What is HOTT?

Health Occupations for Today & Tomorrow

Did you know.....

That by the year 2014, over 12,500 ADDITIONAL healthcare workers will be needed in South Dakota?

That there will be a 13% DECREASE in the number of high school graduates by the school year 2012/2013?

That by the year 2025, South Dakota will have the 9th highest proportion of elderly NATIONALLY?

Scary statistics, aren’t they? So….are you ready? Do you know what these stats mean? Simply speaking, they mean that as our baby boomers retire and leave the healthcare workforce they are subsequently aging, requiring additional healthcare services. At the same time, there are fewer and fewer high school graduates available to replace them in the workforce. The South Dakota Departments of Education, Health, and Labor and the South Dakota Board of Regents have created a program to address this critical need for healthcare workers in the state. Health Occupations for Today and Tomorrow (HOTT) focuses on health career information and opportunities for South Dakota students at all grade levels.