This event will be of interest to anyone concerned about the critical
shortage of healthcare employees in the County including:

• Physical, behavioral, and oral health care providers 

• Education and training organizations

• Community-based, non-profit agencies

• Workforce and economic development groups

• Interested community members

The program will include:

• Employer-Sponsored Housing Programs:  This panel will engage the audience in a discussion of various strategies that healthcare and other organizations are using to address the high cost of housing, consistently reported as one of the most significant barriers to recruiting and retaining employees in the local area/region.   Panelists include:

  • Coastal Housing Partnership:  Jonathan Peterson, CEO

  • Cal Poly Partners: Cody Van Dorn, CEO

  • People's Self Help Housing: Kenneth Trigueiro, CEO

• Recruitment & Retention Challenges for Physicians and Behavioral Health Providers:  Learn about the results of the Partnership's recent national, state, and local studies on the unique challenges and solutions for recruiting and retaining primary care and behavioral health providers in the local region.  

• Partnership's Business Plan 2027 to 2031:  The Partnership will share highlights of the main focus areas for collective action to address healthcare workforce challenges over the next 2 to 5 years. 

• Summer Healthcare Internship Alumni Success Story:  Hear from our recent alumni about the professional and personal impact of last summer's healthcare internship program and the plans for 2027.