There is a critical shortage of racially/ethnically diverse healthcare workers in the Bay Area region, reflecting a statewide disparity. For example, though Hispanics represent nearly 40% of the state’s population, they account for only 9% of active medical licenses. To increase the diversity of our healthcare workforce, we must make healthcare careers more accessible to low income students of color.  They are far more likely to attain healthcare careers with the support of a linked, sequential health pathway system. We helped Gilead Foundation create a significant new initiative to address this important issue.


The HEAL program

Grantees

 

10,000 Degrees
San Rafael, California

3rd Street Youth Center and Clinic
San Francisco, California

Ayudando Latinos a Sonar
Half Moon Bay, California

Dream Youth Clinic Inc.
Oakland, California

East Oakland Youth Development Center
Oakland, California

Enterprise for Youth
San Francisco, California

Health Career Connection Inc.
Oakland, California

Job Train Inc.
Menlo Park, California

Mentoring in Medicine and Science Inc.
Oakland, California

Northern California Institute of Research and Education
San Francisco, California

Roots Community Health Center
Oakland, California

Samuel Merritt University
Oakland, California

San Mateo County Office of Education
Redwood City, California

Sinkler Miller Medical Association Inc.
Oakland, California

SisterWeb
San Francisco, California

Step Into a Job
San Francisco, California

The Andrew Levitt Center for Social Emergency Medicine
Berkeley, California

Umoja Health
Oakland, California

University of California San Francisco, Patient Support Corps
San Francisco, California

University of California San Francisco, School of Nursing
San Francisco, California