Agenda includes: Re-cap of our 2025 accomplishments. Report-out on our Chicagoland Respiratory Therapy Workforce Summit, which brought together over 100 leaders to examine the shortage of respiratory therapists and develop strategies to increase the number of respiratory therapists in our region through collaborative working groups. Report-out on the Equitable Career Pathways grant project led by Malcolm X College, the Chicagoland

DOWNLOAD SLIDES This meeting focused 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.

REGISTER HERE TO ATTEND 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

AGENDA:  CHWC updates including results from our 2024 year-end survey, presentation of our 2025 strategic plan, and an update on the Good Jobs Challenge Local healthcare workforce data overview (Lightcast Industry Snapshot & Lightcast Job Posting Analytics) and discussion Healthcare workforce policy update from Illinois Health & Hospital Association Update on a grant initiative to increase Black male participation and

Learn about workforce services and funding offered by the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership, the non-profit umbrella organization that operates the largest public workforce system in the country. As the designated administrator of federal workforce development funding for the City of Chicago and Cook County, The Partnership oversees a network of approximately 70 community-based organizations, American Job Centers, satellite sites, and

Join us to learn how a no-cost partnership with Rivet School can be a game-changer for your workforce development strategy, providing healthcare organizations with ROI-driven career development opportunities for non-clinical frontline staff. Rivet School and Ochsner Health System will share their high impact partnership model that has supported upskilling employees from entry-level roles to management and specialist roles in patient

Hospital systems across the country are struggling to fill frontline clinical roles and provide accessible opportunities for employees to advance. In response, more and more employers are working with training providers to build on-the-job training and apprenticeship models. Join us for the second in a multi-session series to learn how a South Carolina community college took the lead in building

Hospital systems across the country are struggling to fill frontline clinical roles and provide accessible opportunities for employees to advance. In response, more and more employers are working with training providers to build on-the-job training and apprenticeship models. Join us for the first in a multi-session series to learn how an Ohio system built programs to upskill their incumbent workforce

Chicagoland’s health systems are committed to hiring local talent and providing opportunities for historically underemployed populations. But how do we do this effectively? And how do we build relationships between community partners, recruiters, and hiring managers that lead to candidate success? Join Rush’s Dana Anthony, Community Sourcing Consultant, and Sinai’s John Figiel, Director of Talent Management, and Dovid Sukenik, Training

How can we better support and retain frontline workers? Join Advocate Health’s Bridgett Beene and Tanisha Isom to learn about their in-house coaching program for newly hired frontline teammates experiencing personal and professional barriers. With the help of Success Coaches, participants receive holistic, individualized coaching, wraparound support, career advising, and essential skills training for their first 90 days of employment.

Open to any and all stakeholders who are invested in building a more inclusive healthcare workforce in Chicagoland. Agenda includes: Celebrating our 2024 accomplishments Planning for 2025 Updates from our Good Jobs Chicagoland Nursing Assistant Training Hub Updates from the Youth Pathways Committee and our sister table, the Public Health Workforce Collaborative Opportunities to share your feedback on CHWC programming,

PLEASE REGISTER HERE! Thank you for joining us for our second in-person quarterly meeting of the year! We will start promptly at 8:30am so come early at 8am to check-in, grab a light breakfast, and mingle. This meeting will focus on our Nursing Assistant Training Hub, funded through the Good Jobs Challenge Chicago. Join us to learn more about: Our