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Continuing Education & Professional Studies
New Opportunities for
Careers in Healthcare For TANF and Home Health Aides Hostos Community College received from the Department of Health and Human Services a Health Profession Opportunity Grant to offer an Allied Health Career Ladder Job Training Program to be located at the Hostos Community College South Bronx Main Campus and at CUNY in the Heights, the satellite campus in Upper Manhattan. The program will begin with training to become a
Certified Nursing Assistant. Enrolled students will be provided with all the necessary services to enable them to complete the training and internship program, pass the examinations and get employment in a Nursing Home. Some students may be chosen to continue their training and become Patient Care Technicians and ultimately enter college to become LPNs.
If you are interested in finding out if you qualify for classes beginning in March 2011, please call 718 518-6656.
This program is for TANF or Home Health Aides looking for career opportunities! Career Pipeline: Step One:
Assessment to determine if you qualify: If you need a GED: Contextualized GED If you need ESL: Contextualized ESL
Step Two:
Elder Care Fundamentals
Step Three:
Certified Nursing Assistant
Step Four:
Internship
Step Five:
Employment
Step Six:
Patient Care Technician
Step Seven:
Employment
Step Eight:
Bridge to College
Step Nine:
College Admission
Step Ten:
LPN
Step Eleven: RN
Please call 718-518-6656 and ask about ALLIED HEALTH CAREER PATHWAYS 718-518-6656
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