Nursing Workforce Diversity

 

The objective of the NWD program is to increase the diversity of the nursing workforce by supporting students from disadvantaged backgrounds in becoming registered nurses to decrease health disparities and increase health equity. The objective of the NWD-E2 program is to achieve a sustainable eldercare nursing workforce by providing enhanced educational opportunities to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. The program seeks to equip the nursing students with the competencies necessary to address health care disparities related to access and delivery of care of elderly populations in rural and underserved areas.

Active 93.178 Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2018 The NWD Program supported 65 college-level degree programs as well as 164 training programs and activities designed to recruit and retain health professions students. These programs trained 6,549 students, including 2,886 students who graduated or completed their programs. Degree programs had 2,880 enrolled students this academic year, missing the target. This was primarily due to a new cohort of FY 2017 grantees being in a capacity-building year. In addition to providing support to students, NWD grantees partnered with 743 training sites during the academic year to provide 6,888 clinical training experiences to trainees across all programs. Approximately 48 percent of training sites were located in medically underserved communities and 33 percent were in primary care settings.
Fiscal Year 2020 In Academic Year 2019-2020, the NWD Program supported 66 college-level degree programs as well as 157 training programs and activities designed to recruit and retain health professions students. These programs trained 11,620 students, including 5,027 students who graduated or completed their programs. Degree programs had 5,888 enrolled students and academic support programs had 5,732 participants this academic year. In addition to providing support to students, NWD grantees partnered with 963 training sites during the academic year to provide 10,811 clinical training experiences to trainees across all programs. Approximately 43 percent of training sites were located in medically underserved communities and 35 percent were in primary care settings. NWD-E2: No data available
Fiscal Year 2021 In Academic Year 2020-2021, the NWD Program supported 64 college-level degree programs as well as 139 training programs and activities designed to recruit and retain health professions students. These programs trained 10,155 students - 5,953 nursing students enrolled in degree programs and 4,202 participants in academic support programs. A total of 4,653 students graduated or completed their programs. Twenty-nine percent of nursing students in NWD programs identified as Hispanic or Latino (almost five times higher than the national nursing estimates) and 14 percent identified as Black or African American (50 percent higher than the national nursing estimates). The NWD program directly funded 1,603 nursing students, 100 percent of whom were underrepresented minorities and/or from disadvantaged backgrounds. In addition to providing support to students, NWD grantees partnered with 778 training sites during the academic year to provide 9,920 clinical training experiences to trainees across all programs. Forty-seven percent of training sites were located in medically underserved communities, 41 percent were in primary care settings, and 16 percent were in rural areas. Seventy-four percent of the sites served elderly populations and 73 percent served the chronically ill. NWD-E2: In AY 2020-2021, the NWD-E2 program supported two college-level degree programs and one training program designed to recruit and retain health professions students. These programs trained 63 students—23 nursing students enrolled in degree programs and 40 participants in academic support programs. A total of 12 students graduated or completed their programs. Thirty-nine percent of nursing students in the NWD-E2 Program identified as Black or African American (almost four times higher than the national nursing estimates) and 30 percent identified as Hispanic or Latino (almost five times higher than the national nursing estimates). The NWD-E2 Program directly funded 22 nursing students, 100 percent of whom were underrepresented minorities and/or from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Fiscal Year 2022 In FY 2022, HRSA supported 32 NWD non-competing continuation awards and nine new awards. In FY 2023, HRSA will continue to support 41 non-competing continuation NWD awards and one new award. In Academic Year (AY) 2021-2022, the most recent year for which performance data is available, the NWD Program trained 10,981 students. Sixty-seven percent of the NWD trainees were from disadvantaged backgrounds and 56 percent were underrepresented minorities. NWD trainees included 7,809 nursing students enrolled in degree programs and other 3,172 NWD trainees academic support programs. A total of 3,848 students completed their NWD programs. The NWD Program provided scholarships and stipends to a subset of 1,210 nursing students. One hundred percent of these nursing students were underrepresented minorities and/or from disadvantaged backgrounds. By the end of the academic year, 626 of these nursing students graduated from their degree programs. Of the 242 prior year graduates with one-year follow-up data, 54 percent currently work in or pursuing further training in medically underserved communities. Section 821 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296m) Eligible applicants include accredited schools of nursing, nursing centers, academic health centers, State or local governments, and other private or public non-profit entities determined appropriate by the Secretary. Eligible faith-based organizations, community based organizations, and Tribes and Tribal Organizations can apply for these funds if they are otherwise eligible. For-profit entities are not eligible under this Notice of Funding Opportunity. Individuals are not eligible to apply. State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals), Local (includes State-designated lndian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals, Public nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals), Federally Recognized lndian Tribal Governments, U.S. Territories and possessions, Profit organization, Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals), Native American Organizations (includes lndian groups, cooperatives, corporations, partnerships, associations) Eligible applicants are collegiate schools of nursing, nursing centers, academic health centers, State or local governments, and other private or public entities accredited by a recognized body or bodies or state agency, approved for the purpose of nursing education by the Secretary of Education. In addition to schools in the 50 states, only those in the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau are eligible to apply. Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Government and Native American organizations may apply if they are otherwise eligible. Project participants (students and trainees supported by HRSA programmatic funding provided through NWD) must be enrolled in an accredited nursing program and be a citizen, national, or permanent resident of the United States. Individuals must be from educationally or economically disadvantaged backgrounds (including racial and ethnic minorities underrepresented among registered nurses). Accredited public and nonprofit private schools of nursing and other public or nonprofit private entities. Project participants must be in an accredited program, a citizen of the United States, a non-citizen national of the United States or a foreign national who possesses a visa permitting permanent residence in the United States. Individuals on temporary or student visas are not eligible participants and may not receive NWD grant support. Applicants should review the individual HRSA Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcement issued under this assistance listing for any required proof or certifications which must be submitted with an application package. All HRSA awards are subject to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements at 45 CFR part 75. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. 45 CFR part 75, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. HRSA requires all applicants to apply electronically through Grants.gov. All eligible, qualified applications will be forwarded to an objective review committee. Based on the advice of the objective review committee, the HRSA program official with delegated authority is responsible for final selection and funding decisions. Notification of award is made in writing (electronic) through a Notice of Award. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines From 120 to 180 days. Approximately 120 to 180 days after receipt of applications. Not applicable. Depending on Agency priorities and availability of funding, during the final budget year of the approved project period competing continuation applications may be solicited from interested applicants. Procedures for assessing the technical merit of grant applications have been instituted to provide an objective review of applications and to assist the applicant in understanding the standards against which each application will be judged. Critical indicators have been developed for each review criterion to assist the applicant in presenting pertinent information related to that criterion and to provide the reviewer with a standard for evaluation. Competing applications are reviewed by nonfederal reviewers for technical merit recommendations. . Applications will be reviewed and evaluated against the following criteria: (1) Purpose and Need; (2) Response to Program Purpose; (3) Impact; (4) Organizational Information, Resources and Capabilities; and (5) Support Requested. See the most recent Notice of Funding Opportunity for detailed selection criteria. Funds may be used for salaries of personnel specifically employed for the project; consultant fees; supplies and equipment necessary to conduct the project; essential travel expenses and student stipends or scholarships; and other expenses related to the project. Not applicable. Not applicable. Recipients are required to maintain grant accounting records 3 years after the date they submit the Federal Financial Report (FFR). If any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit or other action involving the award has been started before the expiration of the 3-year period, the records shall be retained until completion of the action and resolution of all issues which arise from it, or until the end of the regular 3-year period, whichever is later. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

This program has MOE requirements, see funding agency for further details. Additional Information: The recipient must agree to maintain non-federal funding for grant activities at a level which is not less than expenditures for such activities during the fiscal year prior to receiving the award. The NWD funding opportunity provides support for a 4-year project period. Recipients draw down funds, as necessary, from the Payment Management System (PMS); the centralized web based payment system for HHS awards None/Not specified. Aja Williams (NWD and NWD-E2)
Division of Nursing and Public Health, Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration
Rockville, MD 20857 USA
AWilliams4@hrsa.gov
Phone: 301-945-9658

Jasmine Price (NWD)
Division of Nursing and Public Health, Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration
Rockville, MD 20857 USA
jprice@hrsa.gov
Phone: 301-443-7151 http://www.hrsa.gov 75-0350-0-1-550 (Project Grants) FY 22$21,500,203.00; FY 23 est $22,439,015.00; FY 24 est $22,422,863.00; FY 21$15,911,720.00; FY 20$16,011,857.00; FY 19$16,065,986.00; FY 18$13,857,483.00; FY 17$13,857,483.00; FY 16$13,867,000.00; - NWD(Project Grants) FY 22$0.00; FY 23 est $0.00; FY 24 est $0.00; FY 21$2,250,956.00; FY 20$975,976.00; - NWD-E2 FY22 Range: $372,634 - $555,000; Average award: $524,395 FY23 Range: $372,922 - $555,000; Average award: $463,961 FY24 Range: $375, 951 - $555,00; Average award: $465, 976 NWD-E2: FY 22:$0 FY 23:$0 FY 24: $0 All administrative and audit requirements and the cost principles that govern Federal monies associated with this activity will be subject to the Uniform Guidance 2 CFR 200 as codified by HHS at 45 CFR 75. HRSA awards are also subject to the requirements of the HHS Grants Policy Statement (HHS GPS) that are applicable based on recipient type and purpose of award. The HHS GPS is available at http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/hhsgrantspolicy.pdf. Not applicable.