MVHS, Rome Health and Bassett Win State Healthcare Training Grants

Mohawk Valley Health System in Utica, Rome Memorial Hospital (Rome Health) and Bassett Healthcare's Cooperstown hospital are among the winners of a $32.5 million state program to train more healthcare workers, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Oct. 21. The Utica Phoenix first flagged the three local awards.

The grants come from the state Health Department's Increasing Training Capacity in Statewide Health Care Facilities program. Awards run five years, from Oct. 1, 2026, to Sept. 30, 2031, and range from $500,000 to $1 million a year. They still need the State Comptroller's sign-off.

Hospitals can use the money for tuition and fees, instructor pay, simulation lab equipment, wage subsidies and recruiting. The state did not publish each hospital's amount or which jobs each will train for.

If you're looking at a healthcare career, watch the MVHS, Rome Health and Bassett job and education pages for new training slots.