Song Brown Registered Nurse Education Programs (RN) 2026 Application

The Song-Brown program funds institutions that train primary care health professionals to provide healthcare in California’s medically underserved areas.

This grant opportunity will result in funding organizations to train Registered Nurse trainees to work in underserved communities. Such strategies shall incorporate the following elements: 1.Establishing procedures to identify, recruit, and admit registered nurse trainees who possess characteristics which would suggest a predisposition to practice in areas of unmet need, and who express a commitment to serve in areas of unmet need. 2. Implementing counseling and placement programs to encourage training program graduates to enter practice in areas of unmet need. 3.Providing preceptorship experience in an area of unmet need to enhance the potential of training program graduates to practice in such an area.

Details

• Agency: Department of Health Care Access and Information
• Type: Grant
• Funding Source: State
• Estimated Available Funds: $2,725,000.00
• Estimated Awards: Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.
• Award Amount: Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.
• Funding Method: Reimbursement(s)
• Matching Funds: Not Required
• Geography: Registered nursing programs must be located in California.

Apply here: https://hcai.ca.gov/workforce/financial-assistance/grants/song-brown/registered-nurse-rn/