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West Michigan Healthcare Collaborative Partnerships

Building Health Career Pathways

West Michigan n – Grand Rapids

• 1,027,703 population, greater Grand Rapids Area
• Home of some major employers: Steelcase, Herman Miller,

Haworth, Amway, Meijer, Axios, Perrigo.

• Largest employer – Spectrum Health,
• Mercy Health (Trinity Health – 4th biggest employer
• Three hospital systems: Spectrum, Mercy, Metro/U of MI in

Grand Rapids, 4 other hospitals (not counting mental health)

• Close to 55 long term care employers in our region

A A sea of change in health thcare!?

• Affordable care act.
• Retirements
• Aging Population
• Reduction in the number of people in our state after

the “great recession”.

• The demographics of our community were changing.
• What was the healthcare sector to do?

Could our community college be a factor in a sector of education that deals with strict accreditation requirements? Quickly

We might have to do this differently.

• Our principles:
• GRCC’s program must be of the highest quality
• Employers must be engaged in the creation, content, clinical placements,

feedback loop

• Program occupations must pay a living wage jobs

Partnership p & Collaboration

• Working with our USDOL Career One-

stop: West Michigan Works!

• Getting the right people from

healthcare employer organizations together to review occupational data.

• Coffee “breaks”
• Role of the community non-profits.
• How are we going to pay for this?

What is the America’s Promise Grant

America’s Promise grants are designed to accelerate the development and expansion of regional workforce partnerships committed to providing a pipeline of skilled workers in specific sectors. Each grant requires a partnership that includes industry leaders, senior level leadership from workforce and economic development organizations, education institutions, elected officials, and other important community stakeholders. Grantees will focus on in-demand industries such as information technology, healthcare, advanced manufacturing, financial services and educational services.

11/17/2016 US Department of Labor

• Awarded to 23 regional

partnerships in 28 states

• 21,000 Americans to education

and in-demand jobs.

• Tuition free or low cost tuition
• pportunities.
• Employer involvement in design

and delivery of education and training

• Evidence-based sector strategies

to increase college completion, employability, employment earnings & outcomes of job seekers.

• Funded by H-1B temporary visa

program.

• Create best strategies to

successfully move participants into middle-skill jobs or higher skilled jobs.

• Healthcare focus in west

Michigan – Work of the Health Innovation Council

• Create at least 4 career

pathways so individuals understand healthcare career

• pportunities.

Initi tial Gr Grant P t Partn tner ers

CLARK Hispanic Center of Western Michigan

Long Term rm Care – Certified N Nursing As Assistant

• College had no healthcare lab space

available

• Four other C.N.A. training centers in

the region. (State required 70 hr program)

• C.N.A. wages seemed pretty low $10-

11/hr.

• Brought a group of employers

together.

• Feedback from our neighborhood
• rganizations.

• Holland Home, stepped forward

and built a C.N.A. training lab for GRCC at no cost to GRCC.

• Sunset Hills, Holland Home and

Clark all worked to find qualified instructors.

• Employers wrote to the State of

Michigan to get approvals for GRCC program moved quicker

• Employer guaranteed a $13/hr

starting pay for GRCC graduates

C.N.A. . Program R Results ts?

• Discussions regarding C.N.A.

started in November 2016.

• Awarded grant January 2017.
• New Lab was ready by March,

2017

• First cohort began in April

2017

• Three cohorts have completed

as of August 2017. 32 individuals.

• One integrated English as a

Second Language/C.N.A. cohort

• First cohort – 50% did not pass

the State (Prometric test). Retooled, Remediated.

• Second go round – all passed.
• Next two cohorts: 95%

passed.

• 100% hired

Medical A Assistants ts

• Employer group wants a medical

assistant program different from what exists in the community.

• Accelerated, non-credit model built.

(Articulates to 30 credits) (Higher Learning Commission, Financial Aid rules, Faculty union contract issues). How would we attract individuals to this program that met the demographics our employers were looking for?

Medical A Assistants ts

• How would our medical assistants be

skilled up to work in an office that involved more technology, health “teams” working with patients?

• How could our students afford to take

this program? APPRENTICESHIP IDEA

• Willingness of Mercy Health and

Spectrum Health to try this.

• CAAHEP accreditation work.
• Creation of the career portfolio system

Results ts

• The 6 cohorts of the program we had

before apprenticeship started had less than 3% diverse students.

• Now open enrollment program has 21%

diverse students

• First cohort of apprenticeship, only one

person of color.

• Second cohort of apprenticeship 18%

people of color.

• Third cohort – 432 applicants. 43% diverse

Create a robust pipeline of competent, diverse and compassionate health care workers to meet the needs of the region for the next 15 years.

What do YO YOU in Maryland need to do to make this happen?

• Talk to each other and really listen.
• Community Colleges – the role you know and can grow.
• PARTNER, PARTNER, PARTNER
• Support each other and tell each other what you need.
• What did GRCC need: Cover cost of programming, labs, student support,

clinical placement. Wrap-around services for our students.

• Form a plan. If you have a good plan things will happen.

Join Us……..

CLARK Hispanic Center of Western Michigan

Thank you and good luck!

Contact Information: Julie Parks jparks@grcc.edu 616.234.3714