Healthcare skill development for your community

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How We Serve Workforce Development Organizations

ACT’s tailored offerings help expand community and network programming, and increase candidates’ qualifications for their healthcare careers.

Externship/Clinical Placement Partnerships

Offer real-world experience through externships and clinical placements, ensuring community members are qualified and ready to enter the workforce upon completion.

How it works

1. Meet with an ACT coordinator to outline your community’s needs and desired skills enhancement.

2. ACT matches your candidates to externships, ensuring a fit for desired skills and clinic needs.

3. ACT coordinates placements and oversees externs as they complete their hands-on clinical training.

4. Assess program performance and provide feedback to fine-tune the future programs and placements.

5. Offer employment to outstanding candidates and initiate a new cycle of externship placements.

Benefits
  • Bridges the gap between training and employment
  • Increases placement success rates
  • Enhances career-readiness across your community
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Related Technical Instruction (RTI) for Apprenticeship Programs

Serve as an RTI provider, delivering technical instruction that aligns with apprenticeships in allied health fields.

How it works

1. Determine the required technical instruction for apprenticeship roles.

2. ACT designs and delivers targeted coursework to meet these needs.

3. Course completion is achieved through flexible online and optional on-site classes.

4. Apprentices are fully trained and meet industry standards for immediate job roles.

Benefits
  • Supports structured job training efforts with well-organized training programs that are systematically designed to meet specific job requirements.
  • Enhances program quality by maintaining high standards in training content and delivery.
  • Ensures compliance and training that meets apprenticeship, regulatory, and industry standards.

Unions and Workforce Development Funds

ACT collaborates with organizations and funds (like SEIU) to provide accessible training programs aligned with community workforce goals.

How it works

1. Work with ACT to pinpoint the specific skills gaps and workforce challenges in your community or organization. 

2. ACT tailors training programs that align with local needs.

3. Collaborate on the rollout of these initiatives, designed to be accessible and meet the career advancement goals of your community members.

4. Assess the impact of the training programs to ensure they increase employability, strengthen your local workforce in Allied Health fields, and promote economic growth.

5. See your community members transition into employment, equipped with the necessary skills, boosting both individual career paths and the overall quality of your local workforce.

Benefits
  • Increases employability and career advancement for community members by providing them with the skills and certifications needed for upward mobility.
  • Strengthens local Allied Health workforces and the larger healthcare sector by training a competent, skilled workforce ready to meet industry demands.
  • Promotes economic growth and stability by increasing job readiness, which leads to more stable employment.
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Government and Public Sector Programs

ACT partners with government and public sector programs like WIOA and ETPL to provide healthcare training, utilizing federal funding to address healthcare workforce shortages.

How it works

1. ACT aligns its healthcare training programs (e.g., Medical Assistant, Phlebotomy Technician, Patient Care Technician) with WIOA-approved occupations and state/local workforce demands.

2. ACT ensures all programs meet state ETPL criteria, including completion rates, credentialing outcomes, and job placement success, and submits applications to Workforce Development Boards.

3. Approved programs are offered through flexible, online platforms with optional externships to provide participants with industry-recognized certifications and hands-on experience.

4. ACT tracks program completion, credentialing, and job placement outcomes to ensure compliance with WIOA standards and continued inclusion on the ETPL.

Benefits
  • Expands access to training programs and certifications via federal funding
  • Increased enrollment and program reach
  • Addresses workforce shortages and helps fill critical healthcare roles
  • Better job placement and career growth for participants

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