Responsive Programming Fund
Learn with Us and Apply for Funding
We Build Your Ideas. You Grow.
Get urgently needed training
Got critical skill gaps but no path forward? We turn your ideas into high-impact, responsive programs. Our labor and employer partners jointly identify what is most needed. Our past programs include specialized radiography, surgical tech certification, and wound and ostomy care. If you cannot find it, let us talk about funding it.
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Participation is free for eligible members. Non-members are welcome; however, fees must be covered by their employers or other means.
Questions? Email members@healthcaretrainingfund.org or call us at (425) 255-0315.
Got an idea for a responsive program? We fund great ideas.
Review the application process below. Before applying, contact your partner liaison for an exploratory conversation. All submissions must be from teams representing both labor and management. If you do not already have a partner to team with, we can help you find one.
How To Apply for Funding
Step 1
Consult with your partner liaison
To make sure your idea meets our selection criteria and the current funding amount available for projects, which varies by year.
Step 2
Submit your member and employer team idea form.
The Healthcare Training Fund will follow up within one week to let you know if your idea might be a good fit for funding.
Step 3
If the idea is feasible and meets our selection criteria
Our staff will invite your member and employer team to formally apply.
Submission Deadlines
We accept funding proposals on a rolling basis. Proposals are considered twice a year by the Healthcare Training Fund Board of Trustees.
- Submit your proposal no later than February 1 to be considered at the spring board meeting.
- Submit your portal no later than August 1 to be considered at the fall board meeting.
Project Guidelines
To qualify, projects must:
- Address training needs unavailable or inaccessible through existing programs.
- Be jointly proposed by labor and management.
- Meet the needs of members in the service, professional, or technical bargaining units.
Learn more: RPF Guidelines
Selection Criteria
- Impact: The potential to serve the greatest number of workers
- Relevance across the partnership: The potential to meet an unmet training need for multiple Healthcare Training Fund employers
- Cost: The number of potential workers served vs. total cost
- Variety of offerings: We balance our slate of programs to serve a variety of healthcare professionals
Proposals may be fully approved for funding, conditionally approved with a request for clarifying information, or declined with suggestions for resubmitting to the next round of funding.
Successfully Funded Programs
Some of our past projects include:
Vascular Interventional Radiography Registry (VIRR) Exam Preparation
When no review course for this national exam was offered on the West Coast, we brought a nationally recognized trainer to Seattle to teach a two-day program. Technicians from across Washington participated free of charge.
National Surgical Tech Certification Exam Preparation
Because no exam preparation course was available locally or nationally, we worked with a community college to create and offer a 10-week course. Surgical techs from across Washington participated in the training free of charge.
Kettering Seminar: Adult Critical Care
We offered this comprehensive review of Adult Critical Care Specialty with 12.75 CEUs and preparation for the national board exam. This program was offered for free to respiratory therapists from across Washington.
Wound and Ostomy Education
We hosted an education cohort in partnership with San Jose State University to prepare registered nurses for the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board exam. Eligible members from across Washington took this course for free.
“The Kettering Seminar has proven to be a great tool in successfully passing the ACCS exam for many of my coworkers. That’s why we are bringing it back.”