Specifications include, but are not limited to: The purpose of the EMS Intermediary PY 22-23 funding is to fund an organization that possesses the capability to identify potential service areas, project partners, and to assist in the development, implementation, and facilitation of EMS program pilot sites, culminating in the replication and expansion of up to 10 Targeted EMS Corps program sites throughout the state of California. The developed program structure for pilot sites should be designed to increase the number of Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) in local communities with a particular focus in the inclusion of young adult participants who come from a disadvantaged or underrepresented background. The goal of the EMS Corps program is to recruit, train, hire, and advance an ethnically and culturally inclusive health and human services workforce, with improved diversity and higher wages, who can service the community they live in with basic life support care and support their community’s healthcare system. The EMS Intermediary SFP intends to fund an organization with the knowledge and expertise to support and build programs at the local level that incorporate data-proven strategies to recruit, train, and employ EMTs. The Intermediary grant supports the preliminary research and planning, development of, and the planning of pilot EMS training programs developed by the Intermediary awardee and approved by the EDD. The EMS Intermediary awardee will be responsible for analyzing, identifying, and recommending for funding up to 10 EMS planning grants which will be subsequently reviewed by the EDD who will make the final funding decision. The Intermediary awardee will work in close coordination with state and local EMS departments, the forthcoming Targeted EMS Corps program awardees, the EDD project managers, and all relevant stakeholders, including labor partners, to build organizational and leadership capacity, implement data proven strategies, close service gaps, engage in strategic planning, and scale effective program design to inform workforce policy statewide. The successful project will assist program awardees with the design, development, and implementation of programs that incorporate data-proven strategies to increase the number of EMTs in local health service economies. Leveraging purchasing and regulatory power of health departments in emergency health systems is heavily encouraged. The intent of the program is to build meaningful and sustainable industry investment and partnerships, bolster healthcare systems, and to develop projects that have the best potential to place participants into quality jobs1 and career pathways that lead to self-sufficiency. The Intermediary provider plays an integral role in building the awareness among county emergency medical service departments and providers, in the development of program strategies, including legal services, creating connectivity among program awardees and local EMS providers, sharing best practices and, ultimately, improving regional healthcare workforce outcomes.
