Cal RHT workforce grants: bonuses, service commitments and allowable uses explained

The workforce development, recruitment and retention (WDRR) grant is intended to reduce vacancies and strengthen rural workforce capacity through recruitment and retention incentives, education pipelines and organizational capacity building. Presenters listed potential uses including recruitment and retention bonuses, preceptor and faculty support, regional staffing pools and documented staff time for coordination. They cautioned that WDRR funds "cannot be used for pre award cost, new construction, or building expansion, lobbying, duplicated cost, or cost already paid by another source."