Why Registered Apprenticeship? How It CAN Help Build Your LTC Workforce.

During this AHCA/NCAL 2025 Long Term Care (LTC) Workforce Webinar Series, Erin Hart, Ohio Healthcare Association, and Robert Vande Merwe, Idaho Healthcare Association will share information about their Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs) and why they elected to become a program sponsor to support their employer members. Attendees will learn the best practices and lessons learned as Idaho implemented their Certified Nursing Assistant program and as Ohio developed their Licensed Nursing Home Administrator program. Michelle Day, Equus Workforce Solutions, will share information about resources and technical assistance to help you get your program approved.  Hope to see you at this important event that can help build your LTC workforce! 

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the benefits of developing a Registered Apprenticeship Program.
• Select best practice considerations for developing a new apprenticeship program.
• Identify common situations that occur during implementation of an apprenticeship program.
• Articulate the importance of intermediary and workforce system support.

Speakers:

• Michelle Day, National Workforce Solutions Director, Equus Workforce Solutions
• Robert Vande Merwe, MBA – Executive Director, Idaho Health Care Association
• Erin Hart – Strategy Director, Ohio Health Care Association

This live webinar is available free to AHCA/NCAL members.

Instructions to Register: 

• To avoid technical problems, use Google Chrome. 
• Members will need to log in using their existing email and password first. 
• Once you are logged in to the website you will be able to register by clicking the green register button at the top of the page. 
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Instructions to join, after registering:

• On the day of the webinar, you will be able to join 15 mins before. 
• Log in and return to the contents page to open the webinar.

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