Song-Brown Registered Nurse
Forecasted
Song-Brown Registered Nurse supports California nursing education programs with funding for existing slots, enrollment expansion, and new programs to prepare nurses to serve underserved communities.
Funder: California Department of Health Care Access and Information
Due Dates (Anticipated): October 2027 (Early Submission Review) | October 2027 (Application Close)
Funding Amounts: Existing: up to $300,000; expansion: up to $300,000; new programs: up to $1,000,000 (two-year funding cycle)
Summary: Supports California pre-licensure registered nursing programs that prepare nurses to work in underserved communities.
Key Information: Existing and expansion programs need BRN approval; new programs must be pursuing approval and have no prior Song-Brown funding.
Description
The California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) administers this grant through the Song-Brown Healthcare Workforce Training Programs. It funds organizations educating registered nurses for work in underserved communities, supporting existing student slots, permanent enrollment expansion, and development of new pre-licensure nursing programs. Program pathways include Associate Degree of Nursing (ADN), Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), and Entry-Level Master’s (ELM).
Song-Brown prioritizes graduates who practice in medically underserved areas, enrollment of groups underrepresented in medicine, main training sites in underserved areas, and sites where most patients receive Medi-Cal. Funded nursing programs must combine clinical experience and curriculum serving medically underserved multicultural communities, lower socioeconomic neighborhoods, or rural communities with recruitment, counseling, placement, and preceptorship activities that encourage practice in areas of need.
