Closed · CMS-2V2-26-001 · CFDA 93.693 · Discretionary
Nursing Home Staffing Campaign
Federal grant opportunity posted by Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $1.8M-$20M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- March 27, 2026
- Close date
- 15
- Expected awards
The verdict
Nursing Home Staffing Campaign is a closed discretionary listing from Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services that offered $1,760,000 -- $20,000,000 across 15 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 121 other opportunities from Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
- $1.8M-$20M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 15
- expected awards
- 93.693
- CFDA program
Recently closed NOFO
This listing closed on March 27, 2026. CFDA 93.693 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was $1,760,000 -- $20,000,000.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed March 27, 2026
Est. Total Funding
$80,000,000
Expected Awards
15
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is committed to improving safety and quality of care in the nation’s nursing homes. Nursing home staffing is a critical factor for improving care for nursing home residents. However, some nursing homes struggle to hire enough nursing staff to meet each resident’s needs. Additionally, state survey agencies, which are responsible for inspecting nursing homes for compliance with federal regulations, have also had challenges hiring nurses to conduct these inspections. The Nursing Home Staffing Campaign (NHSC) is aimed at increasing the availability of nurses to work in the nursing home environment, such as in qualifying nursing homes or in an oversight capacity for a state inspection agency.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 by offering financial incentives. Through this NOFO, CMS is accepting applications 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.
Campus–civic applicant bridge · 4 doors
Nursing Home Staffing Campaign bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (4 doors: Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Private institutions of higher education). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Health (HL). Inside Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services's indexed book this exact eligibility-code string is unique to this listing.
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 13
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 20
- Private institutions of higher education
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
NHSC@cms.hhs.gov
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What to do next
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