Maryland Statewide Commission on the Shortage in the Health Care Workforce (MSCSHW)

HEALTH WORKFORCE RELATED ORGANIZATIONS & PROGRAMS

1. Baltimore Alliance for Careers in Healthcare

• Career Coaching and Mapping

• Pre-allied Health Bridge Program

• Jobs to Careers

 http://www.baltimorealliance.org

2. Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore

• Partners in Nursing -- a regional mentoring program specifically to address three issues: Retention of new nurses; Creation of a nursing leadership network; and Development of a career path to increase the number of nurse faculty.

• Partners in Nursing Steering Committee

www.cfes.org

3. Maryland Addiction Directors' Council               

• Workforce Development Committee

http://www.mdaddictiondirectors.com

4. Maryland Area Health Education Center

• Baltimore Area Health Education Center

• Eastern Shore Area Health Education Center

• Western Maryland Area Health Education Center

Youth Health Service Corps: health professions recruitment program that trains and places high school students as volunteers in health care agencies

 

Exploring Careers in Health Occupations -- a summer pipeline program.

http://health.allconet.org/

http://ahec.umaryland.edu/overview.asp

5. Maryland Association for Community Services (MACS) for Persons with Developmental Disabilities, Inc.

 http://wwwmacsonline.org

6. Maryland Association of Deans and Directors of Nursing Programs

• Nurse Faculty Recruitment Fair

http://www.marylandhealthcareers.org

7. Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

• Maryland Statewide Commission on the Shortage in the Health Care Workforce

http://www.dhmh.maryland.gov/mscshw/

8. Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene: Family Health Administration

• Maryland Primary Care Organization (PCO) – designations for Health Professional Shortage Areas and Medically Underserved Areas

• Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program (LARP) Physicians only

• Maryland Conrad 30 (J‑1 Visa waiver) Program

• National Health Services Corps (coordination with the federal government)

 http://www.fha.state.md.us/ohpp

• State Office of Rural Health: 3R Net

http://www.3rnet.org/

• Maryland Dent‑Care Loan Assistance Repayment Program

http://www.fha.state.md.us/oralhealth/

9. Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH): Mental Hygiene Administration

• DHMH Mental Hygiene Administration Subcommittee on Children's Mental Health Workforce Development.

• Maryland Mental Health Transformation Grant: subcommittee - Mental Health Workforce

• Workgroup on Cultural Competency and Workforce Development for the Mental Health Professionals --  administered by DHMH Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities

 http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/mha/

10. Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene: Maryland Health Professional Boards and Commissions

http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/html/org-board&comm.htm

11. Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene: Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities

• Workforce Diversity Initiative funded by the United States Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health

http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/hd/websites.htm

12. Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing & Regulation, Governor's Workforce Investment Board

• Center for Health Industry

• Health Care Steering Committee

http://www.mdworkforce.com/

13. Maryland Health Services and Cost Review Commission (HSCRC)

• Nurse Support Program I – supports staff development and education for health careers, as well as retention programs.

• Nurse Support Program II - sponsored by Health Services and Cost Review Commission (HSCRC) and administered by Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) ‑‑ supports nursing education and faculty development

http://www.hscrc.state.md.us/

14. Maryland Higher Education Commission

• Janet Hoffman Programs 

• Maryland Scholarships and Loan Repayment Programs

http://www.mhec.state.md.us/

15. Maryland Hospital Association  

• Health Care Faculty Shortage Work Group

• Business Case Work Group

 http://www.mdhospitals.org

16. Maryland Nursing Workforce Commission, Maryland Board of Nursing (MBON)

• Maryland Commission on the Nursing Workforce (MBON) – subcommittees include recruitment, retention, nursing education, technology applications

http://www.mbon.org/main.php

17. Maryland State Department of Education

• Academy of Health Professions

• Project Lead the Way Biomedical Sciences

http://www.msde.md.gov/msde/

18. National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health

• Workforce Committee

http://www.nrharural.org/

19.  The Annapolis Coalition on the Behavior Health Workforce

• Children’s Workforce Issues

• Innovation in Workforce Education

• Cultural Competency and Disparities in Access to Quality Services

• Rural Workforce Issues

http://www.annapoliscoalition.org/

20. Towson University School of Nursing

• Nightingale Scholars Program -- a "grow your own" program for faculty development EMT to RN transition program developed by Community College of Baltimore County.

http://www.towson.edu/

21. University of Maryland Baltimore

• Center for Health Workforce Development

http://www.umaryland.edu/healthworkforce/

22. University System of Maryland Office of the Chief Operating Officer/Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance (COO/VCAF)

• Workforce Development: University System of Maryland Studies

 http://www.usmd.edu/

Source: MSCSHW, 11-8-2007

http://www.dhmh.maryland.gov/mscshw/