California Licensed Vocational Nurse to Associate Degree Nursing Scholarship Program (LVN to ADN)
916.326.3640
LVNtoADNSP@hcai.ca.gov
The California Department of Health Care Access and Information offers scholarships to students enrolled in licensed vocational nurse to associate degree Nursing programs.
Recipients of these scholarships must agree to work in a Medically Underserved Area for a minimum of one year upon completion of education.
Applicants must be a California resident enrolled in a Licensed vocational nurse to associate degree nursing program in California and be willing to sign a service agreement.
Eligibility requirements:
- Begin class or training program by October 1, 2026
- Be enrolled in a minimum of six semester units, or its equivalent, until program completion
- Have a GPA of 2.0 or higher for most recent academic performance or equivalent
- Maintain a GPA of 2.0 or higher until program completion
- Must graduate after March 31, 2027
- Not have any other existing service obligations with other entities
- Not be in breach of any other HCAI service obligation
- Commit to a one year service obligation providing at least 32 hours per week of direct patient care in an underserved area or qualifying facility starting within 6 months of graduation
- Be a California resident
Eligible practice sites:
- California nursing school
- Nonprofit medical facility
- Children's hospital
- Primary Care Shortage Area (PCSA)
- Correctional facility
- Public school facility
- County-operated health facility
- Registered Nursing Shortage Area (RNSA)
- Critical Access Hospital
- Rural Health Clinic
- Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)/FQHC Look-Alike
- Skilled nursing facility
- Health Professional Shortage Area – Mental Health (HPSA-MH)
- State-operated health facility
- Health Professional Shortage Area – Primary Care (HPSA-PC)
- Substance use facility
- Medically Underserved Area (MUA)
- Veteran's facility
- Native American Health Center
Up to $8,000 in return for one year of service.
A total of approximately $50,000 is available.
Links to additional guidance, application instructions, and the online application are available on the program website.
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