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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has awarded $3.5 million in grants to projects in eight states to help advance the careers of frontline health care workers. One of the eight grants was awarded to PIN partner MS Hospital Association Health, Research & Educational Foundation, Madison, Mississippi.

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New foundation support seeks to focus on severe shortage
Efforts to increase the number of nurses in the United States are starting to win significant philanthropic support.
By Nicole Wallace
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
February 21, 2008

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NLN Nursing Education Perspectives, September/October 2007 Vol. 28 No. 5, article on Partners Investing in Nursing's Future programs across the nation. Read More

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Center to Champion Nursing in America established to help reverse looming 1.1-million nurse workforce shortage.

Continue reading "Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Gives AARP Foundation $10 Million for New Center to Address the Nursing Workforce Crisis Threatening Patient Care" »

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RWJF, in partnership with the Northwest Health Foundation, is supporting regional foundations to develop solutions to the nursing workforce shortage in their communities through Partners Investing in Nursing's Future (PIN).

Recently a number of PIN grantees were highlighted in editorials placed in their local newspapers. Click to Read More

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CHICAGO, IL -- (MARKET WIRE) -- May 21, 2007 -- The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN®), www.ncsbn.org, Center for Regulatory Excellence Grant Program recently awarded grants totaling almost $2.4 million to eight U.S. organizations and one international organization.

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FOUNDATIONS JOIN FORCES TO ADDRESS WORKFORCE ISSUES
By Christina Orlovsky, NurseZone senior staff writer

It’s been said that two heads are better than one when embarking on a successful endeavor. A new program takes this idea of teamwork tenfold in its efforts to address the nursing shortage in communities nationwide. Partners in Nursing’s Future is a nine-state, 10-foundation collaborative aimed at exploring solutions to the nursing industry’s most pressing issues.

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REGIONAL FOUNDATIONS SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN
$10 MILLION INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS NURSING SHORTAGES
IN COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Northwest Health Foundation
Lead Unique Program with Partners in Nine States

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