The California Workforce Initiative is designed to explore, promote and advance reform within the California health care workforce. This multifaceted initiative targets supply and distribution, diversity, skill base, regulation and utilization of the state's health care workers

The CWI, which completed its active work in early 2005, laid the groundwork for the Health Workforce Tracking Collaborative, to track and assess efforts to address workforce challenges. For CWI projects and publications, please see CWI's projects page or the Center’s main publications page. You can find information and data on the health workforce at the Center’s Focus On Workforce page. Ongoing work of CWI-affiliated programs in Allied Health and The Network can be found at their web pages.

The California Workforce Initiative's wide range of activities include research and data collection, fostering health care partnerships, leadership development, awarding sub-grants to innovative workforce programs, developing curricula, and designing strategies for a more inclusive health workforce.