Leadership

The San Joaquin Valley Health Consortium was identified as a neutral regional coordinating body with demonstrated experience in administrating similar programs in the health industry and will be responsible for coordination of this regional partnership. As a result, the San Joaquin Valley Health Consortium will serve as the lead organization in developing a regional approach to increase nursing work force diversity, as a means to address the regional nursing shortage and to better serve the multifaceted needs of the communities we serve.

The Health Consortium will be responsible for developing a regranting program to support innovations along the continuum of nursing education. In addition, outreach and education strategies will also be implemented to enable the recruitment and retention of registered nurses. The Nursing Education Capacity Building Grants Program will help the region’s nursing programs to attract, prepare, recruit, enroll, retain, and graduate diverse student bodies.

As the lead organization for this Initiative, the Health Consortium will also manage and convene The California Endowment grantees to facilitate dialogue and ensure all the components of the program, such as scholarships, evaluation, policy and media are working together toward the common goal.