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CHicagoland

Healthcare Workforce Collaborative

uniting employers and industry partners

Education &
Training

Bridging the gap by uniting a variety of partners across the healthcare industry

Local &
Targeted Hiring

Focusing recruitment efforts in areas with higher concentrations of unemployment

Retention &
Career Pathways

Supporting career
pathways and opportunities to advance for employees

Upcoming Events

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06.03.25

8:30am - 10:00am

June 2025 Quarterly Meeting

This meeting will focus on healthcare career pathways. Agenda includes: Presentation of Women Employed’s qualitative research project on Healthcare Career Pathways. The team interviewed 44 Chicagoland women who began their careers in frontline healthcare positions and later advanced into higher wage roles. Their findings illustrate common themes in the women’s career advancement stories, and culminate in a variety of recommendations
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09.09.25

8:30am - 10:00am

September 2025 Quarterly Meeting

This meeting will focus on our Good Jobs Challenge Nursing Assistant Training Hub. The grant-funded initiative brings together five healthcare employers and four training providers to train nearly 300 CNAs over two years while providing wrap-around supports, career exploration and planning, and mentoring. The project also supported 9 incumbent frontline healthcare workers to begin training as a Registered Nurse. Agenda
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12.02.25

8:30am - 10:00am

December 2025 Quarterly Meeting

Quarterly meetings are open to all stakeholders invested in creating a stronger, more inclusive healthcare workforce in Chicagoland. Meetings typically include updates on our work, presentations about new programs and partnership opportunities, and networking. Exact agenda TBD ~ to be added closer to the meeting date.
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"The biggest benefit to being a CHWC member is being able to truly collaborate and connect with other healthcare organizations in Chicago: to see the work they’re doing in workforce development, benchmark best practices, and see how each of us is addressing similar challenges. 

I’ve been able to glean a lot of insight into ways we can build up our strategy at Advocate Aurora Health. We were even able to build a collaborative program with a couple other providers and receive funding because CHWC created the space to start that dialogue. It’s an important space that we need to continue to build up as our workforce challenges evolve."

- Michele Smith, CHWC Steering Committee Chair, Director of Workforce Development, Advocate Aurora Health