Grants

Careers That Heal

Delgado Community College is the recipient of a portion of a $6 million Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)/Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) grant to provide allied health and nursing training to more than 1,000 people in a 10-parish region including Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Tammany, St. Charles, St. John, St. James, Tangipahoa and Washington parishes. The grant, part of the Recovery Workforce Training Program (RWTP), is one of four CDBG/LRA grants in which Delgado is participating totaling more than $11 million to implement a broad range of workforce training within the Greater New Orleans region. Delgado is the fiscal agent and Greater New Orleans, Inc. is the workforce intermediary for the healthcare grant.

Charity School of Nursing is utilizing funds from this grant, Careers That Heal, to provide the following programs:  Registered Nurse*, LPN to RN program for Northshore students, RN Refresher course, Nurse Educator Institute (a CE workshop for nurse educators), RN to MSN scholarships (for RNs to become nurse educators), Certified Nursing Assistant (through LTC 1) and the Health Care Scholars program for area high school students.

*Funding through this program for RN students is closed.

For more information on the Careers That Heal grant, go to the website: www.careersthatheal.com