We package braided funding, a national academic partner, and the operational back office into one turnkey workforce offer — so rural hospitals can build allied health talent close to home, without standing up the infrastructure alone.
Traveler labor eats margin. Service lines pause. Care gets harder to access in the communities that can least absorb it. Most rural CFOs can name the dollar figure on a single unfilled CNA or surgical tech role — and the figure climbs every month it stays open.
The talent is already in the community. What's missing is the infrastructure to train, fund, document, and report on a workforce pathway that gets a paraprofessional or entry-level worker into a credentialed allied health role — locally, durably, and at low or no cost to the employer.
A no- or low-cost workforce offer for a rural employer who is bleeding money on unfilled roles. Built once, run anywhere. Four pieces, packaged together — the academic and credentialing side is solved on day one.
CTE, WIOA, SAEF, and Workforce Pell, layered with state and philanthropic dollars where they exist. The dollars stay braided — and the next grant cycle is easier than the last one.
A named national academic partner — Pangea Learning for allied health — paired with a pre-built implementation kit. Roles, related instruction, OJT structure, and competencies all defined on day one.
Apprenticeship documentation that meets registered-apprenticeship standards. Learner progress, OJT hours, milestones, and measurable skill gains — without forcing your team to operate the back office.
WIOA, CTE, SAEF, and rural health workforce reporting in one place. MSG exports, competency rollups, and partner-ready dashboards that hold up under audit and renewal.
A nationally scaled allied health RTI provider, paired with Craft's apprenticeship infrastructure. You bring the employer site and the talent you already have in the community — we bring the curriculum, the funding stack, the documentation, and the reporting. One conversation, not five.
Have your own RTI provider? We can still support you.
Create pathways for people already rooted in the community — incumbent workers, CNAs, paraprofessionals, and aspiring allied health professionals who want to serve where they live.
Rural partners have access to funding streams, but the dollars are hard to braid and sustain. We align workforce, education, apprenticeship, and grant reporting so programs are easier to fund and easier to renew.
We package the program structure, documentation, reporting workflows, and partner coordination needed to launch and manage pathways — without your team building it all in-house.
Data infrastructure for learner progress, on-the-job learning, competencies, milestones, completions, and workforce outcomes — in one place, ready for partners and funders.
Funders, boards, and communities need to see what changed. We turn program activity into clear evidence: who entered, who progressed, who completed, and how the pathway is addressing local workforce needs.
Every new pathway should land on a kit, not a one-off lift for your staff. That's the bar we hold ourselves to.
Start with the role where your vacancy cost is highest. Most rural employers begin with one or two and expand as the reporting story compounds.
A rural hospital CFO could, in theory, braid CTE, WIOA, SAEF, and Workforce Pell on their own. In practice, they cannot. We align the streams, document the use of funds, and produce the reporting each one demands — so the dollars you braid this year stay braided next year.
The next healthcare professional may already be in your community. Craft helps build the pathway that gets them there.— From the Craft rural workforce field guide
Tell us about your highest-cost vacancy and the talent you already have in the building. We'll come back with a draft pathway, a funding map, and what the first 90 days look like.