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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 189
BY SENATORS BUFFINGTON AND PEACOCK
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Holy Angels Residential Facility upon being recognized
as a "2014 Frontline Healthcare Worker Champion" by CareerSTAT.
A RESOLUTION1
To commend Holy Angels Residential Facility upon being recognized as a "2014 Frontline2
Healthcare Worker Champion" by CareerSTAT.3
WHEREAS, Holy Angels Residential Facility is an independent licensed residential4
training facility serving approximately one hundred and eighty-four individuals with5
intellectual and developmental disabilities in Shreveport, Louisiana; and6
WHEREAS, CareerSTAT is a national collaboration of health care leaders who7
promote employer investment in the skill and career development of frontline health care8
workers and is an initiative of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions and Jobs for the9
Future; and10
WHEREAS, the Frontline Healthcare Worker Champion recognition pays tribute to11
national leaders that invest in the skill and career development of their frontline employees,12
who are those in jobs requiring less than an associate degree, such as patient intake13
coordinators, medical assistants, certified nursing assistants, and dietary service staff; and14
WHEREAS, employers that invest in these employees benefit through lower staff15
turnover and vacancy rates, reduced recruitment costs, and increased quality patient care;16
and17
WHEREAS, criteria for being designated as a "2014 Frontline Healthcare Worker18 SR NO. 189
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Champion" include making skill and career development accessible to workers through1
methods such as on-site training, providing release time, or employee coaching; having2
programs of a significant scale; tracking data on program outcomes, impact or return on3
investment; and demonstrating a commitment to sustaining the investment over time; and4
WHEREAS, at Holy Angels in 2013, twenty-two of twenty-three frontline workers5
passed the certified medication administration training course, eighty-one frontline workers6
opted to participate in foundational and life skills courses, and one frontline worker7
completed postsecondary education and is now a registered nurse at Holy Angels; and8
WHEREAS, Jan Hunter, director of CareerSTAT, has said "Holy Angels is highly9
deserving of this recognition," and "Holy Angels has taken broad steps to help its employees10
through the establishment of Angel University, which provides workers with an array of11
programs that develop new skills and the ability to move up the career ladder."12
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana13
does hereby commend Holy Angels Residential Facility upon being recognized as a "201414
Frontline Healthcare Worker Champion" by CareerSTAT.15
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to16
Laurie Boswell at Holy Angels Residential Facility.17
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by J. W. Wiley.
DIGEST
Buffington SR No. 189
Commends Holy Angels Residential Facility upon being recognized as a "2014 Frontline
Healthcare Worker Champion" by CareerSTAT.