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 Diversity Internship Program (CDIP)
CLC Diversity in Health Care Scholarship and Stipend Program
Priority Workforce Job Portal
RN Specialty Pipeline Project
SlingShot Initiative (Los Angeles and Ventura counties)
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Health Care Sector Collaborative (LA County)
Quarterly Health Care Workforce Survey (statewide)
Strong Workforce Program (statewide)
Other Workforce Resources
HASC Workforce fact sheet
Workforce Development Board Contacts
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
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 online course, you’ll enjoy all the benefits of an in-person LEAD Academy while […]
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 Diversity Scholarship Winners Announced
Communities Lifting Communities (CLC) and HASC are pleased to award 11 health care scholarships and three stipends through the 2024 Diversity in 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 diverse workforce. It aims […]
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 […]
Meet Job Candidates at CSU Dominguez Health Care Expo
HASC is pleased to invite members to a job fair hosted by our workforce partner California State University, Dominguez Hills. The College of Health, Human Services and Nursing Job Expo will take place Tuesday, April 16, from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time. View the flyer here. You’ll have the opportunity to meet students pursuing […]
Diversity in Health Care Scholarship Applications Open April 1
In 2023, HASC and Communities Lifting Communities (CLC) launched the Diversity in Health Care Scholarship Program to help grow a more inclusive health care workforce. This year, the two organizations are excited to continue partnering to break down financial barriers for students, especially from underrepresented backgrounds, pursuing health care careers. The initiative will also benefit […]
HASC, LA County Connect Hospitals with Job Seekers
Hospitals seeking job candidates can continue looking to HASC and its partnership with the LA County Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO). The partnership aims to help hospitals fill key vacancies with job seekers who have recently completed or will soon complete health profession training programs. The DEO’s LA County America’s Job Center of California (AJCC) […]
Scholarship Donors Help Students Pursue Health Care Careers
Communities Lifting Communities (CLC) and HASC are grateful to CalOptima, CenCal Health, Gold Coast Health Plan, Inland Empire Health Plan and L.A. Care Health Plan for their generous donations to the Diversity in Health Care Scholarship and Stipend Program. Thanks to their support, employees of HASC member hospitals will receive a financial boost to help […]
Bring Diverse Talent to your Hospital: Host a 2024 CDIP Intern
The HASC-Health Career Connection (HCC) workforce diversity program is known as the College to Career Diversity Internship Program, or CDIP. CDIP is a full-time, paid, project-based internship program that identifies and recruits local, diverse, high-performing upper-division college students and recent graduates seeking health care careers. Host an Intern We are now accepting host applications for the CDIP 2024 […]