2025 SLO Healthcare Workforce Forum
Program Materials
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Program Presentation Slides:
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Links to Resources Provided:​
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Supply / Demand Modeling for Various Nursing, Behavioral Health, and other occupations (2022-2033)
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Retention Strategies / Burn Out Prevention for Healthcare Employees:​
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​Funding Opportunities Database​ (to be updated in early 2026 when new scholarship and loan repayment opportunities become available)
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Advocacy Opportunities Database & Input Form (to Submit Advocacy Issues to be Addressed​ by the Partnership or its Members)
SLO Healthcare Workforce Forum - 2025
Date: November 20, 2025 1:00pm to 4:30pm
(12:30 to 1:00pm Registration/Sign-In; 4:00 to 4:30pm Dessert Reception)
Location: Octagon Barn/Milking Barn
4400 Octagon Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Free Event. Refreshments Provided. Dessert Reception at 4:00pm. Registrations Required!
Registration Now Closed!
See You Next Year!
This event will be of interest to anyone concerned about the critical
shortage of healthcare employees in the County including:
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Physical, behavioral, and oral health care providers
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Education and training organizations
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Community-based, non-profit agencies
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Workforce and economic development groups
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Interested community members
The program will include:
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Panel discussions with major local healthcare employers (physical, behavioral, and oral health) focusing on employee recruitment and retention challenges and solutions (see panelists below).
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Up-to-date information on the local healthcare labor market.
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Partnership plans to develop local healthcare training and career pathway programs.
Don't miss out on the chance to hear from the community's healthcare leaders, participate in the Q&A and small group discussions, and join colleagues and our panelists for the Dessert Reception.
See You Next Year!
Program Agenda
12:30 to 1:00pm Registration/Check-in
1:00 to 4:00pm Program
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Update on the local healthcare employment landscape
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Partnership Initiatives 2025 to 2028
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Panel Discussions: Recruitment & Retention Challenges and Solutions for Local Healthcare Employers
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Sue Anderson, CEO, Dignity Health/Common Spirit
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Ryan Ashlock, President, Adventist Health
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Dr. Steven Clarke, Medical Director, Community Health Centers (CHC)
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Frank Warren, Deputy Administrator, County Behavioral Health
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Meghan Boaz-Alvarez, Clinical Director, TMHA
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Dr. Malia Johnson, Dental Director, Community Health Centers (CHC)
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Alexandra Chamberlain, Executive Director, Tolosa Children's Dental Center
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4:00 to 4:30pm Dessert Reception ​
