School Nurse Workforce Grant

About the School Nurse Workforce Grant

CDC’s COVID-19 Public Health Workforce Supplemental Funding provided a total of approximately $8.1 million in funding to increase the capacity of the school nurse workforce through the retention and recruitment of qualified school nurses.  

• During the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years, the Colorado Department of Education, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, administered the School Nurse Workforce Grant program to 54 Colorado Local Education Providers (LEPs).  
• In the 2023-24 school year, grantees who had not expended their full awards and opted-in had funding extended.  Funds to retain school nurses were also distributed in 2023-2024 to 31 LEPs through the School Nurse Professional Development Grant.
• In the 2025-25 school year, funds that had not been used during previous grant cycles were distributed to 71 LEPs through the School Nurse Workforce Retention Grant.

Academy 20
Academy of Arts and Knowledge Elementary
Academy of Charter Schools
Adams 12 Five Star Schools
Adams-Arapahoe 28J
Alamosa RE-11J
Ault-Highland RE-9
Boulder Valley Re 2
Brush RE-2(J)
Burlington RE-6J
Center 26 JT
Challenge to Excellence Charter School
Children's Kiva Montessori School
Colorado Early Colleges Aurora
Colorado Early Colleges Colorado Springs
Colorado Early Colleges Douglas County
Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins
Colorado Springs 11
Colorado Springs Charter Academy
Creede School District
Delta County 50(J)
Durango 9-R
Eagle County RE 50
Elizabeth School District

Firestone Charter Academy
Fremont RE-2
Garfield Re-2
GOAL Academy
Greeley 6
Hayden RE-1
HOPE Online Learning Academy High School
Jefferson County R-1
Johnstown-Milliken RE-5J
Kiowa C-2
Lake County R-1
Lamar Re-2
Lewis-Palmer 38
Lotus School for Excellence
Mesa County Valley 51
Moffat 2
Monarch Montessori
Monte Vista C-8
Montessori Peaks Charter Academy
Montezuma-Cortez RE-1
Montrose County RE-1J
New Legacy Charter School
Northeast BOCES
Pikes Peak BOCES

Poudre R-1
Prospect Academy
Pueblo City 60
Pueblo County 70
Salida Montessori Charter School
Salida R-32
Sangre De Cristo Re-22J
Sargent RE-33J
South Routt RE 3
Steamboat Montessori
Steamboat Springs RE-2
Stratton R-4
Swink 33
The Vanguard School (Elementary)
University Prep - Commerce City
University Schools
Valley RE-1
Vilas RE-5
Weld County School District RE-3J
Weld RE-4
Weld Re-8 Schools
West End RE-2
Wiggins RE-50(J)

2024-2025 School Nurse Workforce Retention Grant Application Information - For Reference Only

Applications Due:  Thursday, November 21, 2024 by 4pm

Notice of Award:  Applicants will be notified of final award status no later than Friday, December 20, 2024.

Application information slides:  Slides (PDF)

Please note:  A letter of support signed by a member of the School Board, HR Director, or other District Administrator who can approve personnel bonuses is required in the application.  See page 5 of the Request for Applications Word document for details.

For Grant Program & School Nursing Questions:

Anita Brodecky
School Nurse Specialist
Brodecky_a@cde.state.co.us

For Budget/Fiscal Questions:

Tricia Miller
Grants Fiscal Analyst
Miller_t@cde.state.co.us

Application Process and GAINS Questions: 

Mandy Christensen
Grants Program Administration 
(303) 957-6217 | Christensen_A@cde.state.co.us  
GAINS@cde.state.co.us