Hospital Employee Education and Training (HEET) Grant
The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) invites Washington state community and technical colleges to apply for the Hospital Employee Education and Training (HEET) funding. Colleges must develop proposals in collaboration with at least one healthcare employer and one labor partner to receive funding.
The purpose of the HEET Grant is to:
- Enhance access to college education for hospital workers.
- Lead to increased capacity of the college system in nursing and other high demand health care fields.
- Bring greater diversity to the health care workforce.
- Build a stronger labor/management, healthcare industry and college partnerships to leverage public and private investment.
Grant funds may be used for:
- Curriculum development or modification.
- Equipment needed to train incumbent workers.
- Creating systems to grant credit for prior learning.
- Sustaining labor, management and college partnerships.
- Support for students, program recruitment and retention.
- Symposium to share/learn best practices in teaching methodologies and curricula evaluation.
Contact
Carolyn McKinnon
Policy Associate, Workforce Education
cmckinnon@sbctc.edu
360-704-3903
2021-2022
Important dates
Milestones | Key Dates |
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Application available | February 25, 2021 |
Application deadline | April 8, 2021 |
Funds available/grant start | July 1, 2021 |
Mid-year project evaluation due | Jan. 25, 2022 |
Final project evaluation due | July 19, 2022 |
Grant Resources and Guidelines
2020-2021
HEET Special Projects
In January 2021, SBCTC is making approximately $423,400 in HEET funding for special projects. SBCTC invites colleges to submit concept papers and budgets for special projects that address one or more of the following priorities:
- LPN to BSN pathway development
- Training for faculty on the use of simulation hardware/software used in nursing or closely-related allied health programs
- Procurement and installation of simulation equipment and/or related software applications that are necessary in order to maintain or increase instructional capacity in nursing or closely-related allied health programs
- Curriculum development addressing caregiver mental health and self-care for nursing programs, including the development of tools that support the incorporation of such curriculum into currently-approved nursing programs
- Increasing diversity of nursing students and faculty, through both recruitment and retention practices
- Expansion of clinical placements for nursing students
- Training completion aid (TCA) to current nursing students at high risk of non-completion.
Concept papers and budget worksheets are due to SBCTC no later than 4pm on Friday, January 29, 2021. Submission of a concept paper does not guarantee the award of funds. Proposals should be submitted by email to Carolyn McKinnon and Cc'd to Kim Wheeler.
HEET Special Project Important Dates
Milestones | Key Dates |
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Concept paper invitation issued | January 8, 2021 |
Concept paper & budget worksheet deadline | January 29, 2021 |
Funds available/grant start | As early as possibly February 2021 |
Final project completion/capital outlays deliveries due | June 30, 2021 |
Final project report and capital outlays inventory sheet due to SBCTC | July 16, 2021 |
Grant Resources and Guidelines
Regular HEET Grant Important dates
Milestones | Key Dates |
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Application available | February 27, 2020 |
Application deadline | April 23, 2020 |
Funds available/grant start | July 1, 2020 |
Mid-year status report due | January 21, 2021 |
Final project evaluation due | July 16, 2021 |
Grant Resources and Guidelines
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