CAHP Action Plan – July 2025
CAPITAL AREA HEALTHCARE PARTNERSHIP (CAHP)
Working Together to Improve Healthcare in the Capital Region
Co-Conveners:
Maureen Jenks, Capital Workforce Partners
Tiffany Morrissey, Connecticut Health Council
ACTION PLAN
July 2025
The Capital Area Healthcare Partnership is a regional sector partnership that brings together healthcare providers to collaborate on tackling shared challenges, and to strengthen the economic healthcare industry in the region. This partnership is being driven by healthcare leaders from across acute, post-acute, primary care, long-term care, home health, behavioral health, and other providers. Capital Workforce Partners and the Connecticut Health Council are the co-conveners, working in coordination with other economic development, workforce and education organizations at the region and state levels. The partnership is being modeled off other regional sector partnerships that are active across Connecticut and around the country.
Mission:
To increase the stability of the healthcare industry as a critical economic driver and improve outcomes through collaborative strategies.
Operating Principles
Work collaboratively to:
- Build synergy, not siloes
- Leverage, not duplicate
- Increase communication driving effective action
- Get things done!
CAHP Leadership Team
Goal: To ensure the Partnership is focused on the right priorities and achieving desired outcomes
- Allison Breault, iCare
- Rebecca Couceiro, Hartford Healthcare
- Athena Dellas, Wheeler Clinic
- Carol Fitzgerald, New Horizons, Inc.
- Barry Simon, Oak Hill
General Discussion
Welcome and Introductions
- Bruce Stovall, Oak Hill
- Roundtable introductions, All
Speaker
Zach Dendas, Senior Manager, Government Relations/Lobbyist at Sullivan & LeShane:
A high-level overview of healthcare-related bills that passed in the state legislature, with a focus on workforce development to identify high-impact areas for the Policy Action Team. (See attached PowerPoint)
Announcements
- Good Jobs Challenge Grant (See attached PowerPoint)
- Current graduates
- Upcoming cohorts
- Nursing Expansion Grant (See attached PowerPoint)
- Job Quality Grant (See attached PowerPoint)
- Trinity Nursing Assistant Program (TNAP) (See attached PowerPoint)
- Internships (See attached PowerPoint)
- Current
- Upcoming opportunities
- Other Partnering Opportunities (See attached PowerPoint)
- On-the-Job Training Funds
- Subsidized Employment
- Hiring Events
- CAHP Website
Looking for volunteers to work on the CAHP website. The following members will assist:- Maddy Clark, HHC
- Daniel Remiszewski, Northeast Medical Institute
- Timothy Haddock, The Village for Families and Children
- December Meeting
Will include the “founding members” to revisit priorities discussed in December 2022 and assess alignment with current work.
Action Team Updates
Policy: Elevate the Voice of Healthcare with Policymakers
Action Team Members
- Athena Dellas, Wheeler Clinic
- Carol Fitzgerald, New Horizons, Inc.
- Dan Keenan, Trinity Health
- Keturah Kinch, Wheeler Clinic
- Barry Simon, Oak Hill
- Bruce Stovall, Oak Hill
- Tracy Wodatch, Connecticut Association for Healthcare at Home
- Michelle Fuhrman, Office of Workforce Strategy
Action Team Goal
To unify and strengthen the voice of healthcare providers and advocate for public policies that strengthen the stability of the healthcare industry, improve patient care, as well as access to, and quality of, healthcare jobs.
Strategies
The Policy Action Team is working closely with policy teams across other healthcare regional sector partnerships to continue forming a collective voice around legislative issues impacting the healthcare sector and participating organizations.
Next Steps
- Legislative summer tours for the Connecticut General Assembly
- Scheduled for the last weeks of August
- Prep meetings will be held once sites are identified
Workforce: Building the Healthcare Workforce for Tomorrow
Action Team Goal
Educate, engage, and actualize Connecticut youth and adults regarding healthcare opportunities, careers, and career pathways.
Action Team Members (Those in bold are co-chairs)
- Deborah Bradley, The Village for Families and Children
- Matthew Broderick, Quinnipiac
- Vicki Clark, Blue Hills Civic Association (BHCA)
- Maddy Clark, Hartford Healthcare
- Rebecca Couceiro, Hartford Healthcare
- Victoria Fennell, BHCA
- Kimberly Forbes, ECHN
- Leah Fuhs, Workforce Solutions Collaborative of Metro Hartford
- Dr. Tina Loarte-Rodriguez, CT Center for Nursing Workforce
- Danielle Middlebrooks, BHCA
- Enrique Juncadella, Workforce Solutions Collaborative of Metro-Hartford
- Joanne Milord, Hartford Healthcare
- Norma Ortega, Hartford Healthcare
- Liane Povilonis, Hartford Healthcare
- Cristal Riley, Hartford Healthcare
- Anne Rolfe, Mclean
- Tricia Rowold, Camp Courant
- Janelle Rutledge, Hartford Healthcare
- Michelle Safo-Agyeman, Hartford Healthcare
- Joseph Seymour, Manifest Maximum, LLC
- Donna Smith, DOL
- Nancy Taylor, Charter Oak College
- Daria Thibodeau, Hartford Healthcare
Main Focus
The major focus of this workgroup is to continue planning for a second dynamic, highly interactive “Un-conference” on healthcare careers.
Main Discussion Points
- Finalizing speakers and panelists
- Finalizing sponsorship materials
- Developing marketing materials
- Launching marketing in the first week of August
Next Meeting
July 30th at Charter Oak State College (with a virtual option)
CAHP Website Action Team
Action Team Goal
TBD
Action Team Members
- Maddy Clark, HHC
- Daniel Ramiszewski, Northeast Medical Institute
- Timothy Haddock, The Village for Families and Children
This is a newly developed Action Team.
First Meeting: Wednesday, August 6th, 1:00–1:45 PM (virtual)