GRANTEE:  South Plains Regional Workforce Development Board

ADDRESS:    1301 Broadway, Suite 201

                        Lubbock, Texas   79401

AMOUNT:     $2,930,388

DURATION:  24 months

POPULATION SERVED:  Unemployed adults, previously certified nursing assistants (CNAs) and licensed vocational nurses (LVNs) who wish to advance to a registered nurse (RN) degree.  Special efforts will be made to target women, minorities, persons with disabilities and other under-represented groups.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION:  This project intends to develop an interest in nursing, as well as a clear career ladder for obtaining skills where students may enter a variety of skill levels to either improve current credentials and earning power or to enter nursing as a brand new field.  The local partnership’s goal is to re-kindle interest in nursing education as a profession in order to ensure an adequate nursing workforce ten years from now.

KEY PARTICIPANTS:  South Plains Regional Workforce Development

 Board, TexasTech University Health Science Center and the four nursing schools in the

 area:  South Plains College, Lubbock, Lubbock Christian University, Covenant Hospital

 and Texas Tech.

MEDIA CONTACT:  Mary Ann Rojas

                                      806-744-1987