Bay Area Community College Consortium – Health Workforce Initiative Collaborative PartnershipCynthia Harrison, RN, MS

Interim Director, Health Workforce Initiative, Bay Area Region

Objectives

• Describe the role of the Bay Area Community College Consortium (BACCC) and the Health Workforce Initiative (HWI)

• Describe the collaborative partnership• Discuss current strategies to better link

college training programs with workforce needs

Health Care

• Continues to be one of the fastest growing industries in California

• Faces unprecedented challenges to its delivery systems

Health Care Needs

• The California Community College Chancellor's Office and it's Economic and Workforce Development Program has established the California Community College Health Care Initiative and the Regional Consortia to provide education and training programs to meet these emerging demands for health care delivery.

Why regional?Local isn’t always the right size

Some challenges are too small• Ultrasound techsSome challenges are too big• Health information technologySome challenges are too important• Strengthening our regional economies

Regional PowerChancellor’s OfficeBay Area Community College ConsortiumCenter of ExcellenceHealth Workforce Initiative

BACCC Bay Area Community College Consortium

• Funded by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998

• 26 Colleges• 14 Districts• 11 EWD Initiatives• 2 Centers of Excellence• 275,000 CTE Students

BACCC • Serves as a regional framework:

– to enhance the coordination of regional programs

– to increase collaboration on regional priorities– to serve as a link between colleges Career

Technical Education programs, Economic and Workforce Development Initiatives, and the Chancellor's Office

Health Workforce Initiative Centers (HWIs)

• 5 Health Workforce Initiative Centers and 1 affiliate

• Strategically located across the state

• Service to seven regions

Health Workforce Initiative Center

• Promotes the advancement of California's health care workforce through quality education and services by:– Expanding – California's Health Care

Workforce – Training – Health Care Job Analysis and

Curriculum Development – Partnerships – Solving Challenges in

Health Care

25,000 Students220,000 Jobs

VisionBACCC and HWI Collaborative Partnership

Build a regional workforce development network

that …

Provides pathways for all students to enter the industry and advance up career ladders

Provides employers with the right # of candidates, with the knowledge, skills, abilities most needed to improve patient outcomes, industry productivity, efficiency, profitability

Provides organizations and employees with continuing education that enables advancement for both

Provides the community with high quality healthcare services, opportunities for local employment, equity of access to higher skill, higher wage work and shows a demonstrably high return on investment of public resources

Overview

• Sector Partnership Model–Regional Consortium–Health Workforce Initiative Center

(Sector Navigator)–Centers of Excellence

• Expansion of the Medicaid population, plus Health Insurance Exchanges means an increase in those with mental/behavioral health needs that will be brought into the system

• Need to better integrate care between behavioral health & primary care

• Increased need for:– licensed staff– unlicensed and/or peer staff– Expanded role of navigators, coaches,

promotores, etc. 

Mental/Behavioral Health

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Proposal to Consortium

Next Step• Convene local community college

mental/behavioral health program leaders/educators and mental/behavioral health employer stakeholders to discuss interests and challenges related to curriculum, employment opportunities, and the future needs for an expanded peer workforce related to the ACA.

• Meeting: May 22nd

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Contact:Cynthia Harrison, RN

Interim Director, HWI Bay Area Region

Email: cynthia.harrison@wvm.edu

Phone: 408-855-5340

Or Kimberly Mayer, MSSW

Program Manager

Email: kmayer@cimh.org

Phone: 510-754-8248

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Questions? Comments?