SLO Healthcare Workforce Partnership Strategic Plan (2024 to 2026)

Research Used by the Partnership to Develop the Strategic Action Plan (2024 to 2026):

• Access to Care data & local cost of living indicators. 

• Key community partner interview summaries.

• SLO County healthcare educational programs 

• SLO County healthcare employment and workforce equity data.

• National and state best practices; examples of regional initiatives to address workforce shortages and enhance equity.

• Highlights of potential funding sources

Workforce Development Board Reports:

• 2023 SLO County State of the Workforce Report

• 2023 SLO County State of the Workforce Report 1-page Infographic

• 2023 SLO County State of the Workforce Report Presentation

Santa Cruz County Health Council Reference Information: 

• Santa Cruz County Health Council Presentation ​Slides​​

  • Possible options to pursue or leverage existing funds:

    • CA WDB HRTP RWP (High Road Training Partnerships: Resilient Workforce Program (RWP)

    • High Road Training Partnership Healthcare Overview 

    • Golden State Pathways Program 

    • California’s Community Economic Resilience Fund (CERF) 

    • California Community Colleges California Apprenticeship Initiative (CAI) New & Innovative Pre-Apprenticeship and Apprenticeship Grant Programs (N&I)

  • Pipeline Development:

    • Cabrillo College (Community Health Worker Program)

    • WASC Adult Education (Healthcare Education Programs)

    • MSOM (Family Medicine Residency Program)  

    • YFIOB (Your Future is Our Business Program)

    • Futuro Health (Allied Health Career Programs)

    • BACCC (Bay Area Community College Consortium)

  • Retention:

    • Healing Our Healthcare Heros (HOHH)

    • Schwartz-Rounds (The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare)
       

 

Healthcare Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) Spring 2024 Conference:

• Definition:  Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) is a designation based upon the evaluation of criteria established through regulation by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) to identify geographic areas or population groups with a shortage of primary, dental, mental health care professionals in a Medical Service Study Area (MSSA).  Scores are updated every three years.  

• Conference Presentation Materials:

  • Conference Agenda

  • California Area Health Education Center (AHEC)​

  • Health Workforce Development County Medical Services Program (CMSP) Loan Repayment Program (LRP)

  • Health Center Landscape/CA Primary Care Association

  • Innovation & Rapidly Changing Demographics/Shortages and the Role of Digital Modalities

  • HRSA Grants 101

  • Healthcare Workforce Development Loan Repayment (LRP) & Scholarship Program

  • Medical Service Study Area (MSSA) Update

  • Health Workforce Loan Repayment & Scholarship Programs

  • 31st Annual Health Professional Shortage Area Designation Workshop

  • Health Workforce Development: Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP)

  • Health Workforce Development: California State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP)