Jumpstart the Aging Workforce Solutions (JAWS)
JAWS
Jumpstart the Aging Workforce Solutions
Jumpstart the Aging Workforce Solutions
Jumpstart the Aging Workforce Solutions (JAWS) is a new grant-funded initiative that is part of a $550,000 UCCS award. The program aims to develop a healthcare worker recruitment pipeline to help ensure there will be enough healthcare workers to care for Colorado’s aging population.
Preparing the Future Workforce
Colorado is one of the top three fastest-growing aging states in the nation, and the current long-term care workforce is not prepared to meet the demand for care, according to the JAWS grant application for funding.
Residential care settings struggled with staffing shortages prior to COVID-19, and the emergence and continuation of the pandemic have only exacerbated the issue.
JAWS Grant Team
Amy Silva-Smith
Judith M. Scott, PhD, RN
Shelby Tibuni
