Seventeen health systems have signed a commitment to help boost hiring and training of lower-income individuals.
The organizations signed the "Impact Workforce Commitment," designed in partnership with a leadership group of Healthcare Anchor Network member health systems and the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, according to a May 9 news release from HAN.
As part of the commitment, the health systems agree to reach at least 10 percent of new hires annually as "impact hires" by the end of the pledge in 2027. "Impact hires" is defined as those hired from economically disadvantaged areas who connect to the organization via intentional pathways into roles that do not require a bachelor's degree or above.
The health systems also agree to increase the number of employees promoted from positions that do not require a bachelor's degree or above into higher-skilled, higher-wage roles by 2027 by investing in workforce development, according to the release from HAN. Other commitments include policy advocacy to accelerate workforce development investment in the public sector as well as establishing a dedicated financial support program for employees to address employee financial stability and advance equity in use of benefits.
The health systems adopting the Impact Workforce Commitment include:
- Advocate Health (Charlotte, N.C.)
- Baystate Health (Springfield, Mass.)
- Bon Secours Mercy Health (Cincinnati)
- Christus Health (Irving, Texas)
- Cleveland Clinic
- CommonSpirit Health (Chicago)
- Dartmouth Health (Lebanon, N.H.)
- Fairview Health Services (Minneapolis)
- Froedtert Health (Milwaukee)
- Hawaii Pacific Health (Honolulu)
- Intermountain Health (Salt Lake City)
- Providence (Renton, Wash.)
- Rush University System for Health (Chicago)
- The MetroHealth System (Cleveland)
- University Hospitals (Cleveland)
- The University of California, San Francisco
- University of Utah Health (Salt Lake City)
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