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California Song-Brown Healthcare Workforce Training Program: Registered Nurse Education

This funding record is inactive. Please see the program website or contact the program sponsor to determine if this program is currently accepting applications or will open again in the future.

Sponsor
California Department of Health Care Access and Information
Deadlines
Nov 15, 2022
Contact

SongBrown@hcai.ca.gov
916.326.3700

Purpose

The Song-Brown Healthcare Workforce Training Program provides grants to support registered nurse training programs in California.

Priority will be given to programs that have demonstrated success in the following areas:

  • Graduating individuals who practice in medically underserved areas
  • Enrolling members of underrepresented groups in medicine to the program
  • Locating the program's main training site in a medically underserved area
  • Operating a main training site at which the majority of the patients are Medi-Cal recipients
Eligibility

Eligible applicants are nurse education programs that are approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (Associate Degree of Nursing; Bachelor of Science, Nursing; and Entry-Level Master's pre-licensure registered nursing programs).

Institutions with more than one level of nursing should submit only one application.

Geographic coverage
California
Amount of funding

Rate per student: $15,000
Maximum award: $900,000
Project period: 2 years
Maximum student slots per year: 30
Estimated total program funding: $26,398,500

Application process

Links to additional guidance, application instructions, and the online application portal are available on the program website.

Tagged as
Health professions faculty · Health workforce education and training · Health workforce pipeline · Minorities · Nurses · Primary care · Veterans · California

Organizations (1)

  • California Department of Health Care Access and Information, view details



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