OCTC's Foundation, Inc. Receives Grant Promoting Healthcare Workforce Diversity
$18,500 Supporting Outreach Events and Camps
Owensboro, KY (11/16/2021) — The Owensboro Community & Technical College Foundation, Inc. is proud to announce a grant award from the Owensboro Health Community Health Investments Grant program, to implement Promoting Health Equity Through Allied Health Workforce Diversity Initiative.
The initative's goal is to increase the interest of African American, Hispanic, and other underrepresented minority youth and adults in pursuing allied health education and careers, in support of creating a diverse workforce to provide the best quality care to the citizens of the region.
OCTC's Nursing, Radiography, Medical Assisting, Surgical Technology, and Paramedic faculty are partnering with Dugan Best Community Center, the H.L. Neblett Community Center, Cliff Hagan's Boys and Girls Club, and Girls, Inc. to host four hands-on community outreach activities in the spring 2022 semester.
In addition, four virtual information sessions will be offered to high school students and adults in the spring, followed by a three-day summer academy on June 21-23, 2022 for elementary and middle school age children. At the academy, the CEO of the Kentucky Nurses Association, Delanor Manson, will share her experiences as a woman of color in the healthcare field.
In addition to hands-on learning, information about training and careers in the allied health field, as well as the importance of increasing diversity in healthcare professions, will be an ongoing focus of these events.
For more information, please contact Lori Donahoo at (270) 686-4548 or by email at lori.donahoo@kctcs.edu.
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Owensboro Community & Technical College is one of the sixteen community and technical colleges that make up the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. OCTC serves the KY counties of Daviess, Hancock, Ohio and McLean. OCTC has three campuses in Daviess County and a Center and Annex in Hancock County. OCTC strives to serve the communities in the service area by providing associate degree education for transfer, state of the art technical education for students focusing on entering the workforce, customized business and industry solutions through the Workforce Solutions division, and adult education and business and industry testing through the SkillTrain unit.
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The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is the Commonwealth's largest postsecondary institution with 16 colleges and more than 70 campuses. We also are Kentucky's largest provider of workforce training and online education. Through partnerships with business and industry, we align our programs to meet the needs of local employers. We help students fulfill their dreams of creating a better life through programs that lead directly to jobs or help them transfer to one of our four-year partners.
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