The Health and Life Sciences Career Initiative (HLSCI) is a three-year program funded by the U.S. Department of Labor that seeks to prepare unemployed or underemployed individuals (including veterans, trade adjustment assistance impacted workers, dislocated workers and others) for careers in the health and life sciences. The HLSCI grant will help prepare underemployed and unemployed individuals by using Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) to document skills and knowledge that they already have. Charter Oak State College led the CPL work for HLSCI.