Task
Force, Commission or Panel
- The California
State Board of Pharmacy developed the Pharmacy Manpower Task Force
to address the pharmacist shortage in California and to ensure
that patients have access to pharmacy care and prescription services.
For more information: California
Pharmacy Manpower Task Force
Scholarships,
Loan Repayment
Career
Ladder Development
- The Nursing
Workforce Initiative provides $3 million to test pilot projects
that provide strategies for on-site approaches to delivery of
skills upgrade training, including distance learning.
For mroe information: California
Nurse Outreach
- The Los Angeles
County Health Care Workforce Development Program is a 5 year $40
million skills upgrade and retraining program operating in conjunction
with the restructuring of the Los Angeles County health care system.
Marketing
Health Careers
Labor
Department/Workforce Investment Board
- In January
2002, California established the Nursing Workforce Initiative
a 3-year, $60 million WIA funded effort to address the nursing
shortage in California. For more information: Teri Boughton, California
Health and Human Services Agency, 916-654-3297
- The Caregiver
Training Initiative is a $25 million program supported by WIA
funds to recruit, train, and retain CNAs and related caregivers
working primarily in long term care facilities.
Data
Collection
- The California
Workforce Initiative monitors changes in the health care workforce
in order to disseminate workforce information, strategies, and
best practices.
For more information: California
Workforce Initiative
Other
- California
established minimum nurse-to-patient ratios for its acute care
hospitals.
For more information: California
Workforce Initiative Minimum Nurse Staffing Ratios
- The Board
of Registered Nurses (BRN) and Board of Licensed Vocational Nurses/
Psychiatric Technicians (BVNPT) work with community colleges and
California State University campuses to ensure the standardization
of prerequisites and increased training slots.
For more information: California
Workforce Initiative: How to Become a Nurse
- The Office
of Statewide Health Planning and Development operates a Health
Careers Training Program that focuses on training CNAs, LVNs,
RNs and other related health workers.
For more information: Office
of Statewide Health Planning and Development
- The Employment
Training Panel uses state unemployment tax money to provide funds
to employers who need specialized training to retain/upgrade their
workers
Job
Redesign
- The Nursing
Workforce Initiative provides $1 million to fund projects that
design and test reform to improve nurse retention.
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