Empowered Aging awarded $5 million to launch HCP Statewide!
The Department of Health Care Access and Information’s Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) and Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Initiative awarded Empowered Aging a grant to expand the Healthcare Career Pathway Program's model in up to 6 counties in California. The goal is to increase the clinical workforce of Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA’s) in order to address the CNA workforce shortage.
As populations of seniors, people with disabilities, and children with complex care needs grow, the need for healthcare services provided in homes and home-like settings will continue to expand. However, the workforce serving in these settings currently faces challenges surrounding recruitment and retention that have only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to meet current and future needs, the Certified Nursing Assistant and Home and Community Based Services Initiative supports a variety of programs designed to increase the number of nursing care providers and home health aides working in home and community-based services settings.