HHS/ACF Publishes Promising Practices from Health Profession Opportunity Grants

HHS/ACF posted a number of promising practices under the Health Profession Opportunity Grants to its TANF website.  

ACF posted a report that describes the first year of the HPOG second round of the Health Profession Opportunity Grants Program. ACF awarded this second round of five-year grants in 2015. The first round of five-year grants was awarded in 2010. HPOG 2.0 grants were made to 32 grantees across 21 states, including five tribal organizations. In the first year of the HPOG 2.0 Program, the grantees enrolled over 5,000 participants.  

Grantee Case Study: CAP Tulsa Promising Practice This promising practice case study provides details on how CAP Tulsa’s career pathways partnership can lift up families and break the cycle of poverty.

Grantee Case Study: CSIU Promising PracticeThis promising practice case study illustrates how the WATCH Project’s bridge courses strengthen the bonds between academic stakeholders and allow participants to learn new skills with a “bridge” of support for greater success.

Grantee Case Study: EWIB Promising Practice This promising practice case study provides details on how Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board (EWIB) maximized the benefit of its Health Careers Advancement Project HPOG program by unifying services.

Grantee Case Study: Montefiore Promising Practice This promising practice case study details how Montefiore HPOG provides academic benefits as well as support for trainees that go beyond the classroom.      

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• Resource Publication Date: 2017
• Organizational Author(s): US Department of Health and Human Services
• Posted by: Maisha Meminger
• Posted in: Career Pathways