Health Career Connection Inc

HCC INSPIRES AND EMPOWERS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, RECENT GRANDUATES, AND HCC ALUMNI, PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM UNDER-REPRESENTED OR DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS, TO CHOOSE AND SUCCESSFULLY PURSUE AUTHENTIC HEALTHCARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH CAREERS.

HEALTH CAREER CONNECTION, INC. (HCC) IS A CALIFORNIA 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT WAS FOUNDED IN 2003. FOR OVER 30 YEARS, HCC HAS DEMONSTRATED AN UNYIELDING COMMITMENT TO ADVANCING HEALTH WORKFORCE, HEALTH IMPROVEMENT AND HEALTH EQUITY BY INSPIRING AND EMPOWERING OF DIVERSE HEALTH LEADERS AND PROFESSIONALS. THIS COMMITMENT WAS ACTUALIZED THROUGH THE PROVISION OF OVER 400 PAID HEALTH CAREER LAUNCHING OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLEGE STUDENTS, INCORPORATING BOTH THE HCC COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATIONAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AND THE HEALTH EQUITY SCHOLARS PROGRAM.HCC'S IMPACT IS BOTH FAR-REACHING AND INCLUSIVE, WITH SERVICES EXTENDED ACROSS 11 DIVERSE REGIONS OF THE NATION, INCLUDING NORTHERN, CENTRAL, SOUTHERN, AND COACHELLA VALLEY CALIFORNIA, NEW ENGLAND, NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY, NORTH CAROLINA, WASHINGTON DC/BALTIMORE/VIRGINIA, DETROIT, MINNEAPOLIS, AND CHICAGO. FURTHERMORE, HCC'S INNOVATIVE VIRTUAL INTERNSHIP AND HEALTH EQUITY SCHOLARS PROGRAM EFFECTIVELY ENGAGE STUDENTS FROM ALL 50 STATES, THUS PROMOTING EQUITY AND ACCESS IN HEALTH EDUCATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY.HCC EMPOWERS COLLEGE STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE THEIR AUTHENTIC HEALTH CAREERS AND PREPARE THEM FOR GREATER EDUCATIONAL, ECONOMIC, AND CAREER SUCCESS. HCC CHAMPIONS THE PRINCIPLES OF DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, BELONGING AND EQUITY. HCC IS COMMITTED TO SERVING STUDENTS FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THOSE WITH BACKGROUNDS THAT ARE TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS. HCC'S FOCUS IS ON FACILITATING EQUITY IN ACCESS TO HEALTH CAREERS FOR STUDENTS FROM FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE FAMILIES, LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. THIS COMMITMENT TO EQUITY IS REFLECTED IN OUR DEMOGRAPHICS, AS APPROXIMATELY 60% OF HCC'S STUDENTS ARE THE FIRST IN THEIR FAMILIES TO ATTEND COLLEGE, AND OVER 80% COME FROM LOW-INCOME BACKGROUNDS. MOREOVER, OVER 60% OF HCC'S STUDENTS ARE BILINGUAL, REINFORCING HCC'S COMMITMENT TO LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL COMPETENCE.FROM 2018 TO 2022, HCC HAS DEMONSTRATED REMARKABLE GROWTH IN PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY TO STUDENTS AND PROMOTING HEALTH EQUITY. HCC IS PROUD TO REPORT THAT THEY HAVE DOUBLED STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL REVENUE SINCE 2018. THIS GROWTH TRAJECTORY IS A TESTAMENT TO THE RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF BROADENING ACCESS AND EQUITY IN HEALTH CAREERS AND TO THE EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED.THE EFFICACY OF HCC'S PROGRAMS AND COMMITMENT TO HEALTH EQUITY IS EVIDENT IN THE IMPRESSIVE OUTCOMES ACHIEVED BY STUDENTS. A SIGNIFICANT 71% OF HCC'S STUDENTS SECURE JOB OFFERS OR EXTEND THEIR INTERNSHIPS FOLLOWING THEIR PARTICIPATION IN HCC. ADDITIONALLY, 88% ACQUIRE INDISPENSABLE PROFESSIONAL SKILLS, 87% EXPAND THEIR PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS, 82% COMPLETE GRADUATE DEGREES, AND 68% OPT TO SERVE IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. THESE FIGURES UNDERSCORE THE TRANSFORMATIVE ROLE OUR ORGANIZATION PLAYS IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE, WHILE ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY THROUGH EDUCATION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT.