National nursing home staffing campaign - project title: region 5 & national nursing home staffing campaign applicant organization name: colorado center for nursing excellence address: 7535 east…

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded the Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence a $62.506 million cooperative agreement on August 1, 2026, under the Nursing Home Staffing Campaign (CFDA 93.693) to recruit and place licensed practical nurses (LPNs), associate degree nurses (ADNs), and bachelor's degree nurses (BSNs) in nursing homes across the nation, with primary focus on the 10-state Region 5 and secondary coverage of Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6.

The Center will establish infrastructure to administer financial incentives including tuition reimbursement and stipends to nurses committing to three-year employment in qualifying nursing homes or state inspection agency oversight roles. The Center will implement REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture), a secure web-based platform, as the core system for managing nurse applications, surveys, and databases, and will develop a supplementary in-house secure structure to track nurse application details, employment information, stipend eligibility, and school loan requirements, with an approximately four-month setup timeline. The award period runs through July 31, 2031. The Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence, the largest nursing workforce center in the country, drew on existing recruiting infrastructure and relationships with nursing schools to design this national initiative. The initial obligation amount is $1.202 million, with place of performance in Colorado.

National nursing home staffing campaign - project title: region 5 & national nursing home staffing campaign applicant organization name: colorado center for nursing excellence address: 7535 east hampden avenue, suite 110; denver, CO 80231 project director name: amanda quintana DNP, MSN, FNP, faan contact phone number: (720) 699-7843 email address