About Workforce Development

HASC Workforce Development is a multipronged effort to support health care workforce needs across Southern California. The initiative focuses on areas with a shortage of trained and qualified employees.
- College to Career Diversity Internship Program (CDIP)
- CLC Diversity in Health Care Scholarship and Stipend Program
- RN Specialty Pipeline Project
- SlingShot Initiative (Los Angeles and Ventura counties)
- Clinical Lab Scientists Program (CLS) — updated information coming soon
- 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 Development 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 for Workforce Development, 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
HASC Releases Workforce White Paper
HASC is pleased to release an all-new white paper titled, Southern California’s Health Care Workforce: Challenges, Approaches and Solutions. In its analysis, the paper reviews data collected by HR leaders in area hospitals regarding trends in hiring, recruitment, workforce planning, turnover and retention, training, and the physician shortage. Its unique focus on Southern California hiring and […]
Workforce Issues White Paper
Workforce challenges, approaches and solutions
SlingShot Initiative — Los Angeles County, Ventura County
Addressing skilled care coordination workforce needs
RN Specialty Pipeline Project
Providing clinical education to new and experienced RNs transitioning to new roles
Perioperative RN Pilot Team Highlights Success at 2019 Workforce Event
HASC and its workforce development partners highlighted their recent workforce pilot at the California Workforce Association’s Meeting of the Minds in Sept. 2019. Along with the South Bay Workforce Investment Board (SBWIB) and HealthImpact, the state nursing workforce group, HASC presented Connecting Regional Strategies to Local Program Design and Delivery: Perioperative Specialty Registered Nurse Training […]
Perioperative RN Training Pilot Report
In June 2019, HASC released its Perioperative Specialty RN Training Pilot Project Final Report. The report describes the association’s response to the growing demand for and short supply of perioperative registered nurses (RNs). In partnership with HealthImpact, the state nursing workforce center, and with funding from the South Bay Workforce Investment Board, HASC launched a […]