This brief highlights findings from the second round of the Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) Program’s final annual report. This is the last of six annual reports for the HPOG 2.0 Program from 2015 to 2021.

The final annual report updates all past yearly reports and includes information on program structure, participants, training, activities, supports, and outcomes.

Key Findings

Program Structure and Participant Characteristics:

• HPOG 2.0 grantees varied in grant size, location, and organization type.
• While targeting the same overall HPOG 2.0 goals, grantees designed their own programs to meet local population and employer needs.
• HPOG 2.0 enrolled more than 100 percent of its target goal.
• Most HPOG 2.0 participants were women with dependent children and low-incomes.
• Many participants had prior college experience or healthcare employment.

Training and Activities:

• HPOG 2.0 grantees offered a variety of healthcare trainings at multiple career pathway levels.
• Many HPOG 2.0 participants (81%) started healthcare training, and for most, training was at the entry-level and short.
• Almost half of HPOG 2.0 participants (48 percent) engaged in basic skills activities.
• Participants also engaged in other skill development activities, the most common were introduction to healthcare careers workshops and work-readiness training.
• Few participants engaged in work-based learning activities.

Support Services Provided:

• Most HPOG 2.0 participants (83%) received support for their training tuition.
• Almost all participants received academic supports.
• About half of participants received personal/logistical supports, and one third received employment assistance supports.

Outcomes:

• Many HPOG 2.0 participants completed healthcare training, 78 percent of those that started.
• Of those that completed, two thirds (68 percent) started a job or were promoted on an existing job in healthcare.
• About half of employed participants earned between $10 and $15 an hour and almost half earned $15 an hour or more.
• Almost two thirds (63 percent) of HPOG 2.0 participants showed career progress during the Program.
• Participants’ career progress did not differ substantially by characteristics at intake.