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Carreras en Salud: A Chicago Bilingual Healthcare Partnership

Carreras en Salud is a collaborative career pathways program established to bridge limited English-proficient individuals into Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) positions. The partnership between Instituto, Association House of Chicago, Humboldt Park Vocational Education Center (HPVEC) of Wilbur Wright College and the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) is a demonstration of the impact that community-based organizations, local colleges, policy advocates, and expert researches can have on local initiatives.

Carreras en Salud offers students seven levels at which they can enroll. Students enter and advance according to their capacity and test scores and each level is designed to be completed in 16 weeks:

Instituto administers three lower levels and is responsible for job placement and other support
Association House provides intensive case management during the pre-LPN classes
HPVEC administers the pre-LPN levels transitioning students to the LPN level at Wright College.

Since its implementation in early 2005, over 700 students have enrolled in Carreras en Salud – 85 bilingual and bicultural mostly Latina students completed the program and attained their LPN. Graduates have doubled their salaries, earning on average $40,000 per year.

In October of 2007, the National Council for Continued Education and Training recognized Carreras en Salud with the prestigious 2007 National Exemplary Program in Workforce Development Award. This honor made Instituto and its partners the first-ever awardees by the NCCET in Chicago.

For more information on Carreras en Salud, email us at idpl.carreras@idpl.org or call us at (773) 890-0055.

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