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New HAN Impact Workforce Commitment Signatory!

James Lifton · May 14, 2025 ·

University of Vermont Health Network (UVMHN) is the most recent signatory to the HAN Impact Workforce Commitment (IWC). The health system has had broad success building outside-in and inside-up professional development pipelines and educational partnerships to grow local talent that includes current and future employees amid a workforce shortage. UVMHN is committing to hire employees from economically disadvantaged areas who connect to […]

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HAN’s Impact Workforce Commitment

bpham · Jun 1, 2023 ·

Seventeen Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) health system members signed the “Impact Workforce Commitment” (IWC) to build healthy and equitable local economies through their hiring and workforce development programs and policies. The commitment includes aligning hiring and workforce power with clinical and community efforts to provide opportunities for individuals from underresourced communities who may face barriers to employment.  The health systems adopting […]

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Health systems pledge to make 10% of new hires from disadvantaged communities

bpham · Jun 1, 2023 ·

Seventeen health systems, including Cleveland Clinic and Advocate Health, have pledged a commitment to make 10% of all new hires “impact hires” – meaning employees hired from economically disadvantaged areas. The “Impact Workforce Commitment,” designed in partnership with a leadership group of Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) member health systems and the National Fund for Workforce […]

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17 health systems commit to hiring, promoting more low-income workers by 2027

bpham · Jun 1, 2023 ·

Seventeen health systems including big names like CommonSpirit Health and Providence have signed onto a pledge that at least 10% of their new hires will hail from “economically disadvantaged areas” by 2027, according to a release from social determinants of health leadership organization the Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN).

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17 health systems pledge to make at least 10% of new hires from disadvantaged areas

bpham · Jun 1, 2023 ·

Seventeen health systems have signed a commitment to help boost hiring and training of lower-income individuals. The organizations signed the “Impact Workforce Commitment,” designed in partnership with a leadership group of Healthcare Anchor Network member health systems and the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, according to a May 9 news release from HAN.

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Dartmouth Health pledges to hire employees from economically disadvantaged areas

bpham · Jun 1, 2023 ·

One of the largest hospital networks in northern New England, Dartmouth Health, joined 16 other health networks across the country in a new workforce commitment. The network has pledged to hire 10% of new employees from economically disadvantaged areas.

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UCSF Commits to Local Hiring Goal to Foster Economic Opportunity

bpham · Jun 1, 2023 ·

UC San Francisco has committed to hiring 10% of new employees from economically distressed communities by the end of 2027, as part of its continued commitment to creating greater economic opportunity for the local community. The commitment is part of UCSF’s work with the Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) and the National Fund for Workforce Solutions. HAN announced May […]

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Intermountain Health and University of Utah Health sign “Impact Workforce Commitment” to help build economic opportunity in local communities 

bpham · Jun 1, 2023 ·

Developing strong community partnerships is critical to building a more dynamic and resilient workforce that better represents local and rural communities. As part of the Impact Workforce Commitment with HAN, Intermountain Health and University of Utah Health have recently partnered with the Utah Office of Refugee Services and other community-based organizations to develop pathway programs […]

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Impact Workforce Commitment (IWC)

bpham · May 10, 2023 ·

Eighteen health systems across the country, some of the largest employers in their areas, have signed the “Impact Workforce Commitment” (IWC) to build healthy and strong local economies through their hiring and workforce development programs and policies. The commitment, designed in partnership with a leadership group of Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) member health systems and […]

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