Welfare-to-work training: a public/private partnership that shapes the nation

The nursing service of the James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital (Tampa, FL) was one of the first to join with public and private community agencies to develop a welfare-to-work program. The results of this joint effort have produced a recruitment, training, and preceptorship program that has successfully filled the need for certified nursing assistants, identified the hospital as a source of certified nursing assistants, and provided the opportunity to support local and national welfare-to-work initiatives.