Half the money will launch the Jack and Nancy Dwyer Workforce Development Program, a nonprofit that will provide nursing training to unemployed and underemployed people looking to start careers in health care, according to a news release. The funds will be used to prepare curriculum for the program, hire staff and create future programming and scholarships.
The other half of CFG’s donation will go toward the construction of a new building run by Living Classrooms, a Baltimore nonprofit that hosts education and workforce development programs. The Bauer Building, which is scheduled to open in July, will host the new health care training, the news release said.
“With our strong presence in the health care market, we see the high turnover of nursing professionals as well as the challenges they face in advancing their career,” said Jack Dwyer, owner and chairman of the board of CFG Bank, in a statement. “We are committed to giving back by creating this unique program that will inspire our health care workers to reach their goals and help resolve the effects of systemic poverty and inequality.”
CFG, which started in the Highlandtown area in 1972 as La Corona Building and Loan Association Inc., provides banking services for businesses and health care institutions.
Its new nonprofit will offer certified nursing assistant (CNA) and geriatric nursing assistant (GNA) training, and help place participants in jobs at health care facilities, assisted living facilities and nursing homes. Then, students will be offered scholarships to attend nursing school and become registered nurses, according to the release from CFG.
