路易斯安那卫生厅开启HERO基金第三轮申请：配套拨款扩充医护人才
路易斯安那州卫生厅（LDH）于10月20日宣布，接受第三轮"医疗保健就业再投资机会"（H.E.R.O.）基金申请，申请截止时间为11月19日下午5点（中部时间）。该基金通过配套拨款，帮助扩大路易斯安那州医疗保健人才队伍，资助对象为医疗保健培训教育项目与行业伙伴（医院、诊所等州内医疗机构）之间的合作，重点覆盖护理、联合健康及其他高需求医疗职业。
资助可用于扩大热门医疗培训项目的招生与招生容量、提高课程完成率和执照考试通过率、为投身州医疗人才队伍的学生提供津贴或学费减免，以及鼓励医护人员在医疗服务不足地区执业。卫生厅副厅长小阿尔伯特·西米恩表示："建设更强大的医疗保健人才队伍对改善全州医疗可及性至关重要。
HERO基金把教育机构和医疗服务提供者聚到一起，为路易斯安那人创造更多培训高需求职业的机会。"该项目是州政府官方公告的确定性消息，旨在缓解全州医疗设施人力短缺、把人才留在路易斯安那。
Louisiana Department of Health Opens Round Three of HERO Fund Applications: Matching Grants to Expand the Health Care Workforce
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) announced on October 20 that it is accepting applications for the third round of the Health Care Employment Reinvestment Opportunity (H.E.R.O.) Fund, with a deadline of 5 p.m. Central on November 19.
The fund uses matching grants to help expand Louisiana's health care workforce, funding partnerships between health care training and education programs and industry partners — state health care institutions such as hospitals and clinics — with a focus on nursing, allied health and other high-demand health care occupations. Funding can be used to expand enrollment and capacity in popular health care training programs, raise course completion rates and licensure exam pass rates, provide stipends or tuition relief to students entering the state's health care workforce, and encourage practitioners to work in underserved areas.
Albert Simeon Jr., a deputy secretary of the department, said: "Building a stronger health care workforce is essential to improving health care access across the state. The HERO Fund brings educational institutions and health care providers together to create more opportunities for Louisianans to train for high-demand careers." The program is a confirmed announcement from the state government, aimed at easing staffing shortages at health care facilities statewide and keeping talent in Louisiana.
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