{"id":24720,"date":"2024-10-21T10:27:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T14:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=24720"},"modified":"2024-10-21T10:27:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T14:27:14","slug":"sen-ossoff-strengthening-georgias-nursing-workforce","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-strengthening-georgias-nursing-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Strengthening Georgia\u2019s Nursing Workforce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Griffin, Ga.&nbsp;\u2014<\/strong>&nbsp;U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering Federal resources to train more nurses across Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Sen. Ossoff announced he is delivering Federal resources to nursing training programs across the state through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff is delivering Federal resources to Central Georgia Technical College and Southern Crescent Technical College through HRSA\u2019s Nurse Education Practice Quality and Retention Program to strengthen their acute and long-term care nursing education programs, helping reduce the dire shortage of nurses across Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGeorgia continues to face a critical nursing shortage. Bringing Republicans and Democrats together, I\u2019m delivering these funds to expand&nbsp;nurse&nbsp;training programs across Georgia,\u201d<strong>&nbsp;Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Please find a breakdown of Federal grant awards recipients here:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Nurse Education Practice Quality and Retention Program recipients:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Community<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Grant Recipient<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Year 1 Award<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Total 4-year Award<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Macon, Ga.<\/td><td>Central Georgia Technical College (through Technical System College of Georgia)<\/td><td>$915,000<\/td><td>$3,660,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Griffin, Ga.<\/td><td>Southern Crescent Technical College<\/td><td>$960,575<\/td><td>$3,952,010<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff continues to advocate for Georgia\u2019s children and their access to critical medical&nbsp;care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In May, Sen. Ossoff announced he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-delivering-resources-to-expand-lagrange-colleges-nursing-program\/\">delivered<\/a>&nbsp;Federal funding to strengthen and expand LaGrange College\u2019s Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Program to serve more students.&nbsp;With the funding, LaGrange College plans to purchase updated equipment and renovate facilities to create a more immersive teaching environment and increase its overall capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March, Sen. Ossoff&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-delivering-new-resources-to-strengthen-pediatric-health-care\/\">delivered<\/a>&nbsp;$1,205,656 in&nbsp;Federal funding through the Children\u2019s Hospital Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) program to help Egleston Children\u2019s Hospital at Emory University train and retain&nbsp;more pediatric&nbsp;physicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff previously led a&nbsp;successful&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/22.05.13_FY23-LHHS-GA-Delegation-CHGME-Letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bipartisan, bicameral push<\/a>&nbsp;alongside Congressman Barry Loudermilk (GA-11) to ensure the CHGME program received strong funding in Fiscal Year 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Griffin, Ga.&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering Federal resources to train more nurses across Georgia. Today, Sen. Ossoff announced he is delivering Federal resources to nursing training programs across the state through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Sen. 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