In addition to in-kind support exceeding $3 million from OHSU and community colleges, OCNE has received generous backing – a total of more than $4 million from the following:

• Northwest Health Foundation. Backed initial development of the curriculum and consortium infrastructure; supported initial work on clinical education redesign; continues to contribute to strengthening OCNE and advocating support from potential funders.
• Meyer Memorial Trust. Supported OCNE infrastructure as we moved to permanent funding; funded some Clinical Education Redesign pilot projects, and planning for the Integrative Practicum.
• Kaiser Permanente Northwest. Supported statewide focus groups on strengths and weaknesses in current model of clinical education; hosted a statewide consensus conference on clinical education redesign; supported clinical education redesign pilot projects.
• The William Randolph Hearst Foundations. Funded development of two senior-level courses on OHSU campuses and distance delivery at community colleges.
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Health Resource Services Administration, Division of Nursing. Supported faculty development for OCNE leaders on each campus related to curriculum and instructional approaches.
• Oregon Health Career Center. Contracted with health systems to recruit workers into nursing programs; supported second-year curriculum development.
• The James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation. Funded summer faculty development workshops in 2007 and 2008 and the development of standard faculty orientation.
• The Ford Family Foundation. Facilitated staff nurse training as clinical teaching associates for Intergrative Practicum on 13 campuses.
• Oregon Workforce Investment Board (through Simulation Alliance). Supported simulation capacity at OCNE campuses.