Song Brown Family Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant (FNP & PA) 2025 Application

The Song-Brown program funds institutions that train primary care health professionals to provide healthcare in California’s medically underserved areas. This grant opportunity will result in funding organizations to train primary care nurse practitioners and physician assistant trainees to work in underserved communities. The grant requires eligible applicants to establish procedures to identify, recruit, and admit primary care nurse practitioner and physician assistant trainees who possess characteristics that would suggest a predisposition to practice in areas of unmet need. Key elements of the grant include implementing counseling and placement programs, providing preceptorship experiences in areas of unmet need, and ensuring that each FNP and PA training program is approved for funding under the Song-Brown Health Care Workforce Training Act. • The grant is open to businesses, non-profits, and public agencies. • Eligible geographies include all approved FNP and PA programs located within California. • The grant requires a reimbursement funding method. • The total estimated available funding is $3,931,000. • The expected award announcement is in January 2026. • The period of performance is 12 months.