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As the nursing shortage continues to grow, Austin Community College launched a program July 24 with Dwyer Workforce Development, a health care training nonprofit, to combat the issues.
The new program from ACC and DWD offers an easier pathway for students who want to work in health care, with an opportunity to become certified nursing aides. The program is specifically designed to provide support services in and out of the classroom, often for underrepresented communities in health care.
Austin Community College and Dwyer Workforce Development have teamed up to launch a new, innovative nurse-training program right here in Central Texas. The new partnership will bring together federal, state, and local resources to create new pathways for those looking to enter the healthcare industry. Organizers say the program will support scholars who lack opportunity, improve the healthcare staffing crisis, and therefore improve the lives of seniors.
The program will launch with the college’s Continuing Education fast-track certified nurse aides (CNA) program, with additional support provided through Workforce Solutions Capital Area and other partners. The program intends to train 100 CNAs in the first part of the partnership.
Austin Community College said it and a Maryland-based non-profit will launch a partnership Monday aiming to train more nurses to fill a gap in health care in Central Texas.
According to the ACC announcement, the partnership between the college and Dwyer Workforce Development will begin with the school’s certified nurse aide (CNA) program.
Child care in Travis County is more expensive than anywhere else in the state, according to the National Database of Childcare Prices (NDCP), a new data source released this year by the U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau.
Families can check if they qualify for child care financial assistance in Travis County on the Workforce Solutions Capital Area website.
Samsung Austin Semiconductor and the Taylor Independent School District have partnered once again.
Two Taylor High School teachers visited the semiconductor factory in Austin for three days last week, July 11-13, as part of the Workforce Solutions Capital Area’s Educator Externship Program.
As work on the huge transit overhaul known as “Project Connect” begins, project managers are looking for a lot of help.
Project Connect isn’t the only big project in the works, which is why the Austin Transit Partnership brought on experts like Cesiah Kessler from nonprofit Workforce Solutions Capital Area to partner with schools and government agencies to fill roles.
A pilot program at Austin Community College is aiming to help parents in marginalized communities go to college and grow their careers.
The pilot program is a partnership between ACC and nonprofit AVANCE-Austin, which helps low-income families, predominately Latino, and Workforce Solutions Capital Area.
A nonprofit that is establishing roots in Austin will support 100 nontraditional students in their journey to become certified nurses at no tuition cost through a new partnership with Austin Community College.
The two entities are being supported by Workforce Solutions Capital Area, which mediated the agreement and is financially backing the new program, with direct support for eligible program participants, including child care services.
Workforce Solutions Capital Area and Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area are partnering with major hospital groups and local clinics to provide on the job training and support classroom learning for Austin teens graduating high school.
Anyone over the age of 18 is eligible to apply for a health care apprenticeship; however, applicants must have a high school diploma or general education development certificate in order to sit for the certification exam at the end of the apprenticeship training.
Just days after Project Connect developers released a recommendation for the first phase of light rail in Austin, Mayor Kirk Watson praised the “once-in-a-generation opportunity” facing the city on its billions of dollars’ worth of transportation projects.
The multi-billion-dollar Project Connect mass transit system is one component in $25 billion’s worth of enhancements planned across the city, Watson said. Other key projects coming down the pipeline include the upcoming I-35 Capital Express Central project near downtown and the airport expansion plan in the works at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
Currently, Workforce Solutions Capital Area is collaborating with ATP on developing a workforce infrastructure action plan, to hone local skilled talent to service Project Connect along with other projects in the works.