Abstractlead applicant organization name: valley initiative for development and advancementlead applicant entity organization type: nonprofit healthcare organization (COMMUNITY)lead applicant location…

Abstractlead applicant organization name: valley initiative for development and advancementlead applicant entity organization type: nonprofit healthcare organization (COMMUNITY)lead applicant location (city and state): mercedes, texasemployer partners: south texas health system (i.e. south texas behavioral health, edinburg childrens hospital, edinburg regional medical center, mcallen heart hospital, mcallen medical center, and cornerstone regional hospital), mission regional medical center, and valley baptist health system (i.e. valley baptist medical center brownsville, valley baptist medical center harlingen, and valley baptist micro-hospital weslaco)training providers: south texas college, texas state technical college, and texas southmost collegeworkforce development entities: workforce solutions lower RIO grande valley and workforce solutions cameronworker organization: valley interfaithgeographic scope: local (RIO grande valley)area to be served: hidalgo, cameron, willacy and starr counties in texastotal federal funding requested: 3,000,000TOTAL match proposed: 600,000 and 1,496,360 leveragedproject title name: RIO grande valley healthcare professional expansion initiativeproposed number of participants who start training:725SUMMARY of grant purpose and employment and training activities offered:the purpose is for participants to graduate with a degree or industry-recognized certificate in a high demand occupation and achieve living-wage employment in the healthcare industry.activities include:1) expanding outreach and recruitment efforts, particularly in rural areas and to support high demand occupations in HEALTHCARE2) providing participants with an individualized service strategy and enrolling them in either a certificate or an associate or a bachelor degree at one of three area training partners. 4) providing participants with customized financial assistance to increase probability of program COMPLETION5) making weekly meetings that focus on counseling services and group sessions mandatory 5) increasing the number of rural residents able to participate in clinical instruction by using high-fidelity AR EQUIPMENT6) assisting program graduates in securingunsubsidized employment at one of 10 area hospital partners. Target population(S) to be served: unemployed, low-income and underemployed predominately hispanicresidentstraining track: nursing career pathwaystargeted occupations: registered nurse, licensed vocational nurse, respiratory therapist, radiological technologist, occupational therapist assistant, and physical therapy assistant recognized postsecondary credentials offered:certificate program: patient care technicians (PCT) and licensed vocational nurse (LVN), associate degrees: nursing (ADN), respiratory therapy, radiological technologists, occupational therapist, and physical therapybachelor degree: nursing (BSN)subrecipient roles: south texas college training providertexas southmost college training providertexas state technical college training providernew or existing program(S): existingpublic contact information: felida villarreal, president ceovalley initiative for development advancement (VIDA)…