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Hearts in Home Care Nurse Scholarship Application Fall 2026: Cycle 3

HCA Education and Research has been awarded funding from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation to provide current home care and hospice providers with the opportunity to offer this scholarship to support the career advancement of current employees who are interested in pursuing an advanced degree in the field of nursing or a specialty certification that will serve to enhance the availability and quality of nursing care in the home care setting. Our 2026-2028 funding focus will include dedicated funds to support the cultivation of home care clinical expertise in the areas of Pediatrics and Maternal-Child Health.

Through the support of and investment in the current workforce, it is our goal to enhance the retention of quality employees while addressing the significant shortage of nurses in the home care and hospice settings.

For additional details on the eligibility requirements and awardee responsibilities for the Hearts in Home Care Nurse Scholarship please visit our website.

Deadline for applications: December 7, 2026 12pm EST. [You may return to and edit your application responses at any time before December 7th at 12PM EST, however you must use the same device that the application was started on to revisit your application in progress.]

ONLY ONE application per agency (regardless of location or provider type) will be considered. The single submission may include scholarship candidates from different provider types or locations of the parent organization. If more than one application is received from a single agency, the first application received will be reviewed.

A completed scholarship candidate demographic profile and personal statement for each potential scholarship recipient is REQUIRED. Templates for the demographic profile and personal statement are available for download on our website.

Personal statements for each scholarship candidate shall be compiled into a single document and uploaded in question 13 of the application.

The demographic profile spreadsheet must contain a completed entry (line) for each scholarship candidate and be emailed to wparker@hcanys.org no later than December 7th at 12PM EST.

The HHCNS funds will be awarded to support FT or PT pursuit of Eligible Nursing Degrees and Enhanced Nursing Certification. When completing the demographic profile Excel template, there are two sheets, one for new nursing degree candidates, another for enhanced nursing certification scholarship candidates. Please make sure to note in the correct column anyone pursuing pediatric training or certifications. The application will ask for the sum totals of your scholarship requests in each category.

Incomplete submissions may not be considered.

HCA E&R’s HHCNS Committee will notify agency awardees in mid-late December 2026.

For questions, please contact Wendy Parker: wparker@hcanys.org
1.Please complete the following information(Required.)
2.Agency Name(Required.)
3.Main Agency Address(Required.)
4.Agency Provider Type (Select all that apply)(Required.)
5.Name of Key Contact for Scholarship Administration if different than individual listed above.(Required.)
6.What recruitment and retention programs, activities, and benefits, does your agency currently offer to employees? (i.e. scholarships, clinical ladder, tuition reimbursement, mentorship, etc.)(Required.)
7.How do you envision this scholarship will advance your recruitment and retention efforts?(Required.)
8.What resources and supports does your organization have in place or plan to implement to support your proposed scholarship recipients in attaining this professional goal?(Required.)
9.Total Number of scholarship candidates you are applying for who are seeking new nursing degrees? Note: This should match the number of candidate entries on Sheet #1

Enter #0 if N/A(Required.)
10.Total amount of scholarship dollars you are applying for to support the new nursing degrees? Note: This should match the Total Requested Award Amount on Sheet #1.

Enter $0 if N/A(Required.)
11.Total number of scholarship candidates who you are applying for seeking an enhanced nursing certification?
Note: This should match the number of candidate entries on Sheet #2.

Enter #0 if N/A(Required.)
12.Total amount of scholarship dollars you are applying for to support enhanced nursing certification?
Note: This should match the Total Requested Award Amount on Sheet #2.
Enter $0 if N/A(Required.)
13.Scholarship Candidate Personal Statements (Word Template is posted to our website)(Required.)
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14.I have completed and submitted the candidate demographic profile spreadsheet (available on the HCA website) to wparker@hcanys.org(Required.)
15.If awarded scholarship funds, I agree to adhere to the reporting requirements as requested and detailed by HCA E&R, for the purpose of reporting to the grant funder, within the deadlines and timeframes provided.(Required.)