California Labor & Workforce Development Agency
Governor's California Nurse Education Initiative
“Nurses are people of compassion and courage. Their profession is a labor of love and without them we simply could not deliver quality care for patients. California is facing a severe nursing shortage and it is absolutely critical that we open up the nursing profession to everyone who has the passion and potential.”
- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
April 13, 2005
- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
April 13, 2005
In April 2005, Governor Schwarzenegger announced the California Nurse Education Initiative. Led by the California Labor & Workforce Development Agency, this initiative created a multi-agency taskforce to address California’s critical shortage of registered nurses. The taskforce involves policymakers from the University of California, California State University, California Community Colleges, California Health & Human Services Agency, State & Consumer Services Agency.
- Governor Schwarzenegger’s California Nurse Education Initiative Annual Report 2009
- $60 Million Second Round of Five Year Public-Private Partnership Funding for California Nurse Education Initiative Announced
- $11 million Public-Private Partnership with the Governor’s Nurse Education Initiative receives approval for first-in-the-nation, on-line Pre-licensure nursing education program
- $500,000 Pilot Grant Available for Rural Public-Private Partnership under the Governor’s California Nurse Education Initiative
- $2.9 Million Public-Private Partnership Pilot Program Grants Announced under Governor’s California Nurse Education Initiative
- Labor Secretary Bradshaw and Educators Mark 68 Percent Increase in RN Graduates Spurred by Governor Schwarzenegger’s Leadership
- California Nurse Education Initiative Annual Report - 2007
Agency Members
- Agricultural Labor Relations Board
- California Business Investment Services
- California Employment Development Department
- California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board
- California Workforce Investment Board
- Department of Industrial Relations/ Labor Commissioner
- Employment Training Panel
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