| HETC/BHPr Goals | San Bernardino/Imperial County HETC Objectives |
|---|---|
| "Address the persistent and severe unmet health care needs in San Bernardino and Imperial border counties." | CGN will prepare an appropriate number of ancillary support staff to provide culturally competent care in San Bernardino County. CGN will convene an advisory board to address the healthcare needs of minorities within San Bernardino and Imperial Counties. |
| "Improve access to quality health care through appropriate preparation, composition and distribution of the health profession workforce." | CGN will train RNs in San Bernardino County to provide culturally competent primary care. CGN will prepare an appropriate number of health professionals necessary to support primary care, targeting San Bernardino and Imperial Counties. CGN will increase the number of FNP and MSN/FNP graduates and cultural competency program completers practicing in underserved areas. |
| "Improve access to a diverse and culturally competent and sensitive health professions workforce." | CGN will increase the number of minority/ disadvantaged FNP or MSN/FNP nursing graduates and Cultural Competency program completers. The border counties of San Bernardino and Imperial will be targeted. CGN will increase the number of minority/disadvantaged enrollees in the MSN/FNP graduate nursing program (San Bernardino and Imperial Counties) and RN Cultural Competency program (San Bernardino County). |
In addition, CGN's San Bernardino/Imperial HETC project meets the criterion for Special Consideration by implementing BHPr's Kids Into Health Careers program in two large school districts, Colton Joint Unified School District (San Bernardino County) and Pomona Unified School District (east Lost Angeles County).