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Overview

Early College Health Sciences Programs

Funder: Mother Cabrini Health Foundation (via Iroquois Healthcare Association)

Status: Active - ongoing program with 2026 grant cycle funding announced

Geographic Scope: Upstate New York (32 counties)

Program Description:
The Early College High School (ECHS) Health Sciences model allows high school students to earn college credits at no cost while completing shadowing and internship experiences at local hospitals. Students can begin earning credits and shadowing as early as 9th grade.

Key Features:

  • Students earn college credits while still in high school

  • Gain hands-on clinical experience with local healthcare providers

  • Transition directly into healthcare jobs or postsecondary education

  • Stay in home communities

  • No cost to students or families
  • Focus Areas:

  • Healthcare workforce pipeline development

  • Rural and Upstate New York healthcare workforce shortages

  • Local economic development

  • Talent retention
  • Current Sites (2026 cycle):

  • Franklin County (continuing from 2025)

  • Tompkins County (continuing from 2025)

  • One newly added site (to be determined)

  • Previously operational: Oswego County
  • Partners:

  • Iroquois Healthcare Association (IHA) Healthcare Educational Consortium

  • Hospitals and health systems

  • Community colleges

  • School districts
  • Contact:
    Iroquois Healthcare Association
    15 Executive Park Drive
    Clifton Park, NY 12065
    Phone: 518-383-5060

    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    k-12-schoolshealthcareeducationworkforce-development

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