CMS Nurses for Nursing Homes: Qualifying Nursing Homes in Clay County, Florida
Nurses for Nursing Homes is a $275 million CMS program, announced October 23, 2026, that pays registered nurses and licensed practical nurses up to $50,000 in student loan repayment and stipends for three years of work at a qualifying nursing home. Applications opened October 26, 2026 at NursesforNursingHomes.cms.gov.
This page maps every home on CMS’s qualifying list of October 22, 2026. Search near a ZIP code, or by state, county or chain, and export the results. CMS will update the list during the program; its official list and campaign page are the current source.
None of the 12 nursing homes in Clay County, Florida qualify on CMS’s Nurses for Nursing Homes list of October 22, 2026. CMS classes Clay County as urban.
In Florida, 512 of 694 nursing homes (73.8%) qualify.
CMS adds urban homes after rural ones: those a state proposes, then urban counties with the most residents per registered nurse, until the state’s funding target is met.
CMS’s List of Qualifying Nursing Homes is the official source. This page uses the list of October 22, 2026; CMS will update it during the program, so check the current list before relying on this one. Nurses apply at NursesforNursingHomes.cms.gov.
| Nursing home | City | Qualifies | Chain | Beds | CCN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVIATA AT GREEN COVE SPRINGS | Green Cove Springs | No | Aviata Health Group | 120 | 105663 |
| AVIATA AT ORANGE PARK | Orange Park | No | Aviata Health Group | 120 | 105653 |
| ISLE HEALTHCARE & REHABILITATION CENTER | Orange Park | No | Gold Fl Trust Ii | 108 | 106065 |
| LIFE CARE CENTER AT WELLS CROSSING | Orange Park | No | Life Care Centers of America | 120 | 105962 |
| LIFE CARE CENTER OF ORANGE PARK | Orange Park | No | Life Care Centers of America | 180 | 105928 |
| MIDDLEBURG REHABILITATION AND NURSING CENTER | Middleburg | No | Benjamin Landa | 120 | 106143 |
| MOOSEHAVEN | Orange Park | No | 72 | 106077 | |
| OAK VIEW HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER | Orange Park | No | Robert Schoenfeld | 120 | 105586 |
| ORANGE PARK REHABILITATION AND NURSING CENTER | Orange Park | No | Benjamin Landa | 105 | 105381 |
| PAVILION FOR HEALTH CARE, THE | Penney Farms | No | 50 | 106096 | |
| PRUITTHEALTH - FLEMING ISLAND | Fleming Island | No | Pruitthealth | 97 | 106124 |
| VIVO HEALTHCARE ORANGE PARK | Orange Park | No | Vivo Healthcare | 120 | 105692 |
What this means for a facility
This page shows which homes qualify. SNF Insights, our skilled nursing platform, shows each facility’s RN and LPN staffing, turnover and posted nurse pay next to its nearest competitors.
See SNF Insights →Sources: CMS List of Qualifying Nursing Homes (October 22, 2026), Qualifying Nursing Home Methodology and Frequently Asked Questions; star ratings, beds and locations from the CMS Nursing Home Provider Information file, October 2026 release. Rural counts by state are BARA Analytics’ match of each home’s county to CMS’s rural county list. The one home in Guam is in the counts but not on the map. BARA Analytics is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by CMS.