On October 11th, LeadingAge asked the Department of Labor (DOL) for a clarification on whether the DOL’s Nursing Expansion Grant Program’s Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) requires nonprofit healthcare organizations, who are one of the six eligible lead applicants for the Nursing Career Pathways Track, to be affiliated with hospitals and other medical facilities, for the purposes of the grant program.
On November 8th, DOL issued an “Amendment to the FOA” which removed the affiliation language, and revised the Eligibility Lead Applicants Section of the FOA. For the purposes of this FOA, the nonprofit healthcare organizations criteria were clarified, which specifies community or faith-based organizations, community health centers, and other medical facilities are eligible lead applicants. You can access a LeadingAge article regarding the revised FOA for the Nursing Expansion Grant Program here. DOL has published a “Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)” page, which is available online at: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/grants/apply/find-opportunities, under the DOL Nursing Expansion Grant Program heading. A pre-recorded “Prospective Applicant Webinar” is available online at https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/grants/apply/find-opportunities, under the DOL Nursing Expansion Grant Program heading and available for viewing any time.
