File #: 23-3409    Version: 1 Name: EMT Apprenticeship Program
Type: Grant Award Status: Approved
File created: 6/8/2023 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 6/29/2023 Final action: 6/29/2023
Title: PROPOSED GRANT AWARD Department: Cook County Health (CCH) Grantee: Cook County Health Grantor: U.S. Department of Labor Request: Authorization to accept grant. Purpose: Emergency Medical Technician Apprenticeship Program Grant Amount: $315,000.00 Grant Period: 4/1/2023 - 3/31/2025 Fiscal Impact: None Accounts: N/A. Concurrences: The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any Summary: This grant will help CCH to expand and build upon an existing workforce training program to include an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Apprenticeship to serve Cook County youth ages 18-24. The CCH EMT Apprenticeship Program will include a behavioral health component that will upskill Apprentices to obtain a certificate in Crisis Intervention and Psychological First Aid in addition to the EMT-Basic licensure (EMTB).
Indexes: (Inactive) ISRAEL ROCHA JR., Chief Executive Officer, Cook County Health & Hospitals System

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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD

 

Department:  Cook County Health (CCH)

 

Grantee:  Cook County Health 

 

Grantor:  U.S. Department of Labor

 

Request: Authorization to accept grant.

 

Purpose:  Emergency Medical Technician Apprenticeship Program 

 

Grant Amount:  $315,000.00 

 

Grant Period:  4/1/2023 - 3/31/2025

 

Fiscal Impact:  None 

 

Accounts: N/A.

 

Concurrences:

The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any

 

Summary:  This grant will help CCH to expand and build upon an existing workforce training program to include an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Apprenticeship to serve Cook County youth ages 18-24. The CCH EMT Apprenticeship Program will include a behavioral health component that will upskill Apprentices to obtain a certificate in Crisis Intervention and Psychological First Aid in addition to the EMT-Basic licensure (EMTB).

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