Statewide Grant Funding Opportunity to Increase Training Capacity in Health Care Facilities
On March 3, 2023, the Department of Health (DOH) announced the availability of $22,500,000 in funding through a Solicitation of Interest (SOI) for Increasing Training Capacity in Statewide Healthcare Facilities. The anticipated term of these awards is Oct. 1, 2023 to Sept. 30, 2025. The deadline for applications is April 19, 2023 at 4 p.m.; late applications will not be accepted.
Who May Apply:
- A residential health care facility (nursing home) certified or licensed under Article 28 of the Public Health Law (PHL);
- A general hospital certified or licensed under Article 28 of the PHL; or
- A diagnostic and treatment center certified or licensed under Article 28 of the PHL.
Awards will provide up to $1,000,000 per year for two years to eligible health care facilities. The purpose is to provide funding to increase the training capacity of health care facilities to prepare, mentor, and train a steady pipeline of high-quality health care professionals.
This funding cannot be used to supplant existing resources. The following expenses are deemed eligible but not required as part of the budget, depending on the organization’s need:
- Costs to recruit, hire, and maintain NEW staff who can provide training programs.
- Costs to develop NEW AND INNOVATIVE training programs and curriculum.
- Costs related to providing compensation to workers COVERING FOR STAFF WHO ARE ATTENDING TRAINING.
- Costs related to providing paid compensation FOR STAFF WHO ARE ATTENDING TRAINING.
- Costs related to CONDUCTING training (by facility employees or contractors).
How to Apply:
To be considered for funding, an applicant must complete, upload, and email all attachments referenced below to IncreasingTrainingCapacity@health.ny.gov. No more than one application will be accepted from a single eligible Article 28 facility. While facilities may have more than one location, the submitted application should include all sites included in the applicant’s training proposal.
The project application must contain the following:
- A copy of the applicant’s New York State Operating Certificate for an Article 28 provider organization – Proof of Eligibility (Attachment 1)
- The completed Application Form (Attachment 2) (Please note: this should be signed by an individual authorized to bind the Eligible Applicant to any Master Grant Contract in the New York State Grants Gateway)
- The completed Project Proposal (Attachment 3) to support the goal of increasing training capacity in statewide health care facilities
- The completed Project Budget (Attachment 4) to support the goal of increasing training capacity in statewide health care facilities
More detailed information on this opportunity and the entire application process with all attachments can be found here.
For answers to specific grant questions:
- Written questions will be accepted until March 14, 2023 at 4 p.m. (Please note: the document provides two different dates, March 14th and March 16th, as the deadline for questions. We will flag this for DOH, but recommend submitting questions by March 14th.) All questions should be submitted electronically to the email address IncreasingTrainingCapacity@health.ny.gov with the subject line “Increasing Training Capacity in Statewide Healthcare Facilities Questions.”
- Responses to questions will be posted on or about March 30, 2023.
Contact Information:
Primary contact:
Health, NYS Dept. of
Center for Healthcare Policy Resource Development
Division of Workforce Transformation
Cheryl Dallesandro
Director
IncreasingTrainingCapacity@health.ny.gov
Submit to contact:
Health, NYS Dept. of
Center for Healthcare Policy Resource Development
Division of Workforce Transformation
Steven Brooks
IncreasingTrainingCapacity@health.ny.gov
LeadingAge NY Contact: Carrie Mosley, cmosley@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8383 ext. 147