Health Profession Opportunity Grants 2.0: Year Two Annual Report (2016–17)

The HPOG 2.0 Program encourages grantees to design and implement their programs to include basic skills education and to employ career pathways strategies. This means offering trainings to help participants who have low basic skills, providing a variety of healthcare occupational trainings to prepare for entry-, mid-, and high-level healthcare jobs, and offering support services to help participants complete training and attain employment. It also allows grantees flexibility in their program design within the overall program goals.

This report provides information on the types of trainings, activities, and support services offered by HPOG 2.0 programs. It also describes the characteristics of those enrolled in the Program, their participation in different activities, and receipt of services.

The research questions answered in the report include:

1. What entities operate HPOG 2.0 programs, and what trainings, activities, and services do the programs provide?
2. Who participated in the first two years of HPOG 2.0, what trainings and activities have they engaged in, and what support services have they received?
3. What are HPOG 2.0 participants’ training completion, certification receipt, and employment outcomes by the end of Year 2?

The data in this report come from the HPOG 2.0 Participant Accomplishment and Grant Evaluation System (PAGES), a participant tracking and management system that includes data on participant characteristics, engagement in programs, and training and employment outcomes.

• More than two-thirds (69 percent) of participants started healthcare training; of all the healthcare trainings started, 88 percent were completed or still in progress at the end of Year 2.
• About one-third of all participants engaged in standalone basic skills training (not combined with occupational training); of them, 93 percent completed or were still engaged in this training at the end of Year 2. Of those who completed, 71 percent moved on to healthcare training.
• About half of the participants (55 percent) who completed healthcare training went on to earn a professional license or certification.
• Half of the training completers (50 percent) started a job or were promoted in the healthcare industry after completion in the first two years of HPOG 2.0.
• HPOG participants typically are low-income women in their 20s and 30s, many of whom are parents (68 percent had dependent children). Many HPOG 2.0 participants already had educational experience, credentials, and work experience when they enrolled.
• Across the variety of supportive services offered, participants’ receipt varies substantially. For example, almost all participants received case management (90 percent), about one-third received transportation assistance (35 percent), and 15 percent received job placement services.

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• Resource Publication Date: 2018
• Author(s): Pamela Loprest
• Funding Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Resource Availability: Publicly available
• Posted by: Wesley Peterson
• Posted in: Workforce System Strategies