This $856,000 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending grant (CFDA 93.493 - Congressional Directives) awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will enable LaGrange College to enhance its Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program. Specifically, the funding will be used to procure new equipment and construct additional classrooms to expand the college's nursing program capacity. This initiative aims to address critical national and statewide nursing...
This $3,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the Healthcare Systems Bureau under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will fund the establishment of a comprehensive nursing training laboratory at Spoon River College in Illinois. The primary objectives are to address the critical shortage of healthcare professionals in rural areas by providing state-of-the-art simulation training and enhanced nursing curriculum. Key components include constructing a 7,000 square-foot facility with...
This federal Project Grant award of $4,100,000 from the Department of Health and Human Services (CFDA 93.493 - Congressional Directives program) will enable Southern Maine Community College (a sub-awardee of the Maine Community College System) to renovate a floor of its Health Science Building to create a state-of-the-art healthcare simulation center. The simulation center will provide students preparing for careers in healthcare with a realistic, hands-on learning environment to practice...
This $36,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (CFDA 93.493 Congressional Directives) will fund the construction of a Coordinated Allied Health Building on the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain (UARM) campus. The intent of this project is to allow UARM to consolidate and expand its healthcare training programs to benefit residents of southwest Arkansas. The new facility will provide access to laboratory facilities and simulation classrooms, enabling...
This $1,848,000.00 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Healthcare Systems Bureau under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) supports construction and renovation projects at the Goochland Campus of J Sargeant Reynolds Community College in Virginia. The award, effective September 30, 2024 through September 29, 2027, will fund infrastructure development, facility upgrades, and equipment acquisition to enhance the college's capacity to...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a $8,784,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as Western Nevada College (WNC), to renovate and expand the nursing facilities at its Douglas Campus. This funding will allow WNC to build an addition to its existing Douglas Campus building and purchase the necessary equipment and technology to offer its nursing and other allied health programs,...
This $2,400,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Healthcare Systems Bureau, under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493), will allow Lander University's School of Nursing to comprehensively upgrade its nursing simulation facilities, equipment, and technology. The funding will be used to purchase essential instructional audio/visual technology, computers, hospital beds, laboratories, classroom furniture, and other industry-specific equipment and...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a $9,975,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to Central Maine Community College (CMCC) for the Healthcare Training Expansion Project. The grant will fund a 7,200-square-foot addition to CMCC's Kirk Hall to support the growth of the nursing program, add new healthcare degree programs such as surgical technology, update science labs, improve exercise science programs, and enhance short-term...
This Project Grant award of $316,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (CFDA 93.493 - Congressional Directives) will be used by Delta County Memorial Hospital in Colorado to remodel and expand the hospital's adult primary care clinic. The funding will be used to create six additional examination rooms, combine provider offices into a "provider pod" concept, and update fixtures and flooring on the 3,750 square foot main floor of the clinic. This project is...
This Project Grant award of $9,177,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will fund the relocation and expansion of the nursing simulation center at Fairmont State University in West Virginia. The grant will be used to move the simulation center from its current location in Colebank Hall to the university's Education Building, where the nursing program is housed, to address accessibility issues. Additionally, the funding...
This $4,940,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (CFDA 93.493 - Congressional Directives) will fund the renovation of the third floor of the B Wing at John A. Logan College in Carterville, Illinois. The project aims to unify all of the college's healthcare programs into one area, expand healthcare classrooms and labs, and upgrade outdated facilities to help address critical healthcare worker shortages in rural southern Illinois. The renovated third floor will create new nursing labs, classrooms, simulation labs, and support spaces to enhance the college's ability to train nursing students and other healthcare professionals. This project represents a portion of a larger construction effort to consolidate the college's healthcare programs on campus. The grant award was made on September 30, 2024, with a targeted ultimate completion date of September 29, 2027.