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North Country Now

CANTON — Northern Area Health Education Center (NAHEC) has been awarded a $5 million, five-year grant through the Healthcare Education and Life-skills Program (HELP), funded by the New York State Department of Health’s Office of Healthcare Workforce Innovation.

Launching January 1, 2026, the program will address the region’s critical healthcare workforce shortages by providing mentorship, training, wraparound support, and life-skills education for students and trainees pursuing healthcare careers…

…The Center for Health Workforce Studies (CHWS) will support evaluation and continuous improvement by analyzing workforce outcomes and participant data to guide ongoing refinement.

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The Desert Sun

As the population in the Coachella Valley gets bigger and older, competent heath care workers can expect a reasonable level of job security and decent wages. That’s the message of an ongoing effort to encourage more local high school students to go after careers in health and medicine. The push includes health academies at seven local high schools that pair students with internships in the health care sector.

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