HCA Healthcare Foundation Awards $1 Million Grant to Educate Texas for Healthcare Career Pathways

HCA Healthcare Inc. (NYSE:HCA) is one of the undervalued S&P 500 stocks to buy according to hedge funds. On June 26, HCA Healthcare announced that its HCA Healthcare Foundation, through its Healthier Tomorrow Fund, will provide a new $1 million grant to Educate Texas, which is an initiative of Communities Foundation of Texas. HCA Healthcare Foundation promotes health and well-being across all the communities HCA Healthcare serves

The latest donation expands upon a previous $1.35 million grant made by the Foundation to Educate Texas in 2022. The funding aims to increase student access to programs that prepare them for careers in healthcare, specifically focusing on high schools in Texas that offer Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) healthcare career tracks. The initial 2022 grant supported the expansion of healthcare career pathways across P-TECH campuses, growing from 20 to 104 schools and enrolling ~10,000 high school students in these specialized programs.

HCA Healthcare Foundation Awards $1 Million Grant to Educate Texas for Healthcare Career Pathways

A team of healthcare professionals in lab coats and masks meeting at a hospital ward.

The new $1 million grant will enable Educate Texas to further enhance the quality of program implementation. The initiative seeks to increase the number of students earning healthcare degrees and credentials and foster greater engagement of hospital employers, including HCA Healthcare-affiliated hospitals, with school districts in North Texas, Austin, San Antonio, and the Houston Gulf Coast region.

HCA Healthcare Inc. (NYSE:HCA) owns and operates hospitals and related healthcare entities in the US.

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