"developing the nursing home workforce through the NLN" will recruit lpns and RNS and provide financial incentives to them to work in nursing home settings for 3 years. - this project, developing…

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded a Cooperative Agreement totaling $1,462,572 obligated to the National League for Nursing on August 1, 2026, under the Nursing Home Staffing Campaign (CFDA 93.693).

The National League for Nursing will recruit 1,360 licensed practical nurses and registered nurses and provide them financial incentives up to $50,000 per nurse to work in nursing homes for a minimum of three years following graduation. Project deliverables include a recruitment webpage, two recruitment videos, a project pamphlet, two webinars on resume building and interview skills, and a learning and diffusion network delivering quarterly webinars on best practices for nursing home recruitment and nurse retention. The recipient requested a total five-year budget of $70,538,881 to fund these activities and participant incentives.

The award period runs from August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2031. Work is performed throughout the United States. The Nursing Home Staffing Campaign aims to increase the availability of nurses in nursing homes through financial incentives such as tuition reimbursement and stipends, addressing critical staffing shortages that affect care quality and safety in qualifying nursing homes and state inspection agencies.

"developing the nursing home workforce through the NLN" will recruit lpns and RNS and provide financial incentives to them to work in nursing home settings for 3 years. - this project, developing the nursing home workforce through the NLN, will be led by the national league for nursing, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in washington, DC. The goal of this project is to recruit licensed practice/vocational nurses and registered nurses to seek employment and work in nursing homes for a minimum of three years after nursing program graduation. We aim to recruit 1,360 nurses for this project. Project outcomes include building a webpage for project promotion and recruitment of both nurses and nursing homes, producing two recruitment videos, designing a project pamphlet, developing two webinars focused on resume building and interview skills training, and establishing a learning and diffusion network with quarterly webinars focused on best practices for recruiting nurses to work in nursing homes and additional webinars to promote nurse retention. Funds will be used to achieve the project outcomes and pay financial incentives (up to $50,000 per nurse) to project participants. We are requesting a total budget of $70,538,881 over 5 years.