Sponsor
California Department of Health Care Access and Information
Purpose
The California Song-Brown Healthcare Workforce Training
Program provides grants to support certified nurse
midwifery (CNM) and licensed midwifery (LM) training
programs in California.
Priority will be given to programs with demonstrated
success in:
- Graduating individuals who practice in medically
underserved areas - Enrolling members of underrepresented groups in
medicine to the program - Locating the program’s main training site in a
medically underserved area - Operating a main training site at which the majority
of the patients are Medi-Cal recipients
Eligibility
Eligible applicants must be an accredited California
school of nursing and approved by the Accreditation
Commission for Midwifery Education (for CNM programs) or the Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (for LM programs), or must be authorized
by the Regents of the University of California, by the
Trustees of the California State University, or must be
approved by the Board of Registered Nursing.
Geographic coverage
California
Amount of funding
Up to $712,000 in funding is available for one year from
the General Fund to support CNM and LM training program
grants.
Eligible existing programs may receive $13,000 per first-year
student, with a maximum number of 14 students supported,
for a maximum award amount of $182,000.
Eligible new programs may receive $75,000 per first-year
student, with a maximum number of 3 students supported,
for a maximum award amount of $225,000.
Tagged as
Health workforce education and training · Maternal health and prenatal care · Maternal health workforce · Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses · Racial and ethnic groups · California
Organizations (1)
- California Department of Health Care Access and Information,
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