Missouri Healthcare Jobs in the Making Get Funding

A new program is helping prepare students for future Missouri healthcare jobs.

The Caring for Missourians Initiative is providing training at four-year institutions throughout the state for 471 future medical professionals and hundreds more are receiving training at two-year institutions.

"The global economic crisis has left far too many folks out of work, but there will always be high demand for trained, qualified health care professionals," Gov. Jay Nixon said. "In fact, our hospitals and clinics are scrambling to hire additional doctors, nurses, dentists and other practitioners every day.