HAN member Maimonides Medical Center is a co-founder and member of Brooklyn Communities Collaborative (BCC), a nonprofit that convenes community and institutional partners to strengthen health, wealth, and leadership in Brooklyn communities. BCC just launched its second workforce training pilot program for previously incarcerated individuals for full-time employment in healthcare.
From the New York Nonprofit Media article:
“We know that people who are formerly incarcerated individuals really struggle with access to employment after falling into incarceration and that’s one of the main drivers of high re-incarceration rates,” said Shari Suchoff, executive director of Brooklyn Communities Collaborative, which is dedicated to creating housing and health equity. “We felt that this was a good way to still meet both of those needs, getting unionized jobs for these individuals, while at the same time filling urgent health care workforce needs.”