About the Healthcare Academy Partnership
The Challenges
Health Disparities
Economic Disparities
Critical shortages in a variety healthcare roles
New and upcoming healthcare facilities ready to hire
Our Vision
Lead sustainable healthcare sector partnerships to:
- Create economic opportunities for DC residents through accessible pathways to family sustaining careers
- Fill crucial healthcare roles with a sustainable pipeline of trained & credentialed workers for current and new healthcare facilities
- Enhance community health with high-quality healthcare services
- Transform the healthcare workforce landscape in DC, making it a model for other cities nationwide.
The Partnership Model
Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Department of Employment Services (DOES) lead sector-wide collective impact initiatives to address complex challenges in our community.
Through the DC Healthcare Academy, DOES creates innovative public-private partnerships between local government, local employers, and local training providers to recruit, train, and support DC residents to be hired into family-sustaining wages and improving resident services.
Strategic Partners Include
(Executive Office of the Mayor, DC Department of Health Care Finance, DC Hospital Association, DC Workforce Investment Council, DC Office of Talent and Client Services)
Participants Benefits
Our mission: recruit and support DC residents to receive the training, certifications, and credentials they need to be hired into high-need healthcare careers.
Recruitment
DOES and Training Program partners recruit DC Residents
Enrollment
Participants selection or program enrollment
Career counseling by DOES
Training & Support
Job-Embedded Training
- Workplace Readiness
- Technical Instruction
- On-the-Job learning
Wraparound Support Services
Reduce barriers to success
- Childcare
- Financial Literacy
- Transportation Support
Completion, Certification
& Credentials
Cost-Free Credentials
Related fees are covered for participants
Most programs lead to certificate of completion
Completers are eligible to take relevant exams
Completers who pass necessary exams are eligible to register for relevant DC professional licenses
Employment
Certified/licensed residents are eligible to be hired by DC healthcare providers
Recruitment
DOES and Training Program partners recruit DC Residents
Enrollment
Participants selection or program enrollment
Career counseling by DOES
Training & Support
- Job-Embedded Training
- Workplace Readiness
- Technical Instruction
- On-the-Job learning
- Wraparound Support ServiceszReduce barriers to success
- Childcare
- Financial Literacy
- Transportation Support
Completion, Certification & Credentials
- Workplace Readiness
- Most programs lead to certificate of completion
- Technical Instruction
- On-the-Job learning
Employment
Certified/licensed residents are eligible to be hired by DC healthcare providers
