Diversity in Health Training Institute

in fy21-fy22, dhtis Health career pathways initiative continued serving individuals with intellectual and developmentally disabilities (idd) by Training a bilingual and culturally competent workforce to enter the respite care and behavioral Training cohorts. We expanded into san francisco and contra costa counties and trained 47 participants in a respite care Training cohort that directly serves the idd population. We reached more than 200 asian-language-speaking individuals to learn about idd services and assisted this underserved disparity group. We graduated 6 students from Health navigator, a 15-month cohort program, and continue providing free Training cohorts into allied healthcare careers including community Health worker and behavioral Health worker cohorts.