The purpose of the Allied Health Manpower Training Model Project has been to develop a comprehensive manpower development program for health professionals that will serve as a model for other training institutions and health care organizations as they undertake continuing manpower planning and reorganization to meet the changing requirements for allied health manpower. This effort has been implemented in the Sunset Park and Bay Ridge areas of Brooklyn, New York, the area served by the Lutheran Medical Center, which conducted the project. This document contains six chapters: (1) Overview, (2) Allied Health Manpower Needs of Sunset Park-Bay Ridge, (3) Background for the Health Careers Guide, (4) Core Curricula, (5) Affiliation Agreements, and (6) Conclusion. Appended are (1) Health Careers Guide (data sheets of educational and occupational information on each of 19 health occupations, e.g. blood bank technologist, dietitian, medical record technician, respiratory therapist, and speech pathologist), (2) Health Survey Course Description (unit objectives, activities, and resources for a 3-credit health survey course to be inserted into a standard program of study to facilitate career choice and orientation), (3) list of courses or subjects common to allied health careers, (4) cost factors in the Lutheran Medical Center training program, (5) prototype affiliation agreement between a hospital and educational institutions, (6) list of Sunset Park and Bay Ridge Health facilities, (7) list of New York metropolitan area planning agencies, (8) allied health manpower training model project advisory committee, (9) condensed sample of occupation table, and (10) employee interview data. A bibliography is also included. (WL)