Song Brown Registered Nurse Education Programs (RN) 2026 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 Registered Nurse trainees to work in underserved communities. The program aims to establish procedures to identify, recruit, and admit registered nurse trainees who possess characteristics which would suggest a predisposition to practice in areas of unmet need, and who express a commitment to serve in areas of unmet need. • The grant is open to businesses, non-profits, and public agencies that provide graduate medical education training in the state of California. • The grant awards are limited to the funds specified in the State Budget Act, with a total estimated available funding of $2,725,000. • The funding method is reimbursement, and awardees will enter into a grant agreement with the Department of Health Care Access and Information. • The grant has a period of performance of 2 years.