In January 2024, Health Career Connection (HCC) launched its Health Workforce Division, supported by a five-year investment from The California Endowment (TCE). The Division was created to address one of California’s most persistent challenges: the deep and widening shortage of a skilled, community-rooted health workforce across the state.
At the heart of this initiative is systems change, deliberate, long-term efforts to transform the underlying structures, policies, practices, and dynamics that shape a system, with the goal of achieving more fair, efficient, and sustainable outcomes.
Now, after a year of statewide engagement and rigorous review, HCC is proud to announce the official selection of Regional Grantees who will partner with us to advance systems change and strengthen California’s regional health workforce ecosystems.
Announcing HCC’s Regional Grantees
HCC’s selected grantees represent regions leading innovative workforce solutions and demonstrating strong cross-sector collaboration. Together, these partnerships form a statewide network committed to more equitable, sustainable health workforce outcomes.
HCC’s Regional Grantees:
- Aliados Health
- CEO Leadership Alliance of Orange County
- Clínicas de Salud del Pueblo (Innercare)
- Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County
- Health Improvement Partnership of Santa Cruz County
- HealthForce Partners of California
- Kern County Superintendent of Schools
- San Diego County Regional Health & Human Services Workforce Initiative
- OneFuture Coachella Valley
- Reach Out
- SLO Healthcare Workforce Partnership
These collaboratives are launching new pipelines, expanding clinical placements, aligning regional priorities, strengthening governance structures, and addressing critical shortages across primary care, behavioral health, nursing, allied health, and community health.
What’s Ahead
Over the coming year, HCC’s Workforce Division will provide:
- Technical assistance
- Cross-regional learning collaboratives
- Shared tools and measurement systems
- Convenings and peer exchange
- Statewide coordination
- Visibility for regional priorities that can inform state policy and funding
Together with TCE and our regional partners, we are building a stronger, more connected, and more community-centered health workforce for California.
This work lays the foundation for a more equitable and sustainable system, one that better serves students, employers, workforce partners, and communities for generations to come.
