The health care worker shortage has gained national headlines; the shortage is also acutely felt in Benton and Franklin Counties in Southeastern Washington State.

Through a grant from the Benton-Franklin Workforce Development Council, the Benton-Franklin Community Health Alliance created a health care workforce development project team that includes representatives from area educational institutions, health care providers, insurers, labor, business, the WDC and the Alliance. The project team has identified labor shortage areas, training needed to increase the workforce, barriers to creating the needed workforce and strategies to overcome the barriers. This website is one result of the team’s on-going work.

For further information about our community’s health care workforce development effort, please visit http://www.bfcha.org

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