July 11, 2024

Nurses Across NY Loan Repayment Program Cycle 2 SOI Released - Applications Due Aug 22! 

The state Department of Health (DOH) has posted the Solicitation of Interest (SOI #20526) for the Nurses Across New York (NANY) Loan Repayment Program Cycle 2 here. Applications are due August 22. The DOH has indicated that the Solicitation for Cycle 2 has been amended to address issues identified in Cycle 1 and to offer applicants a more user-friendly experience.

NANY is designed to help train and place registered professional nurses (RN) and licensed practical nurses (LPN) in underserved communities, in a variety of settings and specialties, including home care, to care for New York’s diverse population. The NANY Loan Repayment Program makes funds available to help recruit RNs and LPNs and encourage them to remain in medically underserved areas of the state (as defined in the SOI & Attachment #1). Funding for student loan repayment is provided in exchange for a nurse’s commitment to work in an underserved area for a three-year period (NANY service obligation period).

NANY applicants must submit an attestation from the health care facility or organization requiring the nurse to provide services for at least the entire NANY service obligation period. For purposes of this SOI, a “health care facility or organization” includes:

• A Certified Home Health Agency, Long Term Home Health Care Program or Licensed Home Care Services Agency licensed by the New York State Department of Health pursuant to Public Health Law Article 36.
• A certified Hospice licensed by the New York State Department of Health pursuant to Public Health Law Article 40.

Awards will provide up to $25,000 for a RN or $10,000 for a LPN who commits to the three-year NANY service obligation period. It is expected that 80 percent of the funding will be awarded to RNs and 20 percent to LPNs. Distribution of funding may be amended based on the pool of applications received. If additional funds become available, the DOH may make additional awards to qualified applicants until funding is exhausted.

NANY funds can be awarded to: (1) registered professional nurses licensed to practice under section sixty-nine hundred five of the education law and licensed practical nurses licensed under section sixty-nine hundred six of the education law; or (2) a health care facility or organization to recruit or retain a nurse by providing the nurse funds to repay outstanding qualifying educational debt. In all cases, 100 percent of the funds ultimately must be distributed to the nurse.

You may submit questions about the Nurses Across New York (NANY) Loan Repayment Program to: NANY@health.ny.gov with the subject line “Nurses Across New York Cycle 2 Question” no later than July 24, 2024, prior to 4:00 PM.

The NANY SOI # 20526 and all attachments for this funding opportunity can be viewed on the DOH website.

If you have any general questions about the program, please contact Celisia Street, Vice President of Workforce Development and Innovation, at cstreet@hcanys.org.