Dreyfus Health Foundation Selected to Participate in Program to Address Mississippi Nursing Shortage
Dreyfus Health Foundation
Posted: 04-23-2008

Release Date
09-20-2006

Press Release
CLEVELAND, Miss. — The Dreyfus Health Foundation has been selected as one of 10 foundations nationwide to participate in Partners Investing in Nursing's Future (PIN), a new national initiative to develop and test solutions to America's nursing shortage. The Mississippi Delta initiative is a collaborative effort with the Delta State University School of Nursing and will use DHF's Problem Solving for Better Health’s methodology to increase completion of the Bachelor of Science program, increase first-write success on state board exams, and to retain nursing talent in the Mississippi Delta region. Led by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Northwest Health Foundation, the national program encourages local foundations to act as catalysts in developing grassroots strategies to establish a stable, adequate nursing workforce. To help develop solutions and lead efforts within the region, the Dreyfus Health Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have allotted funding for a two-year grant in the amount of $222,538.