ECHP

The Eastern Connecticut Healthcare Partnership (ECHP) engages healthcare organizations to collectively address the workforce and other competitive needs of the Eastern CT healthcare industry.

ECHP long-term regional impact objectives, include, but are not limited to:

• Collective talent pipeline management (e.g., career awareness, youth engagement, healthcare education and skills training, and employee development and retention).
• Targeted efforts to improve regional infrastructure (e.g., childcare) to benefit healthcare employers.
• Improved awareness and access to regional support partner resources.
• Business-to-business networking and sharing of best practices.
• A unified regional voice for healthcare policy advocacy.

Business leaders define the partnership’s industry-driven agenda by setting actions, championing priorities, and driving outcomes and results.

Community partners from workforce development, economic development, education, and others play a critical role in advancing the priorities of the ECHP by working together to respond to the needs of industry members.