About Workforce Development
HASC Workforce Development is a multi-pronged effort to support health care workforce needs across Southern California. The initiative focuses on areas with a shortage of trained and qualified employees.
Examples include the following targeted efforts:
- College to Career Development Internship Program (CDIP)
- CLC Health Care Scholarship and Stipend Program
- Priority Workforce Job Portal
- RN Specialty Pipeline Project – in partnership with HealthImpact
- Strong Workforce Program – in partnership with California Community Colleges
- Statewide Health Care Workforce Surveys – coming soon
Other Workforce Resources
- Regional Workforce Development Board Contacts
HASC Workforce fact sheet – coming soon
Contact
For more information, contact Soyinka Allen, [email protected] or (213) 538-7022.
Podcasts
Lisa Mitchell, HASC Program Director, Workforce, speaks with Rebecca Evans, Executive Director of the Workforce Development Board of Ventura County (WDBVC) — Aug. 4, 2022
Teri Hollingsworth, HASC Vice President, HR and Education Services, and Cynthia Avila, WDBVC, are interviewed on KVTA Radio’s Workforce Wednesdays — June 24, 2022
Virtual LEAD Academy
Please note the course dates have moved to April 3 through June 26. Overview Whether you’re a new health care manager or want to refresh your skills, the virtual LEAD Academy is for you! In 12 intensive online modules, you’ll learn how to use your strengths to become a more effective leader. In this live […]
Health Care Scholarship Applications Now Open
HASC and Communities Lifting Communities (CLC) are pleased to open the application period for the 2025 CLC Health Care Scholarship and Stipend Program. Applications will be accepted from Tuesday, April 1, through Saturday, May 31. Employees who have worked for a HASC member hospital at least one year and are enrolled in a health care […]
Bring New Talent to your Hospital: Host a CDIP Intern
HASC members, consider hosting a College to Career Development Internship Program (CDIP) intern this summer. CDIP interns are high-performing college students and recent grads who bring value to host organizations through their hard work, fresh insights and passion for learning. CDIP is a workforce development program sponsored by HASC and the Health Career Connection (HCC). […]
2025 HASC Education Programs Overview
If you’re looking to gain new skills this year, or help your staff further their health care careers, join us for this free preview of HASC’s 2025 education programs. You’ll hear from HASC program facilitators as they describe this year’s offerings. Whether you’re an up and coming manager, a registered nurse or a seasoned leader […]
In-person LEAD Academy – Sonoma
Overview If you’re a new health care manager in Northern California, or want to top off your skills, join us in Sonoma Valley for LEAD Academy! You’ll learn how to use your strengths to become a more effective leader, in six all-day sessions. You’ll enjoy all the benefits of HASC’s longest-running in-person course. Group discussions […]
OpusVi-HASC Informational Webinar
From Burnout to Retention in 2025:Proven Workforce Strategies that Reduce Turnover and Labor Costs The health care industry is facing urgent workforce challenges. High turnover, rising labor costs and burnout are pushing staff to their limits. With vacancy and turnover rates climbing, hospitals and health care organizations must act now to build a more resilient […]
Summit Highlights Central Coast Workforce Issues
On Oct. 9, HASC convened 40-plus stakeholders from hospitals, academic institutions, workforce boards and state partners at Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara. The attendees gathered to discuss the workforce supply and demand gap for nursing and allied health professionals across the Central Coast region. Now in its third year, this summit continued the regional dialog on […]
2025 HR Conference
The 2025 HR Conference is coming to Long Beach in February! Hosted by the California Hospital Association in partnership with the Hospital Association of Southern California, this conference will cover topics human resource professionals in health care need to know about.
2024 Scholarship Winners Announced
Communities Lifting Communities (CLC) and HASC are pleased to award 11 health care scholarships and three stipends through the 2024 Health Care Scholarship and Stipend Program. Launched in 2023, the program was created to help reduce health disparities and improve community health throughout Southern California by fostering a more inclusive workforce. It aims to achieve […]
MLK Community Healthcare’s Cultural Diversity Initiative
In this podcast, Susan Harrington, Communities Lifting Communities, speaks with Signe Gilbert and Rachel Villanueva, MLK Community Healthcare, about their groundbreaking initiative on cultural diversity in the workplace. Through workforce development, the program aims to create a culturally aligned workforce.” This means the medical center is “employing those that live in our community and helping […]