Last September 13, Iroquois, a Clifton Park, N.Y.-based group of 55 hospitals in 31 counties was given a fund as a training grants, it is one of the groups who will share $15 million.

As training, Iroquois will work on the state’s One-Stop Career Centers, hospitals in Albany and Worker Investment Boards, Stacey Connors said, spokeswomen for Iroquois. They will also be working on Watertown and Utica-Rome markets in identifying adults, specifically those people who use English as their second language that has concern on health care. And as for the next level of their training, where they will be assess, educates and remediates. This may or may not include assistance with online nursing programs and degrees.

Most of the area where Iroquois will work on are BOCES and society of college to offer training in ESL, GED training, occupational skills and work awareness skills. The spokeswomen said that the goal of the training is to assist many workers as possible to get a degree or credential which they will use in health care jobs.

Iroquois are searching for affiliate professionals such as lab techs, qualified nursing assistants, pharmacy technicians and other health care units that can be a help in training interested individual in resolving health care problems that most hospitals are having shortage with.