Alameda County Healthcare Initiative

The Alameda County Healthcare Initiative will offer a comprehensive array of training and support services to low-income, at-risk youth ages 18-24 to prepare them for jobs as medical and dental assistants.

Specifically, the program will offer job readiness training, a tailored customer service curriculum, educational skills support, career try-out internships at health care sites, classroom medical assistant and dental assistant training offered through community colleges, and medical and dental assistant internships at community clinics and larger health care institutions.

In addition, participants will receive intensive support services, case management, and job retention assistance. Sixty-six youth will begin the program and receive job readiness training, 50 youth will receive training as medical assistants and dental assistants, and 35 youth will be placed in unsubsidized permanent employment as medical or dental assistants.