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8/19/2009
An August 18, 2009 article from The State Journal-Register reports that Springfield is one of ten cities nationwide to be awarded grant money to help ease a nursing shortage. The two-year grant (which includes $250,000 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Northwest Health Foundation, and $295,000 in local matching grants) will be used to help colleges in the Springfield area develop nursing classes on weekends and evenings, an accelerated bachelor's program in nursing, and a master's program for nursing-school faculty. The overall goal of the grant program is to fill an estimated 100 nursing jobs that remain open in the Springfield area each year.
The article is available at the Web site of The State Journal-Register.
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