Health Care

Workforce Updates

February 2022

Black women featured in February ColoRise lunch and learn

February 17 at 11:30 AM, Eleversity is offering "Black Women Walking in Purpose and Power: Positioned to Bring Change" through their ColoRise professional development series. This session features Chiara Smith, Elizabeth Maria Flynn, Jalynn Webb and Dr. Perdita Marcel Meeks sharing their perspectives on how this season has transformed the workplace and career pathways.

Click here to register.

Population health workforce roundtable focuses on opportunities and challenges

A virtual workshop hosted by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will be held on February 28 from 11:00AM - 4:30PM. This workshop will focus on the multi-sector workforce required for population health improvement, including educational requirements, attrition and pay, and how to strengthen and support the workforce. These issues will be discussed in the context of equity for the workforce and the pipeline, and readiness to respond to new funding opportunities and other challenges. 

Click here to learn more and to register. 

Roberts Wesleyan certificate program starts March 2

The Community Institutes at Roberts Wesleyan College offers certificate and training programs, separate from their degree-based education programs. "The Heart of Business: Soft Skills Certificate Part 1" begins on March 2. The course is comprised of six weeks of live, online learning on Wednesdays from 7-8 PM. Sessions are recorded.

Click here learn more about the course.

Mental health and disability master's degree scholarship applications open

The Clark Family Mental Health and Disability Scholarship is intended to elevate the state of practice and increase the number of individuals serving the fields of mental health, behavioral health, or developmental disabilities. To be eligible, applicants must work in one of these fields, be employed by a nonprofit organization in the eight-county region surrounding Rochester, and be working toward a master's degree. Preference may be given to those currently providing front-line or direct care.

Applications are open until March 1.

Visit the Rochester Area Community Foundation website to learn more.

HRSA funding available for Teaching Health Centers

Teaching Health Centers are community-based, ambulatory patient care centers that operate primary care residency programs, training residents to serve in rural and underserved communities. Funding is available from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to expand the number of full time equivalent resident positions at existing Teaching Health Centers, or to create new training programs.

Applications are due March 31. Click here for the funding announcement.

Workplace wellness resources available from CDC

Resources are available to employers through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Workplace Health Initiative, including a Worksite Health ScoreCard. This tool can be used by employers to assess whether they have implemented evidence-based health promotion interventions or strategies in their worksites to improve the health and well-being of their employees.

Click here to learn more and to access the ScoreCard.

Department of Labor offers New Yorkers free access to Coursera

The New York State Department of Labor is offering New Yorkers free access to Coursera's 4,000 training programs. Based on responses to our Workforce Training Needs survey, potential programs of interest include:

• How to manage a remote team
• Data science specialization
• Project management
• Epidemiology for Public Health Specialization

Click here to learn more and to create an account.

Please share your health care workforce updates

If you have a training opportunity or workforce update you'd like us to share, you can send it to melissa.pennise@commongroundhealth.org, and we will add it to the next newsletter.

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