Delaware (PA) County Workforce Board

Area of Assistance: Sectoral, Geographic, and Place-Based Workforce Planning

Geography: Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Stakeholders and Partners: 
DelCo Workforce Board 
Regional EMS employers in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties 
Local Community Colleges
Regional Workforce Board Leadership and Employers 

Timeline: 2022 - 2023

Outcomes/Impacts:

  • Create a community of quad-regional sector based employers in the EMS field 

  • Identify key impediments to attracting and retaining EMS workers 

  • Develop a collaborative approach to understand and address key worker shortages 

  • Create change within the regional sector to improve attraction and retention of workers

Project Summary: 

Using the NextGen model, Perch Advisors is currently supporting the Delaware County Workforce Development Board (WDB), key healthcare and EMS employers, and education and workforce development providers to undercover and address the EMS industry’s most urgent employment needs, and surface collaborative solutions. Through monthly facilitation and hands-on working sessions, the collaborative seeks to solve recruitment and retention issues in the regional EMS field.

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