Ongoing Initiatives
New Hampshire partners have mobilized to launch bold, innovative projects to address the state’s need for a dedicated, robust health care workforce.
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Healthcare Heros in the Making
This program uses the NH Needs Caregivers model for high schools students. It focuses on helping high school students 16 and older start careers as LNAs by structuring trainings around students' academic coursework, working with schools' Extended Learning Opportunities (ELO) coordinators to allow trainings to count for academic credit, paying for training and licensing costs, and providing job placement assistance following the completion of training and certification.
Read moreHuman Resources Posting Analysis: Workforce Investment, Recruitment, and Policy
This group aims to understand workforce trends related to system investment, recruitment trends, and policy opportunities across the Association's 10 centers. This project is currently limited to Association members.
Read moreNetwork4Health
This program supports healthcare workforce development in 18 communities, including and surrounding Manchester, Derry, and Salem, through providing financial supports as well as providing a variety of trainings.
Read moreNew Futures
New Futures is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that advocates, educates and collaborates to improve the health and wellness of all New Hampshire residents through policy change. New Futures envisions a State and local communities where public policies support efforts to improve the health and wellness of all Granite Staters.
Read moreNH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association
This is a nonprofit organization focused on strengthening the substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery workforce by providing essential training for substance use and other mental health credentialing.
Read moreNH Alliance for Healthy Aging (NHAHA)- Workforce Strategic Priority Area Workgroup
NHAHA is a statewide coalition of stakeholders focused on the health and well-being of older adults in New Hampshire. NHAHA works to promote its shared vision to create communities in New Hampshire that advance culture, policies and services which support older adults and their families. The goal of the Workforce Strategic Priority Area Workgroup is to support a healthier community for older adults by helping to raise awareness of the need for direct care workforce positions in NH. This group meets monthly, and is open for others to join.
Read moreNH Area Health Education Center
This initiative aims to improve health and access to quality care, particularly in rural and underserved areas, by continually developing innovative approaches to training and recruitment, while supporting and enhancing the knowledge, skills and capacity of the current and future health care workforce. NH AHEC Program Office has a formal partnership with the Northern NH AHEC and Southern NH AHEC. Together, all three offices make up the Statewide NH AHEC Network.
Read moreNH Children’s Behavioral Health Workforce Development
The Network is an open learning community, comprised of providers, training institutions, policy makers and other stakeholders that meets five to six times per year and convenes stakeholders to identify gaps and critical needs; explore and identify evidence-based and research-supported practices; disseminate best- and evidence-based practices; and choose, design, and implement a high-quality implementation structure, including securing resources and expert consultation to address the gaps.
Read moreNH Needs Caregivers
The purpose of this project is to increase the number of licensed LNAs by providing financial assistance in training programs. The Southern NH Area Health Education Center contracted with Lynn Carpenter from Navlyn Resources to implement the program.
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