Stretching Your Economic Development Dollars Collaboration with PrivatePublic Sector

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Stretching Your Economic Development
DollarsCollaboration with Private/Public Sector

• RHORC- LA
• Regional Health Occupations Resource Center
• Los Angeles County
• Hosted by Mt. San Antonio College
• Wednesday, March 12, 2003
• 200 300 p.m.
• CCCAOE-EdgtNET Conference
• San Jose

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Stretching Your Economic Development
DollarsCollaboration with Private/Public Sector

• Panel Presentation by
• Bonnie Adams, RN, MSN, Ed.D.
• RHORC- LA Director,
• Bruce Hines, Ph.D.
• RHORC-LA Assistant Director,
• Jesus Oliva, M.D.
• Project Director, Welcome Back
• International Health Worker Assistance Center
• Elizabeth Duncan, RN, BSN
• Project Director, Perinatal Project,

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Stretching Your

• Learning to Stretch
• Doing More with Less!

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• Stretching Economic Development Dollars
• Using to train/educate Health Care Workers
  to Improve
• The Health of Our Communities

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RHORCs are

• Dedicated to Stretching the - to provide the
  Highest Quality Training/Education possible.

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Unpublished Motto

• MOTTO
• (Not shared with partners)
• We Can Do It Better!
• We Can Do It Cheaper!

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We can do itbetter!

• After all our primary role is training education.
  
• Collectively our staff has 200 years experience.
• We can do a quality job, customize to
• industrys needs, for less than industry.

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So

• We Can Do It Better!
• We Can Do It Cheaper!

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OBJECTIVES

• Upon completion of this Workshop the participants
  will be able to
• Have an increased awareness of public/private
  partnerships
• Be able to identify advantages of combining
  resources.
• Identify one public/private agency in your area
  that may be willing to provide resources for your
  training.
• List ways Workforce training Economic Development
  Training can
• Produce measurable outcomes
• Create Career Ladders
• Improve Service to Clients

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Collaborating with Private/Public Sector

• Perinatal Statewide Health Training Project
• Department of Health Services
• 3 Year Grant - 1,000,000
• Presenter
• Elizabeth Duncan, RN, BSN, PHN

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• Comprehensive Perinatal Service Program
• Training Materials Project
• Funded by
• The Department of Health Services
• Maternal and Child Health Division

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Pioneers

• First contract between a Community College and
  Department of Health Services

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Project Goal

• To reduce infant mortality and reduce the
  incidence of low birth weight and to enhance
  quality obstetrical care for women who are
  economically disadvantaged
• Medical eligible

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Target Audience

• All providers throughout the state who provide
  comprehensive obstetrical services
• Medical Funded Project

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Target Audience

• Providers can be
• Hospitals
• Medical Groups
• Clinics
• Solo practitioners
• Certified Midwives

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Target Audience

• Practitioners include
• Physicians
• Nurses
• Social Workers
• Health Educators
• Nutritionists
• Comprehensive Perinatal Health Workers
• Certified Midwives

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Innovative Training

• Training by video conference
• 6 remote sites or more
• Serving over 30-50 at each site
• Each site with a co-facilitator

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Collaboration / Coordination

• Networking with multiple community college to
  utilize their facilities
• Use of the 4C-Net network to reduce technology
  failure due to linkage incompatibility

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Challenges

• State Bureaucracy
• Slow cumbersome, limits in personnel, and
  creativity
• Coordination of Training
• Space availability, support services, tech
  support, catering, parking etc

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Rewards

• Impact the lives by
• Providing a positive outcome for mother and baby
• Serve the community by empowering providers with
  the tools to deliver a high quality well
  coordinated services

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Welcome Back Los AngelesInternational Health
Worker Assistance Center

• Presenter
• Jesus Oliva, M.D.

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Welcome Back Los Angeles International Health
Worker Assistance Center

• Funded by The California Endowment
• 3 Year Grant - 1,500,000
• This project is part of a 3 Community Colleges
• Mt. San Antonio College, RHORC
• Grossmont Community College, and
• San Francisco City College

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• To build a bridge between the pool of
  internationally trained health workers living in
  California and the need for linguistically and
  culturally competent health services in
  underserved communities.

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Program Goals

• Provide Educational Case Management services to
  participants.
• Support participants in obtaining professional
  licenses and/or link participants to existing
  health professions training Programs.
• Identify existing fast track programs and
  develop other such courses as possible.
• Provide courses on the US Health Care System,
  Leadership in Health and English for Health
  Professionals.

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STATISTICS

• CA Population and Health Workforce

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Professions (As of 12/01)
Currently to date enrolled in program1521

• Other includes psychologists, speech therapists,
  pharmacists, midwifes, physical therapists,
  social workers.

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Working In Health?
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Time In The U.S.
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Country Of Origin (Total 1521)

• Other Countries Include
• Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Bolivia,
  Bosnia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Costa Rica,
  Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt,
  Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala,
  Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel,
  Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Latvia, Lebanon,
  Libya, Morocco, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan,
  Palestine, Romania, Russia, Somalia, Spain, Sri
  Lanka, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan,
  Trinidad, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine,
  USA, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam.

• Mexico- 32
• El Salvador- 9
• Philippines- 10
• Colombia- 5
• China- 8
• Peru- 5
• Nicaragua 3

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Gender
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OUTCOMES
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International Medical Graduates

• International Medical Graduates (IMG)
• Identified pathway to become licensed in the U.S.
• Identified alternate career options for
  Physicians.
• (Health Educators, Science and Biology teachers
  (CBEST for k-12).
• Instructors at Community College level.
• a) Study groups to prepare for board preparations
  exams.
• b) Peer groups with other professionals that have
  same goals.
• c) Elevates self esteem to reach goal.
• d) Creates an educational environment of support
  to help reach goals.

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Foreign Trained Nurses

• Identified a clear pathway to a successful
  licensing process in a very short period of time.
• 6-8 months to become board eligible
• 2 months to take NCLEX review
• Expected outcomes
• Licensed nurse in an average of 6-8 months.
• LVNs while they qualify and/or pass the RN
  board. 3-5 months
• Certified Nurse Assistants. 1-2 months.

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• NCLEX REVIEW Course
• 180 hour course
• Two nights 5 hour lab time weekly
• Varies with 6-8 Instructors, all ADN Faculty
  teach in their areas of specialty
• Pre and Post testing for each student to measure
  competency
• WC case management support for application exam
  process

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• NCLEX REVIEW Course
• Initial funding by The California Endowment
• Continued with support and partnership from
  SELACO.
• Mt SAC Group - 24 participants enrolled
• Long Beach Group 12 participants enrolled
• Next Mt. SAC group - 25 participants enrolled

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Institutionalization

• Developing partnerships for internship and
  clinical hours has earned the respect of the
  programs need for qualified Health Care
  Interpreters and quality of the curriculum.
• Partnerships developed
• Childrens Hospital L.A.
• St Joseph Hospital
• Metropolitan State Hospital
• Multicultural Interpreters
• Partnerships in development
• Kaiser Permanente
• Citrus Valley Health Partners

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Welcome Back Centers
San Francisco [phone] Los Angeles
[phone] San Diego/Imperial (619)
409-6417
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RHORC Projects

• Public/Private Sector Partnerships
• Bonnie Adams, RN, MSN, Ed.D.
• Director RHORCLA
• Bruce Hines, Ph.D.
• Assistant Director RHORCLA

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Public Sector

• Working with the WIBs
• Los Angeles City Projects - 1,000,000
• SELACO Workforce Nursing Initiative 2,300,000
• LA Works Workforce Initiative Pediatric
  Nursing - 850,000
• SELACO Applied for Career Ladder 38th
  Congressional District - 10,000,000
• SELACO Nursing State Board Prep - 25,000

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Working with the Private Sector

• Citrus Valley Health Partners
• Regional Centers
• Tenant
• Beverly Hospital
• Kaiser Permanente
• White Memorial Hospital
• Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
• Whittier Presbyterian Medical Center
• Whittier Hospital
• California Hospital
• Hollywood Community Hospital

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Federal Government

• Department of Labor
• Applied for 3,000,000 Grant
• Health Human Services
• Applied for 900,000 Grant
• 38th Congressional District Consortium
• Applied for 10,000,000 Grant

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State Government

• Department of Developmental Services
• Pending grant of 200,000
• Client Advocacy Job Skills
• Lanterman Developmental Centers
• Ongoing contract (5 years) 100,000
• Nursing Skills update

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County Government

• Department Public Social Services
• Presently have a 300,000 Grant
• Department of Health Services
• New Contract for 850,000
• Upgrade LVN to RN
• Incumbent workers to Generic RN

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City Government

• Los Angeles City Mayors Office
• Presently have a 250,000 Grant
• Los Angeles City Workforce Development
• Contract for 50,000
• Basic skills for health
• Partnership of 15 cities in the 38th
  Congressional District
• To meet the needs of the nursing crisis
• Applied for H.B. Visa grant

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Community Based Organizations

• Metropolitan Alliance
• Grass Roots Advocacy Group
• LA Works

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Adult Schools

• Regional Occupational Programs ROPs
• LAUSD
• Tri-Cities ROP
• East San Gabriel Valley ROP

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One Stops Worksource Centers

• Consortium of 8 in the City of Los Angeles
• Southeast Los Angeles County Workforce Investment
  Board (SELACO)

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Unions

• Labor Unions 434B 399 660
• Contract for 10,000
• Curriculum development In Home Support Services

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Faith Based Organizations

• St. Francis Hospital
• East LA Community College
• LVNs to RNs
• Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese
• Contract 30,000
• Prepare nurses to pass state Board NCLEX Exam

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The Los Angeles County Community Colleges

• 17 with Health Programs
• Mt. San Antonio College
• Citrus CC
• Rio Hondo College
• Cerritos College
• Long Beach CC
• El Camino CC
• LA Harbor CC
• LLAC
• East Los Angeles CC

• LA Trade Tech
• LA Southwest College
• LA Pierce College
• LA Valley College
• LA Mission College
• Compton CC
• Santa Monica College
• West LA CC

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Presenters Bio

• Bonnie Adams RN, MSN, Ed.D.
• Dr. Adams has a doctorate in Education and
  Institutional Management from Pepperdine
  University. She furthermore has a Masters Degree
  in Nursing. A Masters Degree in Education, a
  Bachelors Degree in Nursing and in Health
  Administration, an Associate Degree in Nursing
  and General Education. Dr. Adams currently
  serves as Director for the Regional Health
  Occupations Resource Center for Los Angeles
  County and is housed at Mt. San Antonio College.
  Dr. Adams has 35 plus years of working in the
  health care industry and education, and has been
  director of numerous health career ladder models.

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Presenters Bio

• Bruce Hines, Ph.D.
• Dr. Hines is Assistant Director of the Regional
  Health Occupations Resource Center (RHORC) and
  has a Ph.D. in Psychology, Master of Arts in
  Education with specialty in Psychology, an
  elementary and community college teaching
  credentials, and a Bachelors in Social Sciences.
  Additionally, he has a Psychiatric Technician
  License. Dr. Hines has three plus decades of
  working with and teaching mental health, domestic
  violence, and chemical dependency. In the Mt.
  San Antonio College Psychiatric Technician
  Program, Dr. Hines has taught both substance
  abuse, domestic violence, and mental health. As
  a member of the Board of Vocational Nurse
  Psychiatric Technician Examiners he was very
  involved in developing legislation for the Board
  to ensure curriculum addressed those areas.

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Presenters Bio

• Elizabeth Duncan RN, MSN, PHN

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Presenters Bio

• Jesus Oliva MD
• For the past 23 years, Dr. Oliva has taught
  various health-related subjects, from middle
  school to college levels, in the city of
  Guadalajara, Jal, Mexico. He also practiced
  anesthesiology for eight years in various
  hospitals throughout the cities of Guadalajara,
  Jal., Aguacalientes, Ags and Nochistlan Zac, and
  served as an interpreter for the University
  Autonoma de Guadalajara.Dr. Oliva holds an M.D.
  degree from the University of Guadalajara of
  Mexico. He has worked hand-in-hand with the
  Mercy Outreach Surgical Team from San Diego,
  California in many of their programs. Dr. Oliva
  is also a CPR instructor at Mt. San Antonio
  College. Jesus Oliva, M.D. is the Director of the
  Welcome Back International Health Worker
  Assistance Center in Los Angeles located at Mt.
  San Antonio College. This project which is
  funded by The California Endowment exists to
  assist internationally trained health
  professionals desiring to re-enter the health
  care workforce.

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Contact Information

• Regional Health Occupations Resource Center
• 1100 N. Grand Ave. - Bldg. 35
• Walnut, CA 91789
• [phone] ext. 6101
• http//rhorc.mtsac.edu
• email rhorc_at_aol.com
• Welcome Back Program
• [phone]
• http//ihwac.mtsac.edu
• email ihwac_at_mtsac.edu

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• Dr. Bonnie Adams
• Director, Regional Health Occupations Resource
  Center Los Angeles
• [phone], x 6104
• rhorc_at_aol.com
• Dr. Bruce Hines
• Assistant Director, Regional Health Occupations
  Resource Center Los Angeles
• [phone], x 6105
• hbhrhorc_at_aol.com
• Dr. Jesus Oliva
• Director, Welcome Back International Health
  Worker Assistance Center
• [phone], x 6108
• joliva_at_mtsac.edu
• Elizabeth Duncan
• Director, Perinatal CPSP Training Materials
  Project
• [phone], x 6107
• 9eduncan_at_mtsac.edu