Baltimore Alliance for Careers in Healthcare Chooses Partner to Help Find Skilled Workers

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The Baltimore Alliance for Careers in Healthcare, a nonprofit work force development consortium that includes five local hospitals, has chosen an institution with which to partner in its effort to train unemployed workers for health industry jobs.The alliance is partnering with the Maryland Center for Arts and Technology, a North Howard Street training center already geared toward serving Baltimore's unemployed or underemployed, to launch a 12-week bridge program beginning April 10.

The training program is costing the alliance more than $300,000, according to officials, but another $250,000 is needed to provide students with necessities like child care and transportation.The bridge program is intended to enhance the basic skills of workers with low level reading and math abilities, helping them bridge the gap to new careers. In turn, the hospitals hopefully will get more skilled workers for their hard-to-fill positions.The training program will serve 10 students in its pilot run beginning next month, said alliance Executive Director Ronald M. Hearn Jr.This is a prototype, Hearn said of the pilot, to take a look at best practices, develop a model and see if it works. And, if it doesn't work, to make adjustments to it as necessary.

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Baltimore Alliance for Careers in Healthcare Chooses Partner to Help Find Skilled Workers

The alliance has been funded with about $950,000 in grant money to support projects including the Pre-Allied Health Bridge ...

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