Labor Department boosts $80M in nurse training funding

The Department of Labor (DOL) announced Monday $80 million in funding through the Nursing Expansion Grant Program with an emphasis on increasing workforce diversity and equity in underserved communities.

“Many healthcare workers, nurses among them, have worked around the clock throughout the pandemic to care for those in need and save countless lives, often while risking their own health and well-being,” said DOL Secretary Marty Walsh in a statement. “Today, they face diminished ranks of colleagues to help shoulder these burdens as patients continue...