Federal DOL Grant to Support Nurse Expansion

Although CCNW received notification in May 2023 that our proposal was NOT funded…. for the first time… CCNW submitted a proposal as the sole lead applicant!!!   This was a Federal DOL Grant to Support Nurse Expansion by Preparing Nurses to become Instructors and Educators through providing free tuition for our online faculty-led courses and funding for academic-practice Joint Appointments.  During the 60-month grant period, CCNW requested $2.8 million for:

• Free Tuition for (275) seats to the Part-Time Clinical Nurse Faculty Preparation Course 
• Free Tuition for (125) seats to the Full-Time Nurse Faculty Preparation Course
• (72) Joint Academic-Practice Appointments- monies to utilizing MERCI- A Model to Embed Resources for Clinical Instruction for student clinical experiences
• Leveraging the content of CCNW’s Introduction to Population Health Course that was created in conjunction with the Connecticut Nursing Collaborative- Action Coalition (CNC-AC) with Robert Wood Johnson and AARP funding via the Center to Champion Nurses in America
• Provide multi-year Career Coaching and Counseling to support the seamless transition of Connecticut nurses from clinical practice to roles of nurse educators
• Secured over (35) letters of support from Employers from Academe and Practice, Workforce Development Boards, State and National Trade Nursing & Workforce Associations, Labor, and Other Partners.  Thank you to all of your organizations that have sent letters of support!