Our partners are on the front lines of the implementation and reporting requirements coming in 2027.
Our partners are on the front lines of the implementation and reporting requirements coming in 2027.
Our coalition brings together the right partners to implement work and reporting requirements scheduled to be implemented. We're creating pathways for economic mobility while preserving essential healthcare coverage for vulnerable populations.
As state's seek to understand the implications of the federal directive, Develop evidence-based models that integrate workforce development with healthcare access considerations.
Our efforts foster partnerships between healthcare, workforce systems, and community organizations to create integrated support systems.
WRTP | BIG STEP under the leadership of Lindsay Blumer launched this coalition to bring the workforce development sector to the table as a resource while policy makers develop plans to implement Medicaid work (and work reporting) requirements. For five decades WRTP BIG STEP has created pathways to economic mobility protecting access to healthcare for those who need it most.
Our approach connects employers to job seekers ensuring work requirements and reporting serve as steppingstones rather than barriers for vulnerable populations. By focusing on careers and apprenticeships in more than 230 occupations crossing sectors, regions and skill sets our 50 years of experience as a workforce development intermediary can help position you for success.
Our coalition includes workforce intermediaries, Managed Care Organizations, workforce boards, community advocates, and philanthropic partners committed to evidence-based solutions. National thought leaders, policy experts, and state agency collaborators provide strategic guidance and ensure our work remains policy-relevant and impactful.
Under the Apprenticeship Pathway Coalition Initiative, combined with its history dating back 50 years, WRTP | BIG STEP is working to broaden the scale of apprenticeship readiness and training for apprenticeable career opportunities statewide.
This work involves leveraging and developing collaborative partnerships and programming with statewide organizations, agencies, industry stakeholders, employers, unions, and community organizations to build a functional and comprehensive apprenticeship pathway ecosystem to help job seekers transition beyond Medicaid into carriers with incredible benefits.
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Find out what employers, industry associations and policy makers to doing to ensure success, track activity and protect health care for those who need it the most.