Personal Care Home Grant
The NRRF has established a grant to assist in addressing the workforce requirements to recruit nurses to work in personal care homes for a return of service commitment. This is being offered in the form of a Personal Care Home (PCH) Grant.
The eligibility criteria for the PCH Grant are as follows:
- Nurses (RNs, RPNs, LPNs, NPs, and Front Line Nurse Managers) with an active practice license. Graduate nurses are eligible and must provide approval from the respective regulatory college to practice as a graduate nurse.
- Nurses must be newly hired and have not been employed in any personal care home in the last 6 months.
- Confirmed employment as a direct caregiver by an approved employer in a permanent or term positions for a duration of at least one year and 0.6 EFT or more. This excludes ALL terms that are under one year in length, indefinite terms and casual employment. Approved employers are personal care homes that are licensed by the province of Manitoba.
- Acceptance of and compliance with the conditions of a return of service commitment of 12 months.
- The Personal Care Home Grant, which began January 1, 2008, can be received in conjunction with other financial assistance from the Fund, such as Conditional Grants and Relocation Assistance. However, the return-of-service for any combination will be consecutive.
Individuals who meet the eligibility criteria are encouraged to apply for a grant in the amount of $4000.
For further information, please contact the Nurses Recruitment and Retention Fund team.