Governor's Employer Workforce Training Fund Promising Practices Session

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Governor's Employer Workforce Training Fund
Promising Practices Session

• Healthcare Career Pathways Summit
• April 10, 2008
• Valley River Inn, Eugene, Oregon

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Employer Workforce Training Fund

• Statewide Opportunity Fund
• Governors' Strategic Training Fund
• Workforce Response Team

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EWTF Statewide Opportunity

• Statewide Opportunity funds are for the purpose
  of solving challenges or engaging in
  opportunities in Oregon with regard to its
  workforce development needs.
• a. To address skill gaps in occupations/industry
  across the state.
• b. To build capacity statewide in a traded-sector
  industry.
• c. To implement statewide cross-industry training
  projects.
• d. To replicate or expand a previously funded
  successful project.
• e. To develop alternative training delivery
  systems that provides to remote areas or the
  needs of businesses and workers.

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EWTF - Successful HealthcareStatewide
Opportunity Fund Projects

• Oregon Center for Nursing 100,000.
• Critical Nursing Shortage Admissions Database
  Pilot
• This initiative will develop and implement a
  web-based program to collect, track and
  accurately report admission statistics, applicant
  demographic information, and admission/enrollment
  trends for all schools of nursing offering
  associate and baccalaureate degrees in the state
  of Oregon.

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EWTF - Successful HealthcareStatewide
Opportunity Fund Projects

• Lane Workforce Partnership 100,000.
• TANF Healthcare Cluster Training Pilot
• The goal of the pilot project to provide
  Integrated Healthcare Cluster Training Services
  to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
  and Other Disadvantaged Populations is to
  concentrate efforts in a way that will meet the
  above objective.

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EWTF - Successful HealthcareStatewide
Opportunity Fund Projects

• Oregon Heath Career Center 139,400.
• The N2K Model is a unique program of the Oregon
  Health Career Center, based on the concept of
  healthcare employer organizations actively
  participating in the design and supporting the
  training necessary to meet their professional
  nurse staffing needs. It enables employers to
  enter into contract education arrangements that
  will provide their own high-performing employees
  with an opportunity and support to receive an
  associate degree in nursing.
• The purpose of the work performed under this
  grant is to build more capacity to deliver
  qualified workers in the workforce system.

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EWTF - Successful HealthcareStatewide
Opportunity Fund Projects

• Northwest Health Foundation 100,000.
• Oregon Healthcare Workforce Institute
• This grant provided assistance to the
  establishment of the Oregon Healthcare Workforce
  Institute a (OHWI), a private-public nonprofit
  partnership. The strategic purpose of OHWI is to
  understand and facilitate a statewide coordinated
  response to the critical healthcare workforce
  needs facing Oregon.

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EWTF - Successful HealthcareStatewide
Opportunity Fund Projects

• Northwest Health Foundation 162,038.
• Oregon Simulation Alliance
• Oregon Simulation Alliance Goal is to increase
  the health system's simulation capacity, using
  high-fidelity simulators and virtual reality
  software, in all regions of the state for
  multi-sector, multidisciplinary and
  interdisciplinary use for healthcare workforce
  development, including both pre- and
  post-service, reentry and refresher, and career
  ladder programs.

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EWTF Governors' Strategic Training Fund

• The Governors' Strategic Training Fund (GSTF)
  supports the retention and growth of living wage
  jobs, a skilled workforce, and competitive
  businesses in Oregon. GSTF is a flexible,
  responsive, and time sensitive resource for
  training Oregons private sector workforce. The
  emphasis is to upgrade the skills of the
  workforce in order to increase productivity, keep
  Oregon businesses viable and competitive, and
  offer new skills and opportunities to Oregons
  workers.

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EWTF - Successful HealthcareGovernors' Strategic
Training Fund Projects

• Northwest Health Foundation 96,872.
• GSTF Simulation Alliance Grant
• The Oregon Simulation Alliance project was
  comprised of five distinct activities
• 1) Develop Simulation Foundation Curriculum and
  develop and deliver a Train-the-trainer course.
• 2) Provide two regional simulation foundations
  courses.
• 3) Provide participation in advanced training
  opportunities not offered in Oregon.
• 4) Sponsor six end-user networking summits
  (roundtables).
• 5) Develop an evaluation plan and instruments.

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EWTF - Successful HealthcareGovernors' Strategic
Training Fund Projects

• Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council 25,000.
• Registered Nurse Training
• Development of an innovative regionally-based
  pathway model in Central Oregon with 13 area
  Health Education entities that moves health care
  workers into high demand nursing occupations,
  providing most training via distance technology.
  The Registered Nurse Training Program identified
  current workers at four hospitals in Central
  Oregon that had completed their LPN education,
  and who were good candidates to achieve RN
  certification. The nurse training was monitored
  by the Oregon Board of Nursing and offered
  through accredited programs. CEAHEC contracted
  with Central Oregon Community College to offer
  the training through distance education.

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EWTF Workforce Response Teams

• Each of Oregons 15 workforce regions will form a
  WRT to respond to the needs of Oregon businesses
  and workers.
• WRT funds may be used to finance incumbent worker
  training projects with existing Oregon
  businesses, industry or worker associations.
• For the WRT funded projects, it is required that,
  at a minimum, every dollar awarded to eligible
  Oregon business must be matched dollar for dollar
  with non-federal contributions. The non-federal
  match may be either cash or non-cash.

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EWTF Regional Guidelines

• For healthcare projects, training must be
  focused on career development of workers that
  result in transferable skills or
  industry-recognized certificates, with a
  preference for training in shortage occupations,
  as identified in Oregon Employment Department
  Healthcare Workforce Needs Assessment, or report
  from the Oregon Healthcare Workforce Institute,
  or the Oregon Center for Nursing.
• To access funds contact your local WRT. Each
  WRT has its own process. Funds are awarded at
  the local level using state and local priorities.

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EWTF - Successful HealthcareWorkforce Response
Team Project Region 1 WRT

• Tillamook County General Hospital 14,890 - 63
  trained
• High-fidelity Simulation Education For Incumbent
  Nursing And Allied Health Staff
• 1)To prepare a simulation specialist at TCGH,
  through advanced training and consultation, to
  develop advanced, multidisciplinary healthcare
  simulation scenarios and appropriately manage
  training sessions
• 2) Develop at least six advanced level
  simulation scenarios along with curricula
  supporting competencies needed to increase and
  improve clinical skills of incumbent nursing and
  allied health staff (e.g., emergency medical
  technicians, cardiopulmonary therapists) in a
  rural hospital setting
• 3) Implement simulation scenario training with
  incumbent nursing and allied health disciplines
  
• 4) Evaluate effectiveness of the training project
  and
• disseminate scenarios and best practices
  through the
• Oregon Simulation Alliance and other avenues
  as identified.

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EWTF - Successful HealthcareWorkforce Response
Team Project Region 6 WRT

• Oregon Surgery Center 25,375 - 7 Trained - 1
  job created
• Operating Room and Endoscopy Technician training
  program
• With the shortage of registered nurses in our
  county, as well as nationwide, this will provide
  certified nursing assistants with the skills
  necessary to perform in the operating room and
  endoscopy suites. Currently there are not enough
  trained personnel available to meet the demands
  of our community.

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EWTF - Successful HealthcareWorkforce Response
Team Project Region 15 WRT

• Doctors Of Clackamas County 78,167 - 476
  trained
• Doctors of Clackamas County (DOCC) a
  physician-owned and operated association that
  promotes quality care, collegiality among
  members, and offers contracting, practice
  management services and educational opportunities
  for its members and their office staff.
• DOCC arranged various levels of educational
  workshops and training for physicians and staff
  to gain an understanding of disciplined
  systems-based methodology, which in turn would
  provide them tools to analyze and improve their
  practices. The providers and staff attended
  training, and then selected individual projects
  to apply their new skills.
• Some of the projects included preparing a more
  successful implementation of electronic medical
  records, revamping referral steps to improve
  timeliness, reviewing patient flow which will
  make visits more streamlined, analyzing
  diagnostic reporting to improve accuracy in lab
  and imaging results, and many more. In addition,
  staff increased their skills, helping them to
  retain their positions and take on more
  responsibility for promotions in the future.

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EWTF - Successful HealthcareWorkforce Response
Team Project Region 14 WRT

• Harney District Hospital 34,596 16 trained
• Rural Nurse Internship - A rural internship
  program offers distance programs for small
  hospitals. The focus of the educational offerings
  is to teach staff to manage the broad cross
  section of care required of nurses in a rural
  setting. RN's cannot specialize in very small
  facilities, all staff are required to fill
  several roles in the department, meaning they may
  assist in a delivery one day and help stabilize a
  cardiac patient for transport the next.
• OB Training - The ideal situation would be to
  train all staff to participate in OB training,
  but this will take time as well. We have a finite
  number of staff, and can only spare 3-4 at a time
  to participate in the 2 week process. If we are
  able to train 9 nurses in the next year, our full
  time staff would virtually all be trained. As
  nurses return to the OB department, they are able
  to network with others who have attended and
  share experiences both at the larger hospital in
  Boise, and here at HDH.

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Employer Workforce Training Fund Update December 2007 Workforce Response Team Summary Report Totals By Year 2003 2006 Employer Workforce Training Fund Update December 2007 Workforce Response Team Summary Report Totals By Year 2003 2006
Closed WRT ProjectsGrant Years 2003 2005 In Progress/Planned WRT ProjectsGrant Year 2006
392 Total WRT Projects Funded from all 15 Regions 134 Total WRT In Progress Projects funded from all 15 Regions
8,974,975 Total Funded Amount 3,828,787 Total Funded Amount
16,421,145 Total Match Amount 12,805,297 Total Match Amount
19,256 Number of individuals trained 7,739 Number of individuals to be trained

The WRT Update Handout
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Each Region has local priorities in CLUSTERS /
INDUSTRIES

• Region 4 WRT (Linn, Benton, and Lincoln
  Counties)
• Whats Happening with the Region 4 Workforce
  Response Team The Region 4 Workforce Response
  Team serves Linn, Benton, and Lincoln counties.
  Region 4 has a significantly larger proportion of
  people employed in the metals industry as
  compared to Oregon. Companies in Region 4s
  metals cluster export many of their products
  internationally a textbook definition of a
  traded sector cluster. The metals industry in
  Region 4 is unique to the region, the state, and
  the nation. The work of a professor at Oregon
  State University (and the location of a national
  research laboratory in Albany) contributed to the
  origins of this industry in the early 1940s.
  After the basic research was completed on making
  titanium metals and other non-ferrous metals, the
  national lab transferred the technology to the
  private sector in the mid 1950s for commercial
  manufacturing. With a solid manufacturing base,
  companies that could make use of this resource
  moved into the area and many of their suppliers
  moved into the area as well, creating Region 4s
  metals cluster.
• Whats Happening with a Region 4 Workforce
  Response Team Project The EWTF grant for Lean
  training was one of the most significant projects
  our Company has undertaken. We have embraced the
  Lean philosophy of continuous improvement and are
  committed to staying the course with these
  practices. Jared Hyde, manager, SAM Medical,
  Newport Oregon
• CLUSTERS / INDUSTRIES ? Aviation ?
  Forest/Wood/Paper Products ? Health Care ?
  Tourism ? High-Tech ? Food Processing ?
  Nursery/Agriculture ? Manufacturing (Chemicals,
  Computers, Machinery, Metals, Transportation,
  i.e. Boats, RVs,) ? Warehouse Distribution

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Employer Workforce Training FundWorkforce
Response Team Contact List

• Region 1 WRT
• Julie Gassner, Director
• MTC Works450 Marine Drive, Suite 140
• Astoria, OR 97103
• 503. 325.1156
• Email julie.gassner_at_mtctrains.com
• Website http//www.mtcworks.com
• Region 9 WRT
• Robin Cope Workforce Response Team Coordinator
• C/O Mid Columbia Council of Governments
• 1113 Kelly Avenue The Dalles, OR 97058
• 541.296.8080
• Email robin_at_gorge.net

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Thank you!

• Claire Berger, Workforce Policy Advisor
• Office of the Governor
• 255 Capitol St. NE, Suite 126 Salem, Oregon 
  97301
• [phone]
• Claire.Berger_at_state.or.us
• Kathy G WilcoxEmployer Workforce Training Fund
  Project Coordinator
• Oregon Department of Community Colleges
  Workforce Development 255 Capitol Street NE, 3rd
  Floor Salem, OR  97310 [phone]
  x233 Kathy.G.Wilcox_at_state.or.us