New regional partnership organized to strengthen workforce development

As part of a new statewide initiative, the Virginia Partnership for Health Science Careers, a partnership in the Fredericksburg/Northern Neck/Middle Peninsula region will bring together schools, hospitals, healthcare providers and workforce development professionals from the public and private sector to expand the area’s healthcare workforce, create meaningful career opportunities, and meet the needs of communities throughout the region.

The partnership will work to implement Collaborating to Address Regional Workforce Challenges: A Roadmap, to establish and operate regional, employer-engaged workforce development collaboratives in with a focus on healthcare careers.

The regional healthcare workforce partnership will be coordinated by Ann Rector through the Bay Consortium Workforce Development Board and involve additional partners Bay Rivers Telehealth Alliance, Bon Secours Health System, Germanna Community College, Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic, HCA Healthcare, Ledwith Lewis Free Clinic, Mary Washington Healthcare, Moss Free Clinic, Northern Neck–Middlesex Free Health Clinic, Rappahannock Community College, Riverside Health, Sentara Health and VCU Health, as well as K-12 school systems.

The partnership will serve the city of Fredericksburg; and the counties of Caroline, Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King George, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, Spotsylvania, Stafford and Westmoreland.

Claude Moore Opportunities has funded a regional coordinator position for….

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