Through the Department of Health and Human Services-Health Facilities and Services Account, which will go to Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC).  Over 50 health care programs are offered by eight community colleges in the 12 county Charlotte region. Hands-on, internship-like experiences are critical to an individual's development from student to clinician, and they are growing increasingly scarce.  In response to this need, CPCC will lead the regional effort to establish advanced training facility equipped with state-of-the-art teaching simulators and an equipment loan program. This effort would increase the number of highly trained healthcare workers that graduate from nursing and allied health program and enter a healthcare profession as clinician or educator.  This program aims to increase the number of healthcare providers, which will help local, state, and federal government goals of providing needed health care services to its citizens.