Health Workforce Programs

Purpose: Prepare new nurse practitioners in primary care for practice in community-based settings through clinical- and academic-focused 12-month nurse practitioner residency programs, with a preference for those projects that benefit medically vulnerable populations.

Discover HRSA's Advanced Nursing Education Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (ANE-SANE) program, training nurses to care for survivors of sexual assault.

Purpose: Prepare new advanced practice registered nurses to effectively provide primary care by supporting the establishment, expansion, and/or enhancement of existing community-based nurse practitioner residency and fellowship training programs that are accredited or in the accreditation process.

The program focuses on the integration of behavioral health and/or maternal health into primary care by training new primary care providers, behavioral health providers, and/or certified nurse midwives to transition from education completion to practice in community-based settings.

Purpose: Prepare new primary care or behavioral health nurse practitioners to work in integrated, community-based settings.

Read about HRSA's Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW), supporting advanced nursing education programs for registered nurses preparing to become primary care nurse practitioners, primary care clinical nurse specialists, and nurse midwives.

Explore HRSA's Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) program, improving healthcare access by training and supporting health professionals in medically vulnerable areas.

Find out about HRSA's Maternity Care Nursing Workforce Expansion (MatCare) Program, supporting accredited nurse midwifery programs to grow and diversify the maternal and perinatal health nursing workforce through support for education and training in medically vulnerable communities.

Learn about the Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship (NAT) program. Find out if you are eligible and how to apply.

Learn about the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) – Clinical Faculty and Preceptor Academies (CFPA) Program. Find out if you are eligible and how to apply.

Learn about HRSA’s NEPQR-Mobile Health Training Program, which helps prepare nursing students and professionals to deliver high-quality care through mobile health clinics in medically vulnerable areas.