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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Registered Nurse Ambulatory Apprenticeship Program Graduates First Cohort
This summer, HASC, in partnership with HealthImpact and the Southeast Los Angeles County Workforce Development Board (SELACO WDB), saw the first cohort of 15 nurses graduate from HealthImpact’s California Registered Nurse Ambulatory Specialty Apprenticeship Program. The 12-month transition-to practice program supports nurses, new either to practice or to the specialty, through their first year working […]
El Camino College Offers Workforce Literacy Training
HASC is pleased to partner with El Camino College to offer the Workforce Literacy Training Program for hospital employees. This grant-funded initiative is designed to remove barriers to advancement by increasing language and math literacy for workers with limited English communication skills. The program has three primary components: English and math literacy, digital literacy and […]