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Health Care
Professionals Wanted
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T h is p ro g ram , acco rd in g to
M ack ay , is m o d eled a fte r su c ­
c essfu l p ro g ra m s o ffered by the
N ational In stitu tes o f H ealth and
the R obert W ood Jo h n so n F o u n ­
d atio n .
T h e m en to rin g p ro g ram s w ill
p a rtn e r V A m edical cen te rs w ith
h isto ric a lly black c o lleg es and
u n iv e rs itie s , llis p a n ic -s e rv in g
in stitu tio n s, trib al c o lle g e s and
u n iv e rsitie s, an d o th e r in s titu ­
tio n s w ith siz e a b le c o n c e n tra ­
tio n s o f A sian A m erican s, Pa­
cific Islan d ers, n ativ e H aw ai-
ian s an d A lask a n ativ es.
T h e pro g ram , c o stin g $6 m il­
lion annually, w ill begin in April
2004.
F o r m ore in fo rm atio n about
the p ro g ram , v isit th e W eb site
at w w w .v a .g o v /re s d e v .
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O f all businesses in the United
States, 5.8 percent are ow ned by
H ispanic A m ericans, 4.4 percent
by A sian A m ericans, 4 percent for
A frican A m ericans and 0.9 percent
by A m erican Indians.
O f m inority-ow ned businesses,
39.5 percent are Hispanic-owned, 30
percent A sian-owned, 27.1 percent
African A m erican-ow ned and 6.5
percent A m erican Indian-owned.
Almost 4 in 10 black-
owned businesses
(38 percent) were owned
by women.
O fth e4,514,699jobs in minority-
owned businesses. 48.8 percent were
in A sian-ow ned firms, 30.8 percent
in H ispanic-ow ned firms, 15.9 per­
cent in A frican-A m erican-ow ned
firm s and 6.6 percent in American
N ative-owned firms.
M inority-owned firms had about'
$96 billion in payroll.
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b u s in e s s e s (3 8 p e rc e n t) w ere<
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than 2.2 million people and g en er-,
ated $306.9 billion in revenues.
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