Bill would support companies in employment of workers with disabilities
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 04, 2024
A proposed federal bill with bipartisan support would “support employers transitioning to paying competitive, fair wages to people with disabilities,” according to one of its sponsors, Sen. Bob Casey...
College program uses field experience at providers to help train social workers to serve older adults
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 21, 2023
A Scholars in Aging program at the University of Connecticut is training the current and next generation of social workers to address the needs of older adults. The Constitution State has the sixth largest...
Milken Institute to spearhead Aging Innovation Collaborative with $3 million from NIC
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 07, 2023
The Santa Monica, CA-based Milken Institute has received a $3 million grant from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care to establish the Aging Innovation Collaborative within Milken’s...
$800,000 in scholarships to benefit students in accelerated BSN program
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 01, 2024
The state of Florida is providing funds for a scholarship program that will make 40 new scholarships available to nursing students at the University of Florida
Green and Resilient Retrofit Program focus of HUD webinar today
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 23, 2023
Those who want to learn more about funding coming online for the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Green and Resilient Retrofit Program can attend a webinar today at 2 p.m. ET.
Legislators introduce bill to retain nurses in Ohio
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 03, 2023
Long-term care providers in Ohio appear to be left out of a newly introduced bill aimed at retaining nurses in the Buckeye State and alleviating some of the final burdens associated with earning a degree...
White House initiates $35M plan to create affordable housing by repurposing vacant commercial properties
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 30, 2023
The White House announced Friday a plan to turn vacant commercial properties into affordable housing. The multiagency plan would fund more than $35 million in below-market-rate loans meant to encourage...
American Healthcare REIT may acquire Trilogy Health Services parent
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 09, 2023
American Healthcare REIT announced Tuesday that it has entered into a purchase agreement with NorthStar Healthcare Income that grants AHR the option to buy all of the minority membership interest held...
Actions & Transactions, July 22
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 22, 2024
Coldwell Banker brokers $33.7M sale of active adult community in Huntington Park, CA … MorningStar Senior Living celebrates grand opening of Old Town community in Fort Collins, CO … TMG arranges sale...
Nurse training pilot program a ‘win-win’ for Presbyterian Homes & Services
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 17, 2023
A pilot program between St. Paul, MN-based Presbyterian Homes & Services and the Eagan, MN, campus of Rasmussen University aims to fuel the nursing pipeline by training practical nurses to work at PHS.