Bluegrass Community & Technical College

Award Purpose Kentucky, Like Other States, Has Had a Pressing Need for Healthcare Workers for Over Two Decades But Is Unlikely to Meet Demand Without Radical Interventions in Its Educational Systems and Their Relationship to the Healthcare Industry. to Address This Need, Consortium Members Will Jointly Address Equity Gaps for Low-income and Under-represented Minority (URM) Students in the Educational Pipeline for Healthcare Careers. Identified Equity Gaps to Be Addressed Include Lower Gpa of Urm Students Compared to Non-urm, Lower Access of Urm Students to Healthcare Credential Programs, and Lower Retention and Graduation Rates of Urm Students in Healthcare Programs. Related Equity Gaps Include Very Low Representation of Low-income and Urm Students in Dual Credit Programs That Could Better Prepare Them for College Level Work. Activities Performed at the End of the Grant, Partners Will Have the Capacity to Sustain an Accelerated Pathway to the Aas Degree in Healthcare Programs via Completion of Prerequisites in Dual Credit Coursework by Low-income and Urm High School Students; There Will Be an Intentional and Supportive Recruitment, Tutoring and Coaching Program to Support Low-income and Urm Students Into Healthcare Programs on BCTC Campuses and a Better Informed and Supported Population of High School Students Who Understand the Academic Requirements and Effort to Succeed in Healthcare Pathways. Incumbent Workers Will Learn About Careers in Healthcare and Opportunities to Advance Their Careers via Workforce Training or Academic Credentials. Deliverables "capacity-building Outcome # 1: Consortium Will Recruit, Enroll and Retain More Low Income/urm Individuals Into Healthcare Programs. Capacity-building Outcome # 2: Consortium Will Promote Workforce Training and Upskilling to Healthcare Sector Employers to Help 'grow' Their Own Workforce Through Workforce Credentialing. Capacity-building Outcome # 3: Consortium Will Increase the Number of Sacscoc Qualified Instructors Who Can Teach Anatomy and Physiology Equity Outcome #1: Urm/low-income Students Will Increase Participation in Dual Credit Healthcare-related Courses in Three Counties Equity Outcome #2: Low-income/urm Students Will Participate in a Series of Interventions to Improve Learning Outcomes in Gateway Healthcare Courses Such as Bio 137 Anatomy & Physiology" Intended Beneficiary Low-income and Under-represented Minority Individuals Subrecipient Activities the University of Kentucky's Center for Interprofessional and Community Health Education Ahec Will Take on Board the Summer Enrichment of 8TH to 12 Grade Low-income/urm Students From the Project Region to Prepare for Enrollment in Dual Credit Courses Leading to Fulfillment of Prerequisites for Healthcare Credentials at BCTC. in Year 1, BCTC Staff Will Shadow Ahec to Learn How to Mount a Successful Bridge Camp; in Years 2 to 4, BCTC Will Host the Camp With Technical Support From Ahec. Subrecipient Uk Healthcare Will Take on Board the Supply of Qualified Instructors to Teach Prerequisite Courses Related to Healthcare Careers in Three Counties in the Project Region That Will Enroll Low-income/urm Students and Prepare Them for Healthcare Credentials at BCTC.