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Allied Health Sector Initiatives
Allied Health Workforce Initiatives
“Improving the Quality of Care, Improving the Quality of Life”
Capital Workforce Partners continually explores avenues to meet the needs of health care employers, incumbent health care workers and job seekers interested in pursuing a career in allied health.

Priority
Capital Workforce Partners has identified the health care industry as a strategic priority, and has established a Healthcare Workforce Advancement Mission: to promote an employer-driven, sustainable partnership that supports workplace-based learning for employees in the health care field.  Capital Workforce Partners is collaborating with health care employers, educators and others and developing region-wide programs that address allied health growth occupations:
  • to meet the needs of health care employers
  • advance the education and training of health care workers
  • provide avenues for workers to increase their earnings
  • provide training for job seekers interested in a career in allied health
Grant Awards
Other News
  • Capital Workforce Partners was awarded a United States Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration High Growth Job Training Initiative Grant for the Long-Term Care Sector in 2007.  The award was for $506,836.  Only six grants were awarded nationwide.
  • Capital Workforce Partners was awarded a Robert Wood Johnson/Jobs to Careers: Promoting Work-Based Learning for Quality Care grant in 2008.  This was the second of funding.  The award was for $425,000.  In the second round of funding, only eight grants were awarded nationwide.

Connecticut Community Colleges

Health Career Academy

The Academy is an online resource for students interested in pursuing a career in the health care field. This virtual model is designed to develop and disseminate health career information across all 12 community colleges and partner agencies, promote professional development and help students make informed educational and training decisions. Health Career Academy courses have offerings in three different areas: Associate’s Degree, Credit Certificate and Non-Credit Certificate programs.

Vist the Connecticut Community Colleges Health
Career Academy.

Hartford Hospital Training

Partners in the CNA Initiative

Capital Workforce Partners has invested for over five years along with educational, industry and institutional partners in programming for CNA advancement. Visit our gallery of Allied Health Symposiums which celebrate the accomplishments of participants and sponsors.

 

One-Stop Career Center and Partner Programs offered through CTWorks One-Stop Career Centers in the region include employment services and training scholarships to eligible job seekers interested in pursuing an allied health career.  Services include targeted classroom training in areas such as Pharmacy Tech and Medical Office Skills for eligible individuals, and general competency workshops.

Come explore a wide variety of healthcare occupations, such as:

Nursing

Physical Therapy

Patient Care Technician

Dental Assistant / Hygienist,

and more

 

See Locations, Dates and Times for Healthcare Career Orientations at CTWorks.
Additional Training Programs

Incumbent Worker Training

This grant is available through Capital Workforce Partners, the North Central Workforce Investment Board, to companies focusing on Allied Health, Green Technologies and Manufacturing, in the Greater Hartford area, to up grade skills of existing employees.

The training must result in employee achievement of skills upgrades, increased wages or attainment of transferable skills to avoid a lay off.  Grant can be applied for 50% of approved training costs.

Do You Qualify For Training Funds?

Learn more about: Incumbent Worker Training (PDF)

2011/2012 Program Description and Application

 

The "New" On-the-Job Training

An On-the-Job Training grant offers the opportunity to train a new employee at 50% of their pay for up to six months while they are being trained to become more skilled on the job.

Candidates are identified and will be pre-screened for your job requirements.

Minimal paperwork is required. Invoices are reimbursed promptly.

Learn more about: On-The-Job Training (PDF)
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