Board
Sector: Healthcare
Occupational Focus: Allied
Health and Medical Office
Region:
Amount: $200,000
Project
Description
Enroll participants into Allied
Health and Medical Office
Certificate programs. Job place
graduates.
2) complete design work to
address the alignment and
acceleration of the Allied Health
and Medical Coding Certificate
programs and training pathways
to selective Associate Degrees.
3) developed a sustainable
regional partnership that will
focus on regional health care
workforce planning
Employer and
Other Partners
Employers:
Clinton Hospital
HealthAlliance Hospital
Other Partners:
Mount Wachusett
Community College
North Central Career Center
Wachusett Manor Nursing
Home
Life Care Center of
Leominster
Legend Rehabilitation Center
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Health Care Skills Gap Partnership Programs (supported by the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act)
Project Lead,
Sector and
Occupational
Focus
Lead: North Shore Workforce
Investment Board
Sector: Healthcare
Occupational Focus: Surgical
Technician, Certified Medical
Assistants, Gerontology
Activity Specialist, Medical
Billing and Coding, Certified
Nurse Assistant, Enhanced
C.N.A/Medical Assistant and
Enhanced LPN
Region:
Amount: $210,000
Project
Description
Project will design and
implement and enhanced
C.N.A/Medical Assistant
academic certificate that
meets the needs of local
employers.
Design and implement an
Enhanced LPN course that
prepares incumbent LPNs
with stronger skills for the
long term care
environment.
In addition the program
will enroll participants in
existing academic
programs and provide job
placement upon
completion.
Employer and
Other Partners
Employers:
Northeast Health Systems
North Shore Medical Center
Kindred Inc., Ledgewood
Skills Nursing and Rehab
Center, Seacoast, Bane
Skilled Care Facilities,
Lafayette Skilled Care Facility,
Berkshire, (Life Care Centers
and Jewish Rehabilitation
Center pending)
Other Partners:
North Shore Community
College
North Shore Career Center
5 enrolled in Medical
Assistant program;
2 enrolled in Gerontology
Activity Specialist
program;
1 enrolled in Medical
Billing and Coding
program;
5 enrolled in CNA
program;
10 enrolled in Enhanced
CNA/MA program
10 enrolled in enhanced
LPN program
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Health Care Skills Gap Partnership Programs (supported by the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act)
Project Lead,
Sector and
Occupational
Focus
Lead: South Shore Regional
Employment Board
Sector: Healthcare
Occupational Focus: Medical
Billing and Coding, Surgical
Technology, Phlebotomy, and
Exercise Science/Personal
Training
Region:
Amount: $209,776
Project
Description
The Health Work Alliance (HWA)
proposes to train unemployed
and underemployed individuals
in four tracks: medical billing
and coding, surgical technology,
phlebotomy, and exercise
science/personal training.
Job place unemployed students
into entry-level positions in their
new field
Employer and
Other Partners
Employers:
Manet Community Health
Centers
South Shore YMCA
Other Partners:
Quincy College
South Coastal Career Centers
Blue Cross Blue Shield of
Massachusetts. Quincy
Collaborative 2000, New
England Medical Billing Grp,
Brockton Hospital
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