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Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) Compendium of Success Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) Compendium of Success Stories April 2015 (!/- CHiID'RENH<FAMILIES HPlaG Health Profession Opportunity Grants Building Pathways to a Brighter Future April 2015 Dear Colleagues: The Office of Family Assistance (OFA) administers federal grant programs that foster family economic security and stability. Stories about individuals who are earning more for their families through the help of our programs inspire us to continually work to improve program outcomes. This collection shares the successes of 32 participants in one of OFA’s programs, the Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG). HPOG provides education and training to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients and other low-income individuals for health occupations that pay well and are in high demand. HPOG programs offer job-driven training opportunities—matching people who are striving for better economic opportunities with careers in growing health care fields. The success stories that follow describe HPOG participants’ progress along career pathways. These women and men live and work in urban, rural, suburban, and tribal communities across the nation. They are a diverse group, including single parents, Native Americans, veterans, English language learners, and immigrants and refugees. Grisheld grew up in the Queens Bridge Housing Projects in New York, and her achievements are captured in one of the success stories highlighted in this compendium. She began her HPOG journey in 2013 at Hostos Community College’s Allied Health Career Pipeline Program. She described her childhood as chaotic, crowded, and sometimes violent. A high school dropout, Grisheld relied on TANF to make ends meet for herself and her children. When she started the program, she was unemployed and living—as she put it—“on a day-to-day basis.” The program reinvigorated her self-confidence and drive for success. Today, she is a Medical Data Entry Specialist earning a decent wage and hopes to buy a home for herself and children. Grisheld’s story is not unique. She, like thousands of her fellow HPOG participants, faced challenges that included unemployment, financial stress, and caring for family members. Yet, with HPOG’s support, these resilient women and men have completed training and entered careers in health information, nursing, medical administration, and laboratory technology. HPOG participants have achieved success through determination and a focus on improving their lives. The stories showcase their progress and demonstrate how HPOG is making a difference—helping people build pathways to brighter futures. Sincerely, /s/ Nisha Patel Director Office of Family Assistance Introduction The Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) program provides Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients and other low-income individuals with education and training for well-paying, in-demand health care occupations. The HPOG program is adminis- tered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance. OFA awarded initial grants in September 2010, and grantees are now well into their fifth and final year of the program. HPOG grantees include 32 entities in 23 states, including four state agencies, nine local Workforce Investment Boards, 12 institutions of higher education (one university, nine community colleges, and two community college districts), and two community- based organizations. There are five tribal grantees, including one tribal council and four tribal colleges. The HPOG program serves diverse program participants from across the country. Grantees have made significant progress in serving vulnerable populations in their communities, with a focus on TANF recipients. Grantees have supported participants to overcome barriers to employment and enter long-term, meaningful career pathways. This Compendium of Success Stories captures inspiring journeys of program participants and showcases the transformations they experienced through HPOG. Grantees identified stories, with full consent from each individual participant to share her or his name and story. These accounts provide a small glimpse of the effect HPOG has had on its participants and bring to life the data collected about the HPOG program. The HPOG program is a demonstration project designed to build and share knowledge. There is much to learn from the success stories captured here, which represent just one component of a strategy to develop programs and share lessons learned. A comprehensive evaluation of HPOG is also underway and will provide more information on program implementation, systems change, outcomes, and impact. The goal of the evaluation is to expand the evidence base for improving outcomes for TANF recipients and other low-income individuals. ICF International, a technical assistance provider for the Office of Family Assistance, collected the Success Stories. The compendium includes one success story for each of the 32 grantees, indexed by grantee, state, and occupation. To access this document and other supporting documents, examples, and related information electronically, please visit the HPOG Website at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa/programs/hpog. Index Grantee Alamo Community College District ............................................................................................................................. 1 Bergen Community College ............................................................................................................................................ 4 Blackfeet Community College ........................................................................................................................................ 6 Buffalo and Erie County Workforce Development Consortium, Inc. .................................................................. 9 Cankdeska Cikana Community College ..................................................................................................................... 11 Central Community College ......................................................................................................................................... 13 Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit .................................................................................................................... 15 College of Menominee Nation ..................................................................................................................................... 18 Community Action Project of Tulsa County ............................................................................................................ 20 Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc. ................................................................................................................................... 22 Eastern Gateway Community College ....................................................................................................................... 24 Edmonds Community College ...................................................................................................................................... 26 Full Employment Council, Inc. ...................................................................................................................................... 29 Gateway Community and Technical College ............................................................................................................ 31 Gateway Technical College ........................................................................................................................................... 33 Kansas Department of Commerce ............................................................................................................................. 36 Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board ....................................................................................................... 38 New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health and Refugee Affairs .......................................................................................................... 40 Pensacola State College ................................................................................................................................................. 42 Pima County Community College District................................................................................................................ 44 Research Foundation of City University of New York--Hostos Community College ................................... 46 San Diego Workforce Partnership, Inc. ..................................................................................................................... 48 Schenectady County Community College ................................................................................................................. 50 South Carolina Department of Social Services ........................................................................................................ 52 Southland Health Care Forum, Inc. ............................................................................................................................. 54 Suffolk County Department of Labor ......................................................................................................................... 56 Temple University ..........................................................................................................................................................
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