Cooperative Agreement 2V2CMS332097
- 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...
- The National Institute of Nursing Research awarded $163,825 to The Regents Of The University Of Colorado, doing business as University Of Colorado-Denver, on September 1, 2026, under the Nursing Research program (CFDA 93.361). The recipient is developing the Organizations Support Midwives (OSM) toolkit, an organization-level intervention designed to improve professional well-being and retention of nurse-midwives through implementation of clinical and procedural policies that create positive work...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals awarded the University of San Francisco $1,999,532 on September 30, 2025, under the Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants program (CFDA 93.359). The School of Nursing and Health Professions at USF will execute the Nurse Health Equity Scholars Initiative (NHESI) in partnership with Alameda Health System and the San Francisco Department of Public Health and SF...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals awarded St. Catherine University $996,275 on September 30, 2025, under the Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants program (CFDA 93.359) to develop a comprehensive nursing workforce expansion initiative addressing critical shortages in long-term and acute care settings across rural Minnesota. The award funds the creation of a traineeship program providing...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals awarded Dallas College $2.035 million (obligated of $2.451 million requested) on September 30, 2025, under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention Grants program (CFDA 93.359) to implement a comprehensive nursing workforce expansion initiative. Dallas College will establish partnerships with local hospitals and facilities in Dallas County to provide their...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals awarded the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, through its University of Nebraska Medical Center division, $1,992,932 on September 30, 2025, under the Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants program (CFDA 93.359) to establish and operate the Rural Nebraska Nursing Fellows program. The award funds a fellowship program that prepares Bachelor of Science...
- The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $831,908 Formula Grant to the Professional Education Corporation's Denver College of Nursing division located in Denver, CO. The grant period runs from February 3, 2021 through August 18, 2022 to provide direct student aid to students enrolled at the Denver College of Nursing. The funding supports the Education Stabilization Fund program (CFDA 84.425), which aims to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus...
- The Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals awarded the University of South Carolina Beaufort $1,996,030 on September 30, 2025, under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention Grants program (CFDA 93.359) to expand nursing workforce capacity in South Carolina. The award funds a comprehensive workforce expansion program designed to recruit and retain diverse nursing students in a baccalaureate degree program and increase their employment in acute and...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded $2.362 billion to the State of Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing on October 1, 2025, under the Grants to States for Medicaid program (CFDA 93.778) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. The award funds medical assistance payments on behalf of cash assistance recipients, children, pregnant women, aged individuals, and other categorically eligible groups meeting Colorado's...
- The Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Health Professionals awarded Samuel Merritt University $1,968,192 on September 30, 2025, under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention Grants program (CFDA 93.359) to expand nursing education capacity in Oakland, California. The Oakland Nursing Initiative for Community Health (ONICH) expands the university's Bachelor of Science in Nursing program enrollment by 13 percent, increasing from 64 to 72 students per cohort, or...
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.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $1.2m | 7/27/26 |