HealthForce Minnesota

Grants opportunities: Funded projects & outcomes

2010
Actualization Team Project Descriptions
Approved Requests for FY 2010 Funding

Category: K-12 Vision for Youth
Project 10 K12-02	Southeast Services Cooperative
Project 10 K12-07	Achieve! Minneapolis (Roosevelt High School)

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Category: Diversity
Project 10 DIV-01	Workforce Development Inc.

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Category: New Curricula or Programs
Project 10 NCP-03	Lake Superior College
Project 10 NCP-01	Winona State University – Department of Nursing
Project 10 NCP-02	Rochester Community and Technical College
Project 10 NCP-06	Pine Technical College

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Category: Continuing Education – Custom Training
Project 10 CED-03	Ridgewater College

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K-12 Vision for Youth

Project:	10 K12-02
Title:	Mobile Science Lab Program
Description:	Southeast Services Cooperative, Mayo Clinic and Rochester Area Math Science Partnership This project is a proposed expansion of the Mobile Science Lab Program to complement and support the Mayo Clinic Educator Academics and to meet a documented need in Southeast Services Cooperative member school districts. The intent is to fund the development and deployment of a second Mobile Science Lab for high school science teachers.
Funding:	$50,000.00
Team Leader(s):	Southeast Services Cooperative

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Project:	10 K12-07
Title:	High School Health Careers
Description:	Achieve! Minneapolis (Roosevelt High School), Minneapolis Public Schools, Minneapolis Community & Technical College The goal is to increase the number of Roosevelt High School students certified as nursing assistants in order to meet requirements for students entering nursing programs and improve the ability of students in post-secondary environments to improve their financial independence.
Funding:	$17,500.00
Team Leader(s):	Achieve! Minneapolis (Roosevelt High School)

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Diversity

Project:	10 DIV-01
Title:	Working to Assure a Skilled & Diverse Healthcare Workforce
Description:	Workforce Development Inc. Its goal is to increase retention of diverse, entry-level healthcare workers. The project is patterned after the successful mentoring project between Northland College and the White Earth Reservation. Funding also will be used to refine Workforce Development’s existing Academy model.
Funding:	$52,253.00
Team Leader(s):	Workforce Development Inc.

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New Curricula or Programs

Project:	10 NCP-03
Title:	Physical Therapist Assistant Degree Pathway for Military-Trained Personnel (Bridge Program)
Description:	Lake Superior College, AM Physical Therapy Association Lake Superior College intends to develop a pathway for those military-trained personnel to attain an AAS degree in physical therapy.
Funding:	$48,494.00
Team Leader(s):	Lake Superior College

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Project:	10 NCP-01
Title:	Building A New Curriculum, STAT! (Simulation Throughout All Terms)
Description:	Winona State University – Department of Nursing, Winona State University--Department of Health Exercise & Rehabilitation Services and Winona Health Winona State University (WSU) is developing a new curriculum, STAT. The program is designed to integrate simulation experiences with the METI man adult simulator for WSU nursing students and Winona Health (WH) nurses on the Winona campus. Additionally, this team will collaborate with its partners to create a plan to make simulation experiences possible for them.
Funding:	$52,230.00
Team Leader(s):	Winona State University – Department of Nursing

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Project:	10 NCP-02
Title:	An Innovative Model Advancing Baccalaureate Nursing Education in Minnesota
Description:	Rochester Community and Technical College, Winona State University The overall goal of the proposed project is to meet identified workforce needs by increasing baccalaureate prepared nurses by supporting a new model for the associate degree nursing program. This project will develop curriculum framework based on the Oregon Consortium of Nursing Education (OCNE) model. The intent of the project is to create a dual-admission nursing program between Rochester Community and Technical College and Winona State University.
Funding:	$25,000.00
Team Leader(s):	Rochester Community and Technical College, Winona State University

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Project:	10 NCP-06
Title:	SOP – Standardizing Orientation Processes
Description:	East Central Healthcare Alliance - Pine Technical College: various K-12 and higher education institutions, healthcare providers and workforce center system Both students and clinical sites are over-burdened with the process of duplicating clinical site orientations. Standardizing orientation among providers will significantly decrease duplicative orientation hours and increase the hours students spend on mastering valuable nursing skills at the bedside.
Funding:	$25,000.00
Team Leader(s):	Pine Technical College

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Continuing Education – Custom Training

Project:	10 CED-03
Title:	Mobile SimLab L1 Training Program
Description:	Ridgewater College, several colleges Ridgewater College plans to research, develop and implement a state of the art labor and delivery simulation training program.
Funding:	$50,000.00
Team Leader(s):	Ridgewater College

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