The third round of grantees to receive the HOWTO Grant began in November 2020.
Advantage Dental
Redmond, OR
HOWTO Program Summary
This project establishes an internal Dental Assistance Training Program to address statewide shortages while increasing the diversity of this workforce. This program will train dental assistants for dual roles as patient navigators, through Traditional Health Worker education.
Clackamas Community College (CCC)
Oregon City, OR
HOWTO Program Summary
This project develops a new dental program to offer alongside existing Career and Technical Education Day camps for high school students at Clackamas Community College. This camp will contribute to increasing the diversity of Oregon’s oral health care workforce by offering oral health care program scholarships for camp students to attend college.
East Cascade Works
Bend, OR
HOWTO Program Summary
This project establishes the Central Oregon Behavioral Health Consortium, a collaborative of local agencies that will increase access to behavioral health care by providing training that is centralized, coordinated, and systemic workforce development and retention. These addresses behavioral health workforce shortages in central Oregon.
Grain Integrative Health
Portland, OR
HOWTO Program Summary
This project establishes a naturopathic primary care residency program in Cascade Locks that includes an immersive diversity, equity, and inclusion training curriculum and provides experiential learning to Career and Technical Education high school students. This program addresses health disparities and diversity, equity, and inclusion in rural healthcare.
Lutheran Community Services Northwest
Portland, OR
HOWTO Program Summary
This project expands behavioral health training pathways for refugees by supporting entry-level trainings to be certified as a Peer Support Specialistsupporting education and career training for refugees currently working in behavioral health and residencies for newly graduated clinicians focused on working with refugees.
Northwest Oregon Works
Lincoln City, OR
HOWTO Program Summary
This project establishes a Behavioral Health Work-Based Learning Career Pathway that includes three levels. These levels range from Peer Recovery Support Specialist or Community Health Worker to master’s prepared Behavioral Health Clinicians. This project will address the coastal region’s workforce shortage and prioritize recruitment from the Latinx community.
Oregon Alliance
Portland, OR
HOWTO Program Summary
This project develops and provides two training series for behavioral health providers, intended to improve retention of the workforce and address the root cause of ongoing underrepresentation of racial and ethnic minorities among the workforce. These trainings will be offered statewide.
Pacific University
Hillsboro, OR
HOWTO Program Summary
This project establishes two new programs, a certificate program and a Physician Assistant Behavioral Health Fellowship program. These will be innovative team-based training opportunities. These programs focus on increasing the knowledge and skills of diverse health care providers to work effectively with patients dealing with behavioral health and substance use disorders.
St. Charles Health System
Bend, OR
HOWTO Program Summary
This project establishes a new Family Medicine Rural Training Track program in central Oregon in partnership with Oregon Health & Science University. This program will include an experience in a culturally congruent Indian Health Service/Tribal site and prioritize Native American medical students.