This Project Grant award of $7,415,000 from the Healthcare Systems Bureau (part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will fund Bluefield State University's (BSU) initiative to enhance its healthcare infrastructure. The project involves constructing a new 14,000-square-foot wing and renovating existing facilities at the recently acquired Bluefield Regional Medical Center. The goal is to address the need for healthcare...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will provide $10,000,000 to the NWTI Education Foundation to construct a 45,000 sq. ft. medical education building on the campus of Northwest Technical Institute in Springdale, Arkansas. This new facility will expand capacity for the institute's allied health programs in licensed practical nursing,...
This $4,940,000 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Healthcare Systems Bureau (CFDA 93.493 Congressional Directives program) will fund the renovation of the third floor of the B Wing at John A. Logan College in Carterville, Illinois. The purpose of this alteration/renovation project is to unify all of the college's healthcare programs into one central location, expand healthcare classrooms and labs, and upgrade outdated facilities to train healthcare...
This $3,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the Healthcare Systems Bureau under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will fund the construction of a 7,000 square-foot nursing training laboratory at Spoon River College in Illinois. The laboratory will be equipped with high-fidelity simulation mannequins and virtual reality technology to provide immersive, hands-on training for nursing students. The project aims to address the critical shortage of healthcare professionals in rural areas...
The Department of Health and Human Services awarded a $15,000,000 Congressional Directives (CFDA 93.493) Project Grant to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), to construct a new state-of-the-art nursing education facility. The project aims to provide technologically advanced classrooms, simulation labs, and student-centered clinical practice settings to expand the nursing program, increase diversity in the nursing profession, and offer...
This $3.1 million Project Grant award, funded under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), will support The Valley Hospital, Inc.'s construction and equipping of a new 8,000 square foot simulation center for graduate medical education (GME) in Paramus, New Jersey. The simulation center will feature realistic hospital environments, including an operating room, patient care...
This $8,784,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will enable Western Nevada College (WNC) to renovate and expand its Douglas Campus to offer nursing and allied health programs. The funding will allow WNC to build an addition to an existing building on the Douglas Campus and purchase necessary equipment and technology. Once completed, the expanded facility will enable WNC to offer its nursing...
This $3,563,000 Project Grant awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services' Healthcare Systems Bureau under CFDA 93.493 - Congressional Directives will fund the construction of the Claflin University Public Health Center in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The center will address critical nursing shortages in rural areas of the state by enhancing Claflin's nursing education programs and providing a pipeline of qualified nurses. The new facility will feature modern instructional spaces,...
This $1,499,918 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under CFDA 93.155 Rural Health Research Centers supports the establishment of two new ACGME-accredited rural residency training programs in Internal Medicine and Family Medicine at South Central Regional Medical Center in Laurel, Mississippi. The overarching goal is to increase access to and improve the quality of healthcare for residents living in...
This $9,975,000 Project Grant awarded by the Healthcare Systems Bureau, a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will fund the Central Maine Community College's (CMCC) Healthcare Training Expansion Project under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493). The project will create opportunities to enroll more students in high-wage, in-demand healthcare fields and help fill workforce shortages in Maine. Specifically, the grant will support a...
COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION - ABSTRACT PROJECT DIRECTOR: TIM SCHULTE PROJECT TITLE: NEW HEALTH PROFESSIONS BUILDING APPLICANT NAME: MISSOURI VALLEY COLLEGE ("MVC") ADDRESS: 500 E. COLLEGE STREET, MARSHALL, MO 65340 PHONE: (660)831-4043 EMAIL: SCHULTET@MOVAL.EDU PROJECT PERIOD: JULY 1, 2022 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2024 THIS APPLICATION REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SCHOOL OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMIC FACILITY AT MISSOURI VALLEY COLLEGE IN ORDER TO MEET THE CURRENT AND GROWING DEMAND FOR PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS LOCALLY, STATE-WIDE AND NATIONALLY. THE NEW FACILITY WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING OUTGROWN SCHOOL OF NURSING CURRENTLY HOUSED IN THE BASEMENT OF A LOCAL HOSPITAL, MORE THAN DOUBLING THE CAPACITY OF THE MVC SCHOOL OF NURSING PROGRAM THE PROJECTED COST OF THE NEW FACILITY IS $5,291,750. MISSOURI VALLEY COLLEGE IS REQUESTING A CONSTRUCTION GRANT FROM HRSA OF $2,000,000. THE REMAINING $3,291,750 IS BEING FUNDED BY MVC FROM DONATIONS OF ALUMNI, FRIENDS OF THE COLLEGE, NON-PROFIT FOUNDATIONS, AND THE CITY OF MARSHALL. THE NEW FACILITY WILL BE COMPLETED WITHIN 24 MONTHS OF THE EXPECTED START DATE OF JUNE 1, 2022. MISSOURI VALLEY COLLEGE WILL BUILD THE NEW 16,300 SQUARE-FOOT SCHOOL OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES BUILDING TO HOUSE THE NURSING PROGRAM, AND ULTIMATELY OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSION PROGRAMS, TRAINING AND GRADUATING CRITICALLY NEEDED NURSES TO MEET SIGNIFICANT STATE AND RURAL WORKFORCE SHORTAGES. THE NEW FACILITY WILL HOUSE STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY, SIMULATION, AND COMPUTER LABS, AND WILL PROVIDE SPACE FOR OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONS AS THE INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO EVOLVE. MISSOURI VALLEY COLLEGE CURRENTLY HOSTS A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING WITH TWO TRACKS: LPN TO BSN (ONLINE & FACE-TO-FACE) FOR CURRENTLY LICENSED LPNS AND A TRADITIONAL BSN. THE COLLEGE ALSO HAS A NEW MSN (MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NURSING- FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER) IN PLACE AND LOOKS TO ADD PROGRAMS AS THE NEED ARISES. THE PANDEMIC HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF MISSOURI'S HEALTH CARE WORKERS, PARTICULARLY NURSES. JOBS FOR REGISTERED NURSES HAVE GROWN BY 19% BETWEEN 2012 AND 2022, COMPARED TO THE 11% GROWTH AVERAGE FOR ALL OCCUPATIONS, ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS. IN MISSOURI, THE NURSING OCCUPATIONS OF A REGISTERED NURSE, CERTIFIED NURSE ASSISTANT, LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE, AND NURSE PRACTITIONER HOLD EMPLOYEE VACANCY RATES OF OVER 7%, MARKING A HIGHLY INCREASED DEMAND FOR NURSING PROFESSIONALS. NURSING SHORTAGES ARE EVEN MORE PRONOUNCED WITHIN RURAL COUNTIES. COMPOUNDING THE WORKFORCE SHORTAGE, MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF MISSOURI'S RNS ARE AGE 55 OR OLDER, INCREASING TO NEARLY HALF IN SOME RURAL COUNTIES, WITH RETIREMENT IMMINENT. GRADUATES OF THE MISSOURI VALLEY COLLEGE SCHOOL OF NURSING ARE PREPARED TO SERVE IN A VARIETY OF CLINICAL SETTINGS INCLUDING LOCAL COMMUNITY HOSPITALS, TERTIARY CARE CENTERS, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, CLINICS, AND OTHER AGENCIES. THE BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S LEVEL NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE WELL-RESPECTED; 90% OF MVC NURSING STUDENTS ARE OFFERED A JOB PRIOR TO GRADUATION. THE MISSOURI VALLEY COLLEGE SCHOOL OF NURSING FOLLOWS ALL STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES OF THE MISSOURI STATE BOARD OF NURSING AND THE COMMISSION ON COLLEGIATE NURSING EDUCATION. FOR EVERY NURSE MISSOURI VALLEY COLLEGE EDUCATES AND GRADUATES, THOUSANDS OF LIVES WILL BE POSITIVELY IMPACTED. IN A STATE FACING NURSING SHORTAGES AND AS A COLLEGE SERVING RURAL COUNTIES, THE BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY ARE IMMEASURABLE. AMONG ALL MISSOURI VALLEY COLLEGE NURSING GRADUATES, 79% REMAIN IN MISSOURI TO LIVE, WORK, AND RAISE A FAMILY. THE NEW FACILITY REPRESENTS NOT ONLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FUTURE GROWTH IN THE LOCAL AND STATE ECONOMY, BUT THE NEW SITE ALSO WIDENS THE PATH TO WELL-PAYING, PROFESSIONAL CAREERS. MISSOURI VALLEY COLLEGE