Nursing Home Staffing Campaign

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is committed to improving safety and quality of care in the nation’s nursing homes. The Nursing Home Staffing Campaign (NHSC) aims to increase the availability of nurses to work in nursing homes by offering financial incentives. This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is focused on helping to recruit registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical nurses or licensed vocational nurses (LPNs) to work in nursing homes. The program will provide funding for cooperative agreements to entities that will administer financial incentives, such as loan repayment and stipends, to RNs and LPNs to work for three years in a qualifying nursing home or in an oversight role with a state agency. Key aspects of the program include: • Recruiting nurses to work in nursing homes through financial incentives • Providing funding for cooperative agreements to entities that will administer financial incentives • Requiring applicants to demonstrate their ability to perform outreach and maintain coverage for four-year and/or two-year degree RNs, and LPNs, in all states • Expecting applicants to administer financial incentives to RNs and LPNs for a three-year work commitment • Requiring applicants to maintain systems for RNs and LPNs to apply and track their fulfillment of the work commitment