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The place to find everything you need to know about health workforce shortages and service-obligated programs in New York State.
Career Pathways Training Program Under New York’s 1115 Waiver
Ongoing through 3/2027
1199SEIU Training and Employment Funds, Iroquois Healthcare Association, and the Finger Lakes Performing Provider System, New York’s designated three Workforce Investment Organizations, received awards totaling up to $646 million over the next three years to implement the Career Pathways Training Program (CPT), which will recruit and train thousands of new health, mental health, and social care workers across New York.
Community Aging in Place - Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE)
Deadline 04/08/25
The New York State Department of Health (DOH) plans on releasing an opportunity for up to 20 qualified organizations to implement and manage the Community Aging in Place – Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE) initiative in their communities, including include four (4) sites in the Capital District Region, three (3) sites in the Central New York Region, nine (9) sites in the Metropolitan Area Region, and four (4) sites in the Western Region. An anticipated annual award of $315,000 per site will be provided for up to three years beginning July 1, 2025.
Direct Caregiver Flexibility
Deadline 1/23/2025
This direct caregiver flexibility grant from DOH is intended to create a more uniform and centralized “training and support system” for direct care workers (PCA, HHA and CNA) in the ten (10) Economic Development Regions (“EDR”). Up to $18,775,000 in funding (Years 1-2) and $19,000,000 in funding (Years 3-5) is available to support up to 2 Direct Caregiver Flexibility Training Centers and their respective Direct Caregiver Support Hubs in each of the 10 EDRs.
Questions and answers are available here.
Healthcare Education and Life-skills Program (HELP)
Deadline 01/15/25
HELP aims to fund healthcare training programs that provide a holistic approach in supporting trainees on their paths to success and increase their self-efficacy to thrive in an evolving healthcare environment.
The RFA seeks to fund projects at least two projects in each of the 10 NYS Dept of Labor Regions with grants between the minimum of $250,000 and maximum award of $1M per year.
Nurses Across NY Loan Repayment (NANY) Program Cycle 2
closed
NANY makes funds available to help recruit RNs and LPNs and encourage them to remain in medically underserved areas of the state. Cycle 2 awards, from a pool of $3 million, will provide up to: $25,000 for a registered nurse or $10,000 for a licensed practical nurse who agrees to practice in an underserved area for the three-year Nurses Across New York service obligation period.
Workforce Development Training (WDT) Program Employee Retention and Advancement Training (ERAT)
closed
ERAT provides occupational skills training, commensurate with regional priorities, to incumbent workers who are currently in low and middle-skills occupations, leading to job advancement and retention. For applicants with 2-50 employees, the maximum award amount is up to $100,000; up to $200,000; for applicants with 51-100 employees; and up to $300,000 for applicants with 101 or more employees.
Workforce Development Training (WDT) Program Reemployment Training Grant (RTG) closed
The Reemployment Training Grant (RTG) Program is intended to secure the services of eligible organizations that can assist NYSDOL by providing occupational skills training commensurate with regional priorities to unemployed/underemployed individuals to qualify them for full-time or part-time employment or if currently employed, a higher level of employment. The maximum award is up to $250,000.
