Health Workforce Initiative - New Name and New Logo

Formerly the Regional Health Occupations Resource Center (RHORC), the California Community College Economic and Workforce Development program has changed its name to more closely reflect its mission and objectives in serving both community college allied health programs and the health care workforce.

The mission of the Health Workforce Initiative is to promote the advancement of California's health care workforce through quality education and services.

Five major activities will comprise the work of the Health Workforce Initiative:

1. Facilitate education and industry partnerships related to the identified allied health shortages.
2. Partner with key stakeholders in the California Healthcare Reform Workforce Workgroup.
3. Partner with the Health and Science Pipeline Initiative to disseminate the high school science and math preparation curriculum statewide (www.haspi.org).
4. Collaborate with the Health Information Technology workforce training in collaboration with the US Health and Human Services (HHS) grant Community College Consortia to Educate Health Information Technology Professionals awarded to Los Rio Community College District .
5. Partner with Regional Community Colleges and other educational providers and regional advisory groups to facilitate new program and curriculum development; curriculum revision; faculty and staff development; and other activities as needed in response to the identified priority allied health shortage occupations and Health Care Reform workforce needs.

HWI Center Contacts:

Linda Zorn - Initiative Director - zornli@butte.edu

Trudy Old - Butte College - oldtr@butte.edu

Christina Oborn - Mission College - christina_oborn@wvm.edu

Patricia Duffy - Santa Barbara City College - PMDuffy@sbcc.edu

Mary O'Connor - Golden West College - moconnor@gwc.cccd.edu

Ann Durham - Grossmont College - ann.durham@gcccd.edu

 

For more information about the Health Workforce Initiative, go to http://ca-hwi.org/