For the past 10 years, the School of Technical Careers at Southern Illinois University has blended government Job Training Partnership Act or Comprehensive Employment and Training Act funds, existing college programs, and local health facilities into successful training programs in allied health careers. The School of Technical Careers, through job need surveys, curriculum development, and client development, is succeeding in matching the local job market with training activities. During the training programs, students are helped to select careers that fit local needs. They spend one and one-half semesters in on-campus courses, then work in an internship program for the final half semester. This training program has helped many of the program completers to obtain jobs in the local area. The benefits of the program are threefold: (1) students benefit by receiving adequate training to procure and retain local employment; (2) area health facilities benefit by having the opportunity to hire trained entry-level personnel, without the costs and time necessary for lengthy in-house training; and (3) the university benefits through dollars generated by external funds as well as an increase in generated semester hours. A survey to establish the need for training ward clerks (patient unit coordinators) is included. (KC)