The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has announced the availability of $9 million in funding to retain and recruit nurses through three separate requests for applications (RFAs): 1) Career Ladder, 2) Internship and Residency Programs, and 3) Enhancing Patient Care Delivery Systems. The RFAs are part of HRSA's "Nurse Education, Practice and Retention" grant program and are the first RFAs to be announced under the Nurse Reinvestment Act of 2002. The Act, which was signed in August 2002, authorizes new programs to increase the number of qualified nurses and the quality of nursing services in the United States. Funding to implement the new programs was appropriated by Congress in February 2003. Program applications can be downloaded at the HRSA Web site, www.bhpr.hrsa.gov/nursing/reinvestmentact.htm. Applications for all three programs are due June 6, 2003.