A national nonprofit workforce development organization that trains new staff to work at skilled nursing facilities has expanded its reach into four new states and now has its eye on serving 100,000 new Scholars by 2030.
Maryland-based Dwyer Workforce Development has grown its footprint into Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware and Kansas already this year and is looking to expand into at least two other states by the end of 2025. The organization also offers services in Texas, Florida and Maryland.
Its mission is twofold, said Dwyer Workforce Development CEO Barb Clapp. It assists individuals from low-income households and underserved communities get training to pursue careers in healthcare, and also generally helps address the severe nursing shortage that is impacting skilled nursing and other healthcare facilities.
“Our goal is to change peoples’ lives,” Clapp told McKnight’s Long-Term Care News Friday. “It’s also certainly to help with the healthcare staffing crisis, which is catastrophic.”