Programs & Initiatives Update
IHA Healthcare Educational Pipeline Consortium
IHA is supporting two new pilot sites in our region through a grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation to facilitate a Healthcare Educational Pipeline Consortium program. The funding will also help support the existing Oswego Early College in the High School Program.
This program works to build the workforce pipeline for healthcare providers in upstate New York by introducing local students to the industry as early as possible.
The two pilots include Cayuga Medical Center, who will partner with Tompkins Community College and Groton Central School District in Tompkins County and Adirondack Health, who will partner with North Country Community College and the Franklin-Essex- Hamilton BOCES in Franklin County.
IHA is helping facilitate the development of these pilots by connecting hospitals, high schools and community colleges to create programs modeled after the highly successful Early College in the High School program currently run by Oswego Health in partnership with Fulton City Schools and Cayuga Community College. Through this program high school students will earn college credits at no cost, while completing a variety of shadowing and internship experiences in their local hospital. By the time students graduate, they are already well on their way to a successful career in healthcare and have an existing relationship with an IHA member hospital.
IHA has also been invited to submit an application to continue funding pilot programs for 2026.
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