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The certification process is implemented by the Department of Health (DOH), through a partnership with a company called Prometric. In an effort to help workers be successful through the process, partner organizations such as the Department of Social and Health Services and the Training Partnership are working to help share information about the DOH exam with workers.
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The Training Partnership is excited to announce a free 2-hour Skills Refresher to help students succeed in the Department of Health (DOH) Certification Exam.

The SEIU Healthcare NW Training Partnership and Health Benefits Trust are pleased to announce the launch of Portal 2.0, the new and improved learning management and benefits portal for Home Care Aide students and health insurance beneficiaries.
The new portal will go live at www.myseiubenefits.org on July 29, 2013

The Training Partnership is featured on the website
of the U.S. Department of Labor under their Apprenticeship Spotlight. The recognition follows an award for the Training Partnership's Apprenticeship program as an "Innovator and Trailblazer." You can read the whole article here.
The new Home Care InSight Magazine is now available onli
ne and will soon arrive in students' mailboxes over the next week. The magazine features stories and information to help workers navigate their training and health benefits.
In addition, the magazine features the most up-to-date information about training standards and the DOH certification exam.
This beautiful video comes from our curriculum partner Sproutflix. In it, 35 people with developmental disabilities answer the same one question: If you could change one thing about yourself, what would you change?
The production crew for this film included eight people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The film was shot over 5 days as part of Sprout’s Make-A-Movie Program.

Marissa Brooks, Director of Health Improvement Programs, was selected to participate in the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s (PCORI) national pilot project: Methodology for Prioritizing Specific Research Topics. This project brings together stakeholders such as healthcare researchers, patient advocates, healthcare practitioners and community health members from around the country. Marissa is one of 30 members of this pilot project team. The PCORI aims to fund research that is guided by patients, caregivers and the broader health care community. One of the most critical parts of this project is in prioritizing which specific research topics should be funded. The pilot members will play a critical role in helping improve PCORI's process of ensuring a patient-centered approach to prioritizing specific research questions. Once implemented, the process will lead to recommendations for topic-specific funding announcements that complement PCORI's broad Funding Announcements.


The Health Benefits Trust designed the 2012-2013 benefits, which took effect on Aug. 1, 2012.
Nobody ever plans to get sick, but the Health Benefits Trust has you covered. Depending on where you live, your medical, vision and prescription drug coverage will be provided by Group Health or Kaiser Permanente. You pay very little out-of-pocket for the following services:






