Program Type |
Program/Project |
Description |
Lead Organization |
Participating Organizations |
Geographic Focus |
Funder |
| Recruitment/ Retention |
Colorado Consortium for Nurse Retention |
Increase nurse satisfaction and retention by
teaching problem-solving skills and increasing decision-making authority |
Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence |
Porter Adventist Hospital, McKee Medical Center, San
Luise Valley Regional Medical Center, Integrated Health Systems at Cherry
Creek |
Statewide |
US Health Resources & Services Administration |
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Career Lattice |
Comprehensive employee development program designed
to meet organizational needs resulting from a limited supply of clinical
workers, as well as to increase retention and career advancement
opportunities of Denver Health employees, especially those of diverse
populations |
Denver Health Foundation |
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Denver metro area |
The Colorado Trust |
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Provides local students from Chaffee, Lake, Western
Fremont, Saguache and Park counties with nursing scholarships to increase
retention of health care providers at HRRMC |
Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center
Foundation |
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Chaffee County |
The Colorado Trust |
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Increase staff retention and the number of Grand
County students and adults entering and re-entering health care professions,
overcome challenges that prevent education and training opportunities and
retain foreign-born health care professionals |
Kremmling Memorial Hospital District |
|
Grand County |
The Colorado Trust |
| |
Nursing Shortage Program |
Expand local ability to recruit and train nurses
through a partnership of WFCs, community colleges and healthcare employers |
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Morgan Community College, Northeastern Junrio
College, Sterling Regional MedCenter, Devonshire Acres, Colorado Plains
Medical Center |
Eastern Sub-region (Rural Consortium) |
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment |
| |
Northern Health Care Consortium |
Career ladder training of incumbent health care
workers in three northern Colorado health care systems |
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University of Colorado Hospital, Longmont United
Hospital, Columbine Health Systems, Front Range Community college, Colorado
Healthcare Assn., Longmont Area Economic Council, Northern Colorado EDC |
Boulder, Adams & Larimer counties |
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment; matching
funds |
| |
Health Education Center |
Recruit youth into healthcare through introduction
to job requirements, hands-on exposure and career exploration |
|
SE Colorado AHEC, Pueblo Community College, CSU
Pueblo, Pueblo City/County Health Center, various health care employers |
Pueblo Sub-region (Rural Consortium) |
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment |
| |
Accelerated BSN Program |
Provide BSN training to incumbent workers at
University of Colorado Hospital |
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Community College of Aurora, Regis University,
University of Colorado Hospital |
Adams County |
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment |
| |
Health Care Training and Information Program |
Create nursing skills lab to increase LPN training
capacity and provide an informative Health Career website for workers and
employers |
|
Pickens Tech, Community College of Aurora, Kaiser
Permanente |
Arapahoe, Douglas counties |
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment |
| |
Health Care Career Project |
Upgrade skills and earning potential of 100 staff in
medical, clerical or technical careers |
|
Exempla Healthcare, Community College of Denver, Red
Rocks Community College |
Denver, Tri-County & Boulder |
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment; matching
funds |
| Education/ Training |
Colorado Simulation Development Group |
Convene hospital and education leaders to create
partnerships for funding and using patient simulation training technology |
Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence |
34 health care providers, government agencies and
education facilities |
Statewide |
Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence |
| |
Work, Education and Lifelong Learning Simulation
(WELLS) Center |
State-of-the-art patient simulation technology lab
at University of Colorado Hospital/Fitzsimons campus; high-speed datacasting
provided by Rocky Mountain PBS makes the technology available to students,
faculty and practicing nurses statewide |
Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence |
Colorado AHECs, Colorado Dept. of Education, Colorado
Dept. of Labor & Employment, Colorado Simulation Development Group,
Colorado Workforce Development Council, Rocky Mountain PBS, Touch of Life,
University of Colorado Health Sciences Simulation Center, University of
Colorado Hospital |
Statewide |
US Dept. of Labor grant to Colorado Dept. of Labor
& Employment |
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Increase the number of nursing students admitted to
and graduating from Adams State College and Trinidad State Junior College;
enhance the competency of nursing instructors and the quality of nursing care
provided to persons in the surrounding communities |
Adams State College |
|
Las Animas, Huerfano counties |
The Colorado Trust |
|
Alcanzar Med-Prep Program |
Increase student enrollment on the Aims Fort Lupton
campus and replicate the program at the Aims Greeley campus |
Aims Community College Foundation |
|
Larimer, Weld counties |
The Colorado Trust |
|
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Provide scholarships to nursing and EMT students |
Delta County Memorial Hospital Foundation |
|
Delta, Mesa and Montrose counties |
The Colorado Trust |
|
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New online training opportunities for both students
and preceptors, and addresses the shortage of faculty through a revised
credentialing program and a scholarship program |
Front Range Community College Foundation |
|
Adams, Boulder, Jefferson and Larimer counties |
The Colorado Trust |
|
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Provides local students from Chaffee, Lake, Western
Fremont, Saguache and Park counties with nursing scholarships to increase
retention of health care providers at HRRMC |
Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center
Foundation |
|
Chaffee County |
The Colorado Trust |
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Encourages youth to choose the medical field and
helps young adults to achieve their goals by supporting their tuition, books
and travel costs |
Kiowa County Hospital District |
|
Kiowa County |
The Colorado Trust |
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Increase staff retention and the number of Grand
County students and adults entering and re-entering health care professions,
overcome challenges that prevent education and training opportunities and
retain foreign-born health care professionals |
Kremmling Memorial Hospital District |
|
Grand County |
The Colorado Trust |
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Nursing education program designed to offer an LPN
to AAS-RN program to residents of Montrose, Delta and Ouray counties through
Mesa State’s Montrose campus |
Mesa State College |
|
Delta, Mesa, Montrose and Ouray counties |
The Colorado Trust |
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Increase the number of students taking RN classes at
Morgan Community College via an onsite lab, clinical lab instructor and
television studio at Wray, and installing and transmitting from the main
campus in Fort Morgan to Wray |
Morgan Community College |
|
Morgan County |
The Colorado Trust |
|
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This part-time nursing program will better
accommodate a variety of students by offering a nontraditional format,
including evening and weekend hours and year-round courses over a longer
period of time |
Otero Junior College |
|
Bent, Crowley and Otero counties |
The Colorado Trust |
|
Student Nurse Assessment Program |
Education for Certified Nursing Assistants currently
employed at Shalom Park to become Licensed Practical Nurses |
Shalom Park |
|
Arapahoe County |
The Colorado Trust |
|
Health Academy |
SECAHEC is collaborating with the community of
Walsenburg to develop a “health academy” in Huerfano County. The program
includes exposing students and community members to health career
opportunities and training students for entry-level health care positions;
preparing students to pursue secondary education; offering grow your own
programs and creating opportunities for citizens to attain meaningful
employment; developing a “promising practice” for replication in other rural
communities; providing a library to promote health career development;
increasing awareness of relationships between personal health, healthy
choices and career success; and teaching, mentoring and modeling by local
health care professionals. |
Southeastern Colorado Area Health Education Center |
|
Huerfano, Pueblo counties |
The Colorado Trust |
|
Health Care Education Collaborative |
To educate and recruit health care workers
especially from under-represented ethnic groups |
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Southeast Colorado AHEC, Pueblo Community College,
CSU-Pueblo, various health care employers |
Pueblo Sub-region (Rural Consortium) |
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment |
|
Western Slope Health Care Initiative |
Increase participation in health care field via
tuition support; create a planning position and provide equipment,
technology, teaching aids and instruction |
|
Western Colorado AHEC, Mesa State College & UTEC,
Fort Lewis State College, Colorado Mountain College, San Juan Basin Vo-Tech
Center, Trinidad State Jr. College, Pueblo Community College - Western Slope
Campus, Colorado Northwest Community College, Delta-Montrose Vocational
Technical Education Cetner |
Mesa, Western, Rural Rsort, Northwest and Southeast
Sub-regions (Rural Consortium) |
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment |
|
Northern Health Care Consortium |
Career ladder training of incumbent health care
workers in three northern Colorado health care systems |
|
University of Colorado Hospital, Longmont United
Hospital, Columbine Health Systems, Front Range Community college, Colorado
Healthcare Assn., Longmont Area Economic Council, Northern Colorado EDC |
Boulder, Adams & Larimer counties |
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment; matching
funds |
|
Health Education Center |
Recruit youth into healthcare through introduction
to job requirements, hands-on exposure and career exploration |
|
SE Colorado AHEC, Pueblo Community College, CSU
Pueblo, Pueblo City/County Health Center, various health care employers |
Pueblo Sub-region (Rural Consortium) |
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment |
|
Health Care Career Center |
Create a health care career center in the Work Force
Center |
|
SE Colorado AHEC, Pueblo Community College, CSU
Pueblo, various health care employers |
Pueblo |
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment |
|
CNA Program Expansion |
Hire a CNA instructor to train 100 CNAs at Aims
Community College |
|
Aims Community College, Rehabilitation & Visiting
Nurse Assn., Bonell Good Samaritan Center, Life Care Centers of Greeley |
Weld County |
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment |
|
Healthcare Worker Assessment Initiative |
Pay for assessment tests for 390 potential
candidates for health care training |
|
|
Mesa (Rural Consortium) |
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment |
|
New Options Program |
Fund a Youth Health Care Specialist to recruit 300
youth to enter heatlh care careers |
|
Aurora Public Schools, Littleton High School,
Englewood High School, Cherry Creek High School, Sheridan High School |
Arapahoe, Douglas counties |
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment |
|
Accelerated BSN Program |
Provide BSN training to incumbent workers at
University of Colorado Hospital |
|
Community College of Aurora, Regis University,
University of Colorado Hospital |
Adams County |
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment |
|
RN Refresher Course |
Enroll non-practicing RNs in refresher courses to
allow them to re-enter the workforce |
|
Beth El nursing College, Western Colorado AHEC,
community hospitals in various towns |
Mesa (Rural Consortium) |
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment |
|
Health Care Coordination |
Coordinate and establish an Associate Degree in
Nursing program in Mesa County |
|
UTEC, mesa State College, Western Colorado AHEC,
Pueblo Community College, Delta-Montrose Area Vocational Technical Center,
area hospitals |
Mesa (Rural Consortium) |
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment |
|
RN Refresher Course |
Enroll 25 non-practicing RNs in refresher courses to
allow them to re-enter the workforce |
|
Denver Area AHEC, Arapahoe Commumnity College, Sky
Ridge Medical Center, Parker Adventist Hospital, Colorado Center for Nursing
Excellence, HCA/HealthONE |
Arapahoe, Douglas counties |
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment |
|
Health Care Training and Information Program |
Create nursing skills lab to increase LPN training
capacity and provide an informative Health Career website for workers and
employers |
|
Pickens Tech, Community College of Aurora, Kaiser
Permanente |
Arapahoe, Douglas counties |
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment |
|
Student Nurse Assessment Program |
Develop pre-nursing assessment tool and remediation
process to support nursing student graduation |
Colorado Community College System |
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Nursing School Accreditation Project |
Cover costs for Nursing Accreditation for Community
College System |
Colorado Community College System |
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Nursing BA Program |
Create BA nursing program at Adams State
College/partnership with Trinidad State Jr. College |
Adams State College |
Trinidad State Junior College, San Luis Valley
Regional Medical Center, San Luis Valley AHEC, Diabetes Education Empowerment
Program, Alamosa School District, Conejos County Hospital, San Luis Valley
HMO, Hospice |
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Match funding distributed by Colorado Dept. of Labor
& Employment |
|
ADN Nursing Program |
Increase number of ADN nurses |
Mesa State College |
|
|
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment; matching
funds |
|
Health Care Initiative |
Develop nursing training capacity/rotations |
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment |
Colorado Community College System, HCA/HealthONE |
|
Match and grant funding distributed by Colorado Dept.
of Labor & Employment |
|
USDOL Healthcare Evaluation Grant |
To evaluate outcomes of healthcare training programs |
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment |
Northern Illinois University |
|
US Dept. of Labor grant distributed by Colorado Dept.
of Labor & Employment |
|
Health Care Career Project |
Upgrade skills and earning potential of 100 staff in
medical, clerical or technical careers |
|
Exempla Healthcare, Community College of Denver, Red
Rocks Community College |
Denver, Tri-County & Boulder |
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment; matching
funds |
|
Healthcare Education Collaboration |
Scholarships for eight MSNs and 24 BSNs; create
clinical simulation lab to be used by 725 hospital workers |
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Pikes Peak |
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Exempla-Lutheran Project |
Assist 10 RNs to obtain BSNs or MSNs |
|
Tri-County Health Dept., Colorado Center for Nursing
Excellence, Exempla Health |
Tri-County |
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment; matching
funds |
|
Kaiser Permanente Incumbent Worker Training Program |
Train 19 Medical Assistants to become LPNs; increase
LPN training capacity at Community College of Denver |
|
Kaiser Permanente, Denver Health |
Denver |
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment; matching
funds |
| Faculty Development |
Faculty Development Initiative |
Train 45 new clinical scholars to oversee nursing
students' clinical rotations; staff clinical rotations for 2,534 students |
Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence |
16 health care providers, government agencies and
education facilities |
Statewide |
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment |
|
|
New online training opportunities for both students
and preceptors, and addresses the shortage of faculty through a revised
credentialing program and a scholarship program |
Front Range Community College Foundation |
|
Adams, Boulder, Jefferson and Larimer counties |
The Colorado Trust |
|
|
Increase the number of nursing students admitted to
and graduating from Adams State College and Trinidad State Junior College;
enhance the competency of nursing instructors and the quality of nursing care
provided to persons in the surrounding communities |
Adams State College |
|
Las Animas, Huerfano counties |
The Colorado Trust |
|
Nursing Faculty Development Grant |
Increase the number of nursing faculty using
technology |
Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence |
Exempla St. Joseph Hospital, San Luis Valley Regional
Medical Center, Columbine Health Systems, Kaiser Permanente, Centura Health,
Denver Health Medical Center |
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