Workforce Development
Build a homegrown healthcare workforce
When you can't import your way out of a shortage, you grow your own. We help employers turn workforce grants, including the Rural Health Transformation Program, into training pipelines, apprenticeships, and local hires. We advise on the funding and we deliver the programs.
There has never been more money for workforce
The Rural Health Transformation Program is a $50 billion federal investment in rural health, with workforce at its center, flowing through the states from 2026 to 2030. Add state apprenticeship funds and other federal grants, and the opportunity is enormous, if you can turn it into programs that produce real hires. That is the part we handle.
Grow your own, end to end
Grant strategy and funding
- Position for the Rural Health Transformation Program and other state and federal workforce grants.
- Application support that maps the money to your organization's real priorities.
- A plan for deploying the funding into programs that actually produce hires.
Training and apprenticeship pipelines
- Partnerships with community colleges, high schools, and workforce boards.
- Earn-while-you-learn pathways into CNA, nursing, and allied-health roles.
- A pipeline that keeps producing candidates, year after year.
Local recruitment and attraction
- Campaigns that get local people interested in healthcare careers.
- Reach a whole new audience beyond the active job-hunters.
- The same sourcing engine we run for our recruitment clients, pointed at your community.
Upskilling and retention
- Grow the people already on your staff into the roles you need next.
- Retention strategies that protect the workforce you have built.
- Measurable outcomes you can report back to funders.
Any employer building a local pipeline
Rural health systems
Turn RHTP dollars into a sustainable local workforce instead of a one-off spend.
Community providers
Home health, senior living, clinics, and hospices building a homegrown talent bench.
Any local employer
If agencies and relocation aren't enough, we help you grow your own pipeline.
Clients & Results
15,000 sourced & hired across 36 states and provinces since 2019
473%more candidate enquiries
“Very responsive. They found candidates who hadn't responded to our ads or outreach.”
Kim GiglioManager of Recruitment, Overlake- Thrive SPC105hires
47hires“Their focus is healthcare staffing, which makes them masters of the trade.”
Jennifer HarrisDir. of Talent Acquisition, CHRISTUS
28hires
“The results have been amazing. Many applicants are brand-new leads we'd never reached before.”
Jacob SchienTalent Acquisition, Springfield Clinic
42hires
20hires“With us every step of the way for our hard-to-fill roles.”
Anne WeiHR Specialist, Woodstock Hospital
$10ksaved per placement
“The best part is their sourcing, getting more people genuinely interested in our openings.”
Ira ParladeTalent Acquisition Manager, Neogen Care
- Applichat Labs$200Msaved for clients
- 53RN hires
25+hires from 761 applications- 132applications from 1.2M impressions
- Blue Mountain Hospital5relocation hires from 121 applications
“We're an Applichat fan. Really happy with the service and the nurse leads we receive.”
Jim BurnsVP Talent Acquisition, Thrive SPC“Applichat's unique approach has netted results, and they make the process as simple as possible.”
Kimberly BainRecruiting Specialist, Humber River Hospital“The Applichat team is an absolute pleasure to work with, and the communication is seamless every time.”
Hannah PresleySenior Event Marketing Coordinator, Brazen
“Extremely successful, timely, and open to alternative ways of working.”
Shoba GohilHR Consultant, St. Mary's General
Grants, pipelines & retention, explained
Guidance on winning workforce grants and turning them into hires. Read the blog →
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Book a 30-minute call and we'll map the grants you can go after and the pipeline we'd build to grow your own staff.