Community Development
HTA connects entrepreneurs and innovators with underserved communities, healthcare organizations, and startup ecosystems. We help them grow businesses that serve medically underserved populations, creating opportunities for themselves, their families, and their communities.
Our Support Includes:
✔️ Entrepreneur Leadership Training
✔️ Mentoring & Coaching
✔️ Networking & Connections
✔️ Health IT Guidance for Startups
Assisting Reentry Citizens to Find Jobs
In partnership with the University of Maryland Medical Center downtown and midtown campuses, this program recruits Baltimore City based reentry citizens, places them into community service activities with payment stipends, offers training and coaching, and provides placement opportunity into entry level positions in healthcare settings.
HBCU Student Fellowships
With support from a federally funded US EDA grant, HBCU Teams from Bowie State, Morgan State and Howard University designed and implemented community health projects: built community garden, launched diabetes decision support tool, designed mobile health app, increased nonprofit donor registry, raised awareness for a special population health condition.
State-based Infrastructure for Youth Apprenticeships
As a member-consortium of like-minded nonprofits (including Carroll Technology & Innovation Council) and the Maryland Center for Construction Engineering and Innovation, we launched the Maryland Apprenticeship Connector. This initiative, funded through the Maryland State Department of Education, provides technical and business assistance to employers and career seekers.
Youth Careers Through Social Capital
With funding through Howard County’s Youth Employment Program (YEP!), Social Capital Builders partnered with Health Tech Alley to implement a novel youth engagement program to prepare young adults for success in college and the world of work, utilizing SCB’s Opportunity Connections Academy for cohorts aged 17-21 create key industry connections and mentors.
Apprenticeships for Immigrants and New Americans
Health Tech Alley advised the Asian American Center of Frederick on a recent federal award to provide pre- and registered apprenticeship opportunities. Working in partnership with AACF, state and local agencies, employers and other CBOS, we are providing technical and business assistance in recruitment and access to career paths for this critical Maryland population, including technology enablement.