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Michigan Organizations Join Forces to Recruit, Train Needed Caregivers
September 05, 2006
A partnership between health care providers, colleges, and nonprofit organizations in Flint, Michigan, aims to address a shortage of caregivers in area nursing homes and hospitals while giving disadvantaged adults opportunities for quality employment and career tracks.
The Flint Healthcare Employment Opportunities (FHEO) program includes three health care providers that were having a hard time filling direct-care and other caregiving positions. Together with the coalition's other members, they developed strategies for recruiting and training unemployed and underemployed Flint residents.
A profile of the project published by the Aspen Institute includes a checklist of the capacities needed to design and implement an employment and training initiative of this sort. It also discusses how to get buy-in from employers and overcome challenges relating to differences in organizational culture and capacity.
Elise Nakhnikian
Communications Specialist
Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute
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