News

October 19, 2005
President's Community-Based Job Training Grant of nearly $2 Million dollars awarded to expand the capacity of RN programs at Valencia, Seminole and Lake Sumter Community Colleges … more...

June 13-15, 2006
Partners for a Healthy Community presented at Florida’s Summit on Nursing Education

July 15, 2006
Partners for a Healthy Community participated at the Bee Wise Immunize Event held at TD Waterhouse. Approximately 2,000 people attended this community event.

October 23, 2006
WORKFORCE CENTRAL FLORIDA hosted the patient-simulator training workshop for our 3 community college partners.

October 31, 2006
Partners for a Healthy Community presented at WORKFORCE CENTRAL FLORIDA's Workforce Summit.

January 15, 2007
A new hospital workforce survey developed by the Data Collection committee was sent to all hospitals in our 5-county region.

September 26, 2007
Nursing and Allied Health Demand in Central Florida Hospitals: Vacancies, Turnover, and Future Need for Personnel… more...

October 15, 2007
Partners for a Healthy Community was awarded $10,384 from the Florida Center for Nursing for their proposed project “Are You Man Enough to be a Nurse?”

April 7, 2008
Partners for a Healthy Community kicks off the “Are You Man Enough to be a Nurse?” campaign.

November 3, 2008
WCF and the Orlando Science Center were awarded $9,001 from the Florida Center for Nursing for their proposed project “Sparking Youth Interest in Healthcare Careers: SimMan Exhibit and Outreach Program”.

March 16, 2009
WCF awards four $2,000 grants to the following high school healthcare academies: East Ridge in Lake County; Cypress Creek in Orange County; Seminole in Seminole County and South Sumter in Sumter County.

April 4, 2009
WCF sponsors “M.N. II: This Time It’s Personnel” at the Orlando Science Center which featured the new SimMan exhibit and the opportunity for visitors to learn more about healthcare careers from our post-secondary educational partners.

April 15, 2009
WCF presented at Valencia’s Health Sciences Banner Summit: “Thinking Outside the Box to Recruit Youth and 2nd Career Adults to Careers in Healthcare”.

April 23, 2009
WCF and Partners for a Healthy Community received an Image award for the “Are You Man Enough to be a Nurse” media campaign from the Central Florida chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association.

June 23, 2009
Partners for a Healthy Community publishes the 2008 Allied Health Demand in Central Florida Hospitals: Vacancies, Turnover and Future Need for Personnel.

July 27-31, 2009
WCF sponsored the Medical Exploration Camp at the Orlando Science Center where young adults in grades 7-9 had the opportunity to learn about healthcare careers and interact with SimMan, a patient simulator. In addition, WCF also sponsored five teenagers from Frontline Outreach to attend the camp.