Song Brown Family Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant (FNP & PA) 2026 Application
Closes: 2026-09-23.
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- Agency
- Department of Health Care Access and Information
- Closes
- 2026-09-23
- Opened
- 2026-02-24
- Open to
- Business, Nonprofit, Public Agency
- Geography
- All approved FNP and PA programs must be located within California.
- Estimated total funding
- $3,931,000
- Amounts
- Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.
- Expected awards
- Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.
- Matching funds
- Not Required
About this program
The Song-Brown program funds institutions that train primary care health professionals to provide healthcare in California’s medically underserved areas.
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.
Eligibility notes
Each FNP and PA training program must be approved for funding under the Song-Brown Health Care Workforce Training Act.
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