INDIANAPOLIS (Monday, Feb. 12, 2024) – MDwise has launched WORKwise, an employment assistance and training program to remove barriers and help Hoosiers find family-supporting employment.
Through a partnership with Midwest Urban Strategies (MUS), MDwise will help members who opt into the WORKwise program to increase their employment readiness. Help includes interview-skills building, resume development, career aptitude assessments, employment support services, job training and more.
About MUS
“Access to a quality job is the pathway out of poverty. We are excited to partner with MDwise to extend that beacon of light to those searching and dreaming for a better life,” said MUS Executive Director Tracey Carey
A Milwaukee-based consortium of urban workforce boards from across the Midwest, MUS connects employers, job seekers, training providers and community partners in a collaborative process to better prepare job seekers and support employers in the attraction and retention of talent. This collaboration provides the programmatic engagement that drives WORKwise. Learn more at midwesturbanstrategies.com/.
“Empowering our members to get on a path to self-sufficiency is the goal,” said Jessica Cromer, president and CEO of MDwise. “MUS has an established track record for connecting people to opportunities, and is aligned with MDwise in our focus on providing equitable access for all to these opportunities.”
WORKwise will support unemployed and underemployed MDwise members who use an Any job, Better job, Career (ABC) approach to pursue jobs and careers that improve their opportunities for growth and stability. Learn more at MDwise.org/WORKwise.
About MDwise
MDwise is an Indiana-licensed nonprofit health maintenance organization offering healthcare benefits to more than 375,000 Hoosier Healthwise, Healthy Indiana Plan and Medicare members. Since 1994 MDwise has provided access to compassionate, high-quality, coordinated healthcare and education to Medicaid and Medicare members in communities throughout Indiana. Visit MDwise.org for more information.
About McLaren Health Care
McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $6.6 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 13 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 490-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company.
McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, one of only 53 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the U.S. McLaren has 28,000 full-and-part-time contracted employees, including more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. Learn more at mclaren.org.
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