CHERRY HILL, N.J. – Today, Rep. Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced $504,335 in funding from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Advanced Nursing Education Workforce training and apprenticeship at Rowan University.

“As a former union apprentice and electrician, I know firsthand the importance and value of investing in on-the-job training and apprenticeship programs. That’s why I am proud to announce this funding to support Rowan’s Advanced Nursing Education workforce training program,” Rep. Norcross said. “South Jersey is leading the way in medical education and research, and I will continue fighting in Congress to equip health care professionals with the training and resources they need to keep our communities healthy.”

The grant has been awarded through the HHS Health Resources & Services Administration which provides equitable health care to the nation’s highest-need communities. The programs support people with low incomes, people with HIV, pregnant people, children, parents, rural communities, transplant patients, and the health workforce.

"The Rowan-Virtua School of Nursing & Health Professions is committed to helping build a diverse workforce trained to provide culturally competent, quality care to medically underserved populations in southern New Jersey,” said Rowan University Provost Tony Lowman. “This work will be considerably aided by the DREAM (Diverse Recruitment, Equity And Mastery) project, which has received a Health Resources and Services Administration grant of more than $2 million. Over the next four years, Rowan will use this federal funding to recruit and train students interested in becoming family nurse practitioners and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners, specifically in the areas of primary care, behavioral or maternal health, and substance use disorders. We’re very pleased to take on this critically important work and we thank Congressman Norcross for supporting such funding.”

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