Region Specific
There are particular characteristics and environmental conditions for each one of the regions where the Welcome Back centers operate.
These specific regional factors have impacted and shaped the intervention on the three centers:
The Los Angeles Center faces high volume of interested individuals from a wide variety of linguistic and cultural communities. To address the high number of potential participants, various forms of group orientations have become the first in-person contact for the Los Angeles Center rather than the one-on-one case management anticipated during the planning period.
The Los Angeles Center utilizes the Mt. San Antonio ESL criteria to assess readiness of individuals to participate in Welcome Back programs.
Size
of the population
Los Angeles County 9,519,000 (Census 2000)
Demographics
The estimates 1990 2000
Hispanic 37.8% 44.6%
White 40.8% 31.1%
Black 10.5% 9.5%
Indian 0.3% 0.3%
Asian 10.2% 12.1%
Other 0.2% 0.2%
2 or more 2.3% 2.3 %
Job
opportunities for WB participants in the region (prioritized list by
market demand)
Registered Nurses
OR Technicians
Ward Clerks/ Unit Secretaries
Radiology Technicians
Instructors of Health Sciences
CPR Instructors
Basic Science Instructors
Research Analysts
Health Educator
Medical Assistant
Dental Assistants
LVN
Size
of the population
San Diego County 2,813,833 (Census 2000)
Demographics
Hispanic 26.7 %
White 55 %
Black 5.7 %
Indian 0.9 %
Asian 8.9%
2 or more 4.7 %
other 12.8 %
Job
opportunities for WB participants in the region (prioritized list by market
demand)
Registered Nurses
Dental Assistants
Physical Therapy Assistants & Aides
Paraprofessionals
Physical Therapists
Medical Assistants
Dental Hygienists
Occupational Therapists
General office clerks
Nurse
Aides
Receptionists, Information Clerks
Home Health Care Workers
Speech Pathologists
Physicians & Surgeons
Respiratory Care Practitioners
Vocational Nurses
The San Francisco Center serves a very diversed population. Through its educational case managers this center has been able to maintain one-on-one case management with their participants. In addition, group sessions are held to provide general information.
The San Francisco Center has developed with San Francisco City College a readiness criteria appropriate for Welcome Back participants based on analyses of language and clinical licensure test scores.
* 28.3 % of the SF-Oakland-San Jose Metropolitan area are foreign born
* The majority of the foreign born population comes from Latin America (51%) and Asia (25.5%) with Mexico and China being the top countries of birth
* 25% of the San Francisco Population is Limited English Proficient
* Health Care is the single largest industry in the Bay Area accounting for 15% of the GNP.
* California and the Bay Area are experiencing shortages in among multiple health professions including nursing, pharmacists, radiology technologists, respiratory therapists and social workers.
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Size of the population
San Francisco County 776,733 (Census 2000)
Demographics
Hispanic 14.10%
White 43.60%
Black 7.80%
Indian .40%
Asian 30.80%
Pacific Islander .50%
2 or more 4.30%
Other 6.50%
Job opportunities for WB participants in the region (prioritized list by
market demand)
Registered Nurses
LVN's
Pharmacists
Medical Record Technicians
Clinical Lab Scientists
Medical Lab Scientists
Radiologic Technologists
Medical Transcriptionists
Medical Sonographers
Nuclear Medicine Technologists
Radiation Therapists
Social Workers/Case Managers
Dental Hygienists
