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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 189
BY SENATORS BUFFINGTON AND PEACOCK
A RESOLUTION
To commend Holy Angels Residential Facility upon being recognized as a "2014 Frontline
Healthcare Worker Champion" by CareerSTAT.
WHEREAS, Holy Angels Residential Facility is an independent licensed residential
training facility serving approximately one hundred and eighty-four individuals with
intellectual and developmental disabilities in Shreveport, Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, CareerSTAT is a national collaboration of health care leaders who
promote employer investment in the skill and career development of frontline health care
workers and is an initiative of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions and Jobs for the
Future; and
WHEREAS, the Frontline Healthcare Worker Champion recognition pays tribute to
national leaders that invest in the skill and career development of their frontline employees,
who are those in jobs requiring less than an associate degree, such as patient intake
coordinators, medical assistants, certified nursing assistants, and dietary service staff; and
WHEREAS, employers that invest in these employees benefit through lower staff
turnover and vacancy rates, reduced recruitment costs, and increased quality patient care;
and
WHEREAS, criteria for being designated as a "2014 Frontline Healthcare Worker
Champion" include making skill and career development accessible to workers through
methods such as on-site training, providing release time, or employee coaching; having
programs of a significant scale; tracking data on program outcomes, impact or return on
investment; and demonstrating a commitment to sustaining the investment over time; and
WHEREAS, at Holy Angels in 2013, twenty-two of twenty-three frontline workers
passed the certified medication administration training course, eighty-one frontline workers
opted to participate in foundational and life skills courses, and one frontline worker
completed postsecondary education and is now a registered nurse at Holy Angels; and SR NO. 189 ENROLLED
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WHEREAS, Jan Hunter, director of CareerSTAT, has said "Holy Angels is highly
deserving of this recognition," and "Holy Angels has taken broad steps to help its employees
through the establishment of Angel University, which provides workers with an array of
programs that develop new skills and the ability to move up the career ladder."
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend Holy Angels Residential Facility upon being recognized as a "2014
Frontline Healthcare Worker Champion" by CareerSTAT.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Laurie Boswell at Holy Angels Residential Facility.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE