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In-Person Event

Aligning Health Employers & Workforce Organizations

07.09.26

2:00pm - 4:00pm

A workshop designed to strengthen frontline employee referral partnerships, co-hosted by the Chicagoland Healthcare Workforce Collaborative and the Civic Committee‘s Hire Chicago  REGISTER HERE Strong referral partnerships between healthcare employers and workforce organizations are essential to connecting job seekers with quality frontline healthcare careers. Yet even the strongest partnerships face challenges—from communication gaps and changing hiring needs to candidate support
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In-Person Event

September 2026 Quarterly Meeting

09.01.26

9:00am - 10:30am

Quarterly meetings are open to all stakeholders invested in creating a stronger, more inclusive healthcare workforce in Chicagoland. Meetings typically include updates on CHWC projects, presentations featuring healthcare workforce programs and opportunities to partner, collaborative discussions on critical workforce issues, and networking time. A detailed agenda for this meeting will be posted here a couple weeks prior. This meeting is
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Virtual Event

December 2026 Quarterly Meeting

12.08.26

9:00am - 10:30am

Quarterly meetings are open to all stakeholders invested in creating a stronger, more inclusive healthcare workforce in Chicagoland. Meetings typically include updates on CHWC projects, presentations featuring healthcare workforce programs and opportunities to partner, collaborative discussions on critical workforce issues, and networking time. A detailed agenda for this meeting will be posted here a couple weeks prior.
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Upcoming Events

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07.09.26

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Aligning Health Employers & Workforce Organizations

A workshop designed to strengthen frontline employee referral partnerships, co-hosted by the Chicagoland Healthcare Workforce Collaborative and the Civic Committee‘s Hire Chicago  REGISTER HERE Strong referral partnerships between healthcare employers and workforce organizations are essential to connecting job seekers with quality frontline healthcare careers. Yet even the strongest partnerships face challenges—from communication gaps and changing hiring needs to candidate support
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09.01.26

9:00am - 10:30am

September 2026 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 CHWC projects, presentations featuring healthcare workforce programs and opportunities to partner, collaborative discussions on critical workforce issues, and networking time. A detailed agenda for this meeting will be posted here a couple weeks prior. This meeting is
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12.08.26

9:00am - 10:30am

December 2026 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 CHWC projects, presentations featuring healthcare workforce programs and opportunities to partner, collaborative discussions on critical workforce issues, and networking time. A detailed agenda for this meeting will be posted here a couple weeks prior.
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Recent Events

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06.02.26

Navigating Federal Changes: Impacts on the Health Workforce (June 2026 Quarterly Meeting)

VIEW SLIDES EVENT RESOURCES: Speaker bios & resources Join us for a timely and collaborative discussion on how recent and anticipated federal policy changes are reshaping the health coverage landscape and placing new pressures on the health workforce. Hosted as expanded quarterly meeting of the Chicagoland Healthcare Workforce Collaborative, in partnership with the Public Health Workforce Collaborative, the Health First
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Recording Available

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03.19.26

Strengthening Student Success and Workforce Pipelines: NM & Clasp Partnership Spotlight

Health systems in Chicago and beyond are facing unprecedented challenges filling and retaining critical roles like Nurses, Physical Therapists, Radiology Techs, Respiratory Therapists, and CRNAs. At the same time, traditional, transactional recruiting tactics are falling flat with today’s students and early-career clinicians — who are prioritizing financial stability, flexibility, and long-term career growth over sign-on bonuses alone. Clasp works with
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Recording Available

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03.10.26

March 2026 Quarterly Meeting

Agenda includes: An overview of our CHWC 2026 Strategic Plan and featured events A mini healthcare workforce data presentation from Burning Glass Institute and re-cap of our data roundtable event hosted on January 27th A presentation from Illinois Health & Hospital Association on their policy priorities this year, and the new Health Care Workforce Task Force within the IL Department
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Recording Available