Health Care Personnel Shortage Task Force Meeting

Meeting of the Health Care Personnel Shortage Task Force Highline Community College, Building 8, Mount Constance Room 2400 S. 240th St. Des Moines, WA 98057 Wednesday ® June 24, 2009 -1:pm to 4:30 pm
Agenda
1:00	Welcome Review Agenda Refer to 2008 Update	Michele Johnson, Chair
1:05	Welcome Back Center Presentation Center staff will present a new program that helps immigrants who have health care training in their own country to transition to health care fields in Washington followed by short tour of the Center in adjacent building.	Kris Mason, Center Director Alice Madsen, Center Staff member Jeff Wagnitz, Center Staff member
1:30	Staff Overview: Legislative Session Implementation of State Plan Tracking Tool	Madeleine Thompson, Workforce Board and staff to the Task Force
1:40	Apprenticeships in Health Care	Beth Thew, Workforce Board member Liz Smith, Labor and Industries - Power Point Presentation Karen Foreman, Multicare
2:00	Task Force Member Discussion Effects of budget cuts Plans to use American Reinvestment Act Funds to forward Health Care Personnel Shortage Task Force goals	Task Force Members
2:50	Break	All
3:00	Public Input	All
3:20	Task Force Member Updates	Task Force members
4:00	Staff Announcements	Staff
4:10	Next steps and meeting agenda items	Madeleine Thompson, Workforce Board
4:30 pm	Meeting Adjourns
Please Note: Times above are estimates only. The Task Force reserves the right to alter the order of the agenda. For information regarding the meeting, or for people needing special accommodations, please contact Barbara Mix at the Workforce Board office at (360) 586-3322. An emergency contact number, during the meeting, is (360) 451-6727.