Hispanic Network Magazine, Winter 2010

GREEN ENERGY
Energ
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Training P
MED Acquires
artnership Grants
Six New Health Care Facilities
The Recover
In Orange,
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ltaMed Health Services, Califor- In honor of celebrating 40 years of AltaMed conducts over 650,000 patient
omen to Clean Energ
nia’s largest non-profit communi- expanding access to care, on May
y Jobs
1, visits on an annual basis through its 43
ty health clinic network, 2009, AltaMed hosted a National Health sites, including stand-alone health care
announced in May the acquisition of six Reform Policy Forum and Anniversary clinics, mobile health units, housing
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n new January health 6, 2010 care the facilities, Department five inannounced Gala at apprthe Beverly oximate-Hilton former Hotel in auto Bev-workers, development and/or health disadvantaged sites, pediatric/ado-adults,
ly Orange $100 County million and in one grants in Los for Angelesjob training erly in Hills, clean California. energy including The Nationalwomen lescent and minorities. sites, senior, The and social training servicewill
industries, County. The as authorized acquisition coincided by the American with Health Recovery Reform and Policy Re- Forum combine was support, an sites. placement AltaMed and provides retention quality services healthto
investment AltaMed’Act s 40
th
of anniversary 2009 (Recovery and bringsAct). These exciting grants convening will help of policyenable , legislativethese workers care and to obtain human or services retain in employment historically
promote to 43 the economic number rof ecovery health by care supporting facili- and the community training needs leaders focused as gas, on waterone, or electrical under-served, utility low-income, workers. UWUAand multi- will
of workers ties it operates, and employers including 21 in clinic high sitesgrowth of and our country’emerging s greatest in- domestic also develop policy and ethnic register communities pre-apprenticeship of Los Angeles and andap-
dustries and 1and 1 senior assist care individuals service centers.impacted by challenges the recession and a key by reform prenticeship issue fore-programs Orange for Counties. the utility “It industry is our hope in Cali-and
providing “Forty years training ago and we opened placement the doorsinto employment, most on President including Obama’fornia, Massachusetts, and New Jerseys agenda. The our mission to serve and . respond to the
the of transition the East of LAauto Barrio and Free autoClinic ‐related to workers Policy to Forum jobs featured in the California The Gover-Broward County needs of Minority these culturally Builders diverse Coalitionfami-
green enermeet a critical, gy sectorunmet . need in the com- nor Arnold Schwarzeneggerwas , Los awarAnge-ded $3,280,656lies by for proits vidpartnership ing exceptionto al prhovide ealth
Built munityon ,” strategic said Cástulo partnerships, de la Rocha,the Energy les Training Mayor PartnerAntonio - Villaraigosa training for andemployment programs.” in the said solar Mrphotovoltaic . de la Rocha.and
ship President Grants demonstrate and CEO of just Los one Angeles-way that Congressman the Recovery Xavier Act Becerra, weatherization among industries. Under his This leadership, partnership Mr. de will la Rochaserve
is at based work linking AltaMed women Health to clean Services.energy jobs. others. Sample The evening invest- ball Brwas owarpackedd County, Florida has taken and AltaMed includes from veterans, two employeeswom-
ments include:“These acquisitions build on that com- with over 500 guests, and en and minorities as highlighted participants. featured live to the largest fully-accredited Federally
The mitment Utility begun Workers forty Union years ago of America and musical (UWUA)entertainment., a mem- The International Qualified Transportation Health Center Learning (FQHC) Centerin ,
ber position of the AFL-CIO, AltaMed well was awarto meet ded future$4,993,922 to Founded implement in 1969 the as a the partnership storefront of transit California authorities with over and 1,600 unions employees.in New
“Grcommunity een Skills = demand.”Green Jobs” project to provide East safetyLos , Angeles technical Barrio JerseyFree , Clinic,New York, HNMOhio, and Utah, was awarded $5
and green skills training to 672 displaced workers , including million to support the nationwide Transit Green Jobs
Training Partnership, which will train 3,640 workers,
including women and minorities, for careers in pub-
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them
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energy efficient technology. The project will develop
and for you.
joint labor-management partnerships, and support an
emerging national transit training system that includes
standards, apprenticeships and certifications to assist
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