CALIFORNIA HEALTH WORKFORCE ALLIANCE

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CALIFORNIA HEALTH WORKFORCE ALLIANCE

• Presentation by Maya Dunne and Kevin Barnett
• On behalf of the
• Fundraising Workgroup

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Fundraising Workgroup Goals

• Support CHWAs unique role in building
  Californias health professions workforce by
• Expanding existing relationships with members
• Creating new funding relationships and expanding
  membership
• Developing sustainability actions to secure
  long-term funding stability

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Steps in Operational Growth
CTD June 2006 December 2009
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Stakeholder Partners/Donors

• Health Plans
• Biotechnology Firms
• Pharmaceutical Companies
• Hospitals/Health Systems
• Health care Vendors
• Employers
• Foundations
• State Government
• Advocacy
• Labor
• Community-based organizations

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Action steps in the last quarter

• Fundraising WG meeting in December
• Approved letter for potential donors
• Developed matrix of prospective donors
• Hired consultant to support CTE work Feb. 1
• Interviewed workgroup members
• Identified need for talking points, website and
  prioritization of contacts
• Prioritized and identified leads according to
  existing relationships-updated database

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Current Action Steps

• Members make calls/meet with key contacts at
  potential donors in the next three weeks
• Talking points are available to support
• Clear assignments of key priority
  people/organizations
• Follow-up letters will be provided as needed
• Fundraising WG meeting in two weeks to assess
  progress
• CHWA Website page will be created in the next
  month

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CHWA Budget needs

• Raised 185,000 to date
• Expecting 150,000 from TCE in May
• Submitted LOI to Wellness Foundation for 2 yrs
  funding
• To build momentum, targeting 300,000 in addl
  funding by end of May 2010 second target of
  additional 300,000 by end of October.
• Total budget for CHWA 18 month startup 1.1M
• CTD funding covered first 7 months of CHWA
  operations (June December 2009)
• Budget for CHWA started Jan. 2010. 18 month
  startup to June 2011.
• Focus on health plans, health systems,
  biotech/pharma, physicians groups, and health
  care vendors.

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The Big Picture Message

• California faces a shortage of health
  professionals in disciplines such as primary
  care, geriatrics, nursing, allied health, public
  health, home health, long term care, mental
  health, and health administration.
• The lack of a coordinated health workforce plan
  at the state and regional level leads to tens of
  millions of dollars wasted by health profession
  employers and health profession education
  institutions.

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The Consequences message

• High turnover rate due to competition for a small
  pool of clinicians in region.
• Periodic shortages caused by misalignment between
  workforce needs and regional training capacity.
• Loss of investments in career development for
  culturally competent providers among community
  health centers and other safety net institutions
  due to recruitment by mainstream providers
• Competition among health professions education
  institutions in CA and at national level for
  small pool of under-represented candidates
  meeting traditional admissions criteria.
• High attrition among CA higher education students
  in pre-health track due to inadequate preparation
  in urban and rural public schools.
• Slow start and/or failure of pipeline programs
  due to lack of information on programmatic
  innovations, strategies to leverage
  resources/stakeholder engagement, and timely
  investments.

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Value Proposition for Donors

• Broad forum of HP stakeholders with which to
  articulate your specific current and projected
  workforce needs.
• Timely and detailed information on the latest
  innovations in health workforce planning and
  development at the local, regional, and statewide
  level
• Coordination and leveraged engagement at the
  local, regional, and statewide level to make
  optimal use of organizational resources
• Enhanced public image through engagement in a
  high profile statewide health workforce alliance.
• Facilitated access to key stakeholder leaders
  among State agencies, higher education, HPEs, and
  constituent organizations.
• Detailed information on population
  characteristics, needs, and preferences, with
  focus in underserved communities

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CHWA MembersWhat you can do to help now

• Please look over the handout of remaining
  priority donors.
• Please identify whom you might be able to connect
  to personally.
• Please indicate your name and best contact number
  or e-mail to facilitate us including you in these
  donation requests.
• Other suggestions? Questions?