HHS Awards $96 Million to Train Health Professionals
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recently announced the awarding of $96 million in grants to increase diversity in the health professions workforce and encourage nurses to choose careers as nurse educators.
The grants will go to schools to give scholarships to students from disadvan‐ taged backgrounds with
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financial need, many of which are underrepresented minorities. Funds will also provide low‐interest loans to nurse faculty students – students who want to teach nurs‐ ing – as incentive for nurses to select careers as nurse edu‐ cators.
Of these funds, $27 million is part of the $200 million appropriated to HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to build the nation’s health care workforce.
"The health professions workforce in the United States does not reflect the population it serves," said Secretary Sebelius. "These funds will help support the education of disadvantaged students who are more likely to go on to serve in underserved areas, and will expand the training of nurse faculty in exchange for their service." Of the total funding, $66 million will be used to provide scholarships to 28,000 disadvantaged students under the Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students program. The funds awarded today include: • $45.7 million in FY 2010 appropriations for 308 grants to 605 health professions programs at colleges and universities; and
• $20.5 million in Recovery Act funds for 273 grants to 513 programs at colleges and universities. "A critical part of HRSA’s mission is to help make sure that we have the right kinds of health care professionals serving in the right places – places where they can do the most good for the most people," said HRSA Administrator Mary Wakefield, Ph.D, R.N. "With this new infusion of funds, we will be able to increase training opportunities for a future generation of health care professionals." Under the Nurse Faculty Loan Program, $30 million is awarded to 165 grantees to support nursing student loans for master and doctoral degree nurses who will then become faculty at nursing schools across the country. In exchange for teaching at a nursing school, students are eligible for an 85 percent loan cancellation during their first four years of employment. EMS
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