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DLLR
Offers $1.5 Million for Maryland’s
Healthcare Workforce
Funds
for Nursing and Allied Health
Fields Available
BALTIMORE
- The Governor’s Workforce Investment Board, a division of
Maryland’s Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation,
announces $1.5 million in grant funds are available as a result of
the Maryland Healthcare
Workforce Initiative. The grant addresses critical
workforce shortages in Maryland’s healthcare industry by
increasing Maryland’s capacity to train more nurses by funding
scholarships to educational institutions and healthcare employer
incumbent worker-training programs.
“The
need to expand Maryland’s healthcare teaching
capacity is crucial,” says DLLR Secretary James L. Fielder, Jr.,
Ph.D. “The Maryland Healthcare Workforce Initiative will
quickly increase the number of nursing faculty and registered
nurses graduating from Maryland schools.”
The
initiative includes “Teach for the Health of
It,” which provides $800,000 to partnerships of healthcare and
educational institutions that develop a plan to assist interested
and qualified registered nurses to obtain teaching credentials and
teach in Maryland nursing programs. Scholarships to help nursing
students complete their education are also available through the
partnerships.
An
additional $700,000 is available to healthcare
employers to fund incumbent healthcare worker programs to upgrade
workers skills in specific healthcare related areas. Training
activities result in workers acquiring transferable skills or
industry-recognized certification or credentials, leading to
potential career growth and increased wages. Upgrading the
skills of workers encourages promotion, creates more job
opportunities and improves worker retention by increasing the
skill level of the workforce.
“Teach
for the Health of It and Incumbent Worker Training
are innovative programs, which focus on the urgent needs of the
healthcare industry,” says Governor’s Workforce Investment
Board Executive Director Robert Seurkamp. “The Maryland
Healthcare Workforce Initiative received national recognition and
serves as a model to address workforce development needs in other
industries.”
Applications
for the programs are available at http://www.mdworkforce.com/hc
or by calling 410-767-2999.
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