Russell Sage College is receiving funding to support nursing education in the Capital Region.
$275,000 from the Innovation Partnership, a collaboration between Albany County and MVP Health Care, will support the private college’s I Can Achieve a Nursing Degree, or ICAN, program. It’s meant to help diversify healthcare by helping people from underrepresented and marginalized communities enter the nursing field.
Speaking Monday at the Albany Leadership Charter School for Girls, whose nursing students participate in the ICAN program, College President Matthew Shaftel says the money will help address a projected shortage of nearly 40,000 registered nurses by 2030…