closed

Song Brown Family Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant (FNP & PA) 2026 Application

Department of Health Care Access and Information · 161952

Eligibility details

Each FNP and PA training program must be approved for funding under the Song-Brown Health Care Workforce Training Act.

Matching funds & resources

Source matching-funds field: Not Required.

Matching funds and leveraged resources are different requirements. Read the description and reviewed rules below before determining resource commitments.

About this opportunity

This grant opportunity will result in funding organizations to train primary carenurse practitioners and physician assistant trainees to work in underservedcommunities. Such strategies shall incorporate the following elements: 1. Establishing procedures to identify, recruit and admit primary care nursepractitioner and physician assistant trainees who possess characteristicswhich would suggest a predisposition to practice in areas of unmet need, andwho express a commitment to serve in areas of unmet need. 2. Implementing counseling and placement program to encourage trainingprogram graduates to enter practice in areas of unmet need. 3. Providing a preceptorship experience in an area of unmet need to enhancethe potential of training program graduates to practice in such an area.

Funding geography: All approved FNP and PA programs must be located within California.

Funding instrument: Grant. Issuing jurisdiction: California. This is not a geographic eligibility determination.