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Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) Program Annual Grantee Meeting

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Tuesday, July 23, 2019

9:45 am – 10:45 am

Mental Health First Aid Overview

Debra M. Caputo, President, Health & Safety Connection (Handout 1, Handout 2)
Craig C. Gebers, Project Director, Zepf Center

Career Readiness and Advancement

Mariko Selle, AHEC Director, Cook Inlet Tribal Council
Aaron J. Griles, Employment Specialist, Hostos Community College
Sara Chaganti, Senior Research Associate, Brandeis University and Nordia E. Savage, Program Director, The Workplace (Presentation, Handout 1, Handout 2, Handout 3)

Innovations in Healthcare Training

Beth Ann Batturs-Martin, Assistant Dean, Nursing and EMT, Anne Arundel Community College
Reina R. Contreras, Program Manager, Pima County Community College District
David S. Barry, Simulation Specialist, Florence Darlington Technical College

11:00 am – Noon

Learn, Innovate, Improve—Applying the Science of Self-Regulation and Goal Pursuit to Improve Employment Outcomes for HPOG Participants

Michelle Derr, Senior Researcher, Mathematica Policy Research

1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

Innovations in HPOG: Grantee Presentations

TANF Medical Front Office Cohort-Strategic Planning and Best Practices
Esther Metcalf, Director, Alamo Community College District

HPOG Buffalo: A Different Approach to Marketing
Mark G. Cosgrove, Project Director, Buffalo and Erie County Workforce Development Consortium, Inc.

Basic Skills and Work Readiness Bootcamp
Virginia Sampietro, Senior Director of Employment Development, Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board, Inc. and Rachael A. Martel, Regional Health Careers Navigator, Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board, Inc. (Handout 1)

Just In Time Training
Stephenie Wells, HPOG Manager, Missouri Department of Social Services

The Final Frontier: Innovation in Health Career Pathways at San Jacinto College
Lydia Chavez-Garcia, Program Director, San Jacinto Community College District and Abijah Kratochvil, Director, Education & Lifelong Learning, San Jacinto Community College District

Career Coaches Value the Community-Based Academic Navigator; Excitement Builds Around the Entire Network!
Stacey Triplett, Community Programs Manager, Health Careers NW, Worksystems, Inc.

Implementing Bridges Out of Poverty: Getting Ahead in a Just Getting by World
Craig C. Gebers, Project Director, Zepf Center and Patrece L. Tolbert, Program Manager, Zepf Center

3:00 pm – 4:15 pm

Tribal Grantee Breakout

Michael Meit, Project Director, Tribal HPOG 2.0 Evaluation and Co-Director of NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis

Employer Engagement at Different Levels

Debbi Perkul, Executive Director, Workforce Partners, MAGNET: The Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network
John J. Bogdajewicz, HITE/HPOG Coordinator, SLATE American Job Center, Missouri Department of Social Services
Edith Bolaños, Program Director, Montefiore Medical Center and Damaris Stevenson, Field Manager, Montefiore Medical Center (Handout 1)
LaSonya Bishop, Director of Workforce Programs, Volunteers of America Texas

Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) Evaluation Updates (Handout 1)

Robin Koralek, Senior Associate, Abt Associates
Andrew Clarkwest, Senior Associate, Abt Associates
Nathan Sick, Research Associate, The Urban Institute
Katherine Vastine, WATCH Project Manager/CARES Leadership Coordinator, Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

8:30 am – 9:15 am

Plenary: Building HPOG Connections

Kim Stupica-Dobbs, HPOG Program Manager, Office of Family Assistance, Administration for Children and Families

9:15 am – 10:30 am

Self-Care for Program Staff

Stacy Daughn, Licensed Psychologist, Wellness Psychological Services (Handout 1, Handout 2)

10:45 am – Noon

Fostering Participant Resilience

Stacy Daughn, Licensed Psychologist, Wellness Psychological Services (Handout 1)

Promising Practices in Rural Communities

Shae Cheatham, PHOCAS 2.0 Project Director, Workforce Development Board SDA-83, Inc.
Mary Del Savio, Program Director, Fulton Montgomery Community College and JoAnn Evans, Director of Healthcare Initiatives, SUNY Adirondack
Elizabeth A. Bouldin-Clopton, GoodCare Senior Program Manager and Program Director, Goodwill Industries of the Valleys and Jennifer Hodges, GoodCare Regional Coordinator, Goodwill Industries of the Valleys (Handout 1)

HPOG Updates

Bridget Shea Westfall, Supervisory Grants Management Specialist, Office of Grants Management, Administration for Children and Families and Trang Le, Grants Management Specialist, Office of Grants Management, Administration for Children and Families

1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

Peer Mentoring and Other Retention Strategies

Moderator: Kailiah Thomas
Discussion Notes

Planning for Year 5

Moderator: Kim Stupica-Dobbs
Discussion Notes

Exploring Incumbent Worker Training

Moderator: Dvora Wilenksy
Discussion Notes

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Building Social Capital

Carol Mizoguchi, Family Assistance Program Specialist, Office of Family Assistance, Administration for Children and Families
Qaadirah Abdur-Rahim, Chief Executive Officer, Future Foundation
Katherine Vastine, WATCH Project Manager/CARES Leadership Coordinator, Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit