CMS Nurses for Nursing Homes: Qualifying Nursing Homes in Lake County, Illinois
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.
All 23 nursing homes in Lake County, Illinois qualify on CMS’s Nurses for Nursing Homes list of October 22, 2026. CMS classes Lake County as urban.
In Illinois, 522 of 666 nursing homes (78.4%) qualify.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALDEN LONG GROVE REHAB &HC CTR | Long Grove | Yes, urban county | The Alden Network | 248 | 145872 |
| ALIYA OF HIGHWOOD | Highwood | Yes, urban county | Aliya Healthcare | 104 | 145936 |
| Allure Of Zion | Zion | Yes, urban county | Allure Healthcare Services | 115 | 145443 |
| Alpine Care of Zion | Zion | Yes, urban county | 244 | 145665 | |
| ALTA REHAB AT WAUCONDA | Wauconda | Yes, urban county | Aperion Care | 149 | 145887 |
| Aspyre of Waukegan | Waukegan | Yes, urban county | Aliya Healthcare | 115 | 146159 |
| AVANTARA LAKE ZURICH | Lake Zurich | Yes, urban county | Legacy Healthcare | 203 | 145816 |
| AVANTARA LIBERTYVILLE | Libertyville | Yes, urban county | Legacy Healthcare | 150 | 145593 |
| AVANTARA LONG GROVE | Long Grove | Yes, urban county | Legacy Healthcare | 195 | 145868 |
| CLARIDGE HEALTHCARE CENTER | Lake Bluff | Yes, urban county | 231 | 145434 | |
| ELEVATE CARE RIVERWOODS | Riverwoods | Yes, urban county | Elevate Care | 240 | 145304 |
| ELEVATE CARE WAUKEGAN | Waukegan | Yes, urban county | Elevate Care | 265 | 145669 |
| HILLCREST RETIREMENT VILLAGE | Round Lake Beach | Yes, urban county | 140 | 146130 | |
| LAKE FOREST PLACE | Lake Forest | Yes, urban county | 50 | 145986 | |
| PRAIRIEVIEW AT THE GARLANDS | Barrington | Yes, urban county | 20 | 146118 | |
| RADFORD GREEN | Lincolnshire | Yes, urban county | Life Care Services | 84 | 146136 |
| SERENITY ESTATES OF LINCOLNSHIRE | Lincolnshire | Yes, urban county | Serenity Estates | 144 | 146028 |
| THRIVE OF LAKE COUNTY | Mundelein | Yes, urban county | 185 | 145460 | |
| VILLAGE AT VICTORY LAKES, THE | Lindenhurst | Yes, urban county | Franciscan Communities | 120 | 145602 |
| WARREN BARR BUFFALO GROVE | Buffalo Grove | Yes, urban county | Legacy Healthcare | 200 | 145819 |
| WARREN BARR NORTH SHORE | Highland Park | Yes, urban county | Legacy Healthcare | 215 | 145923 |
| WAUKEGAN HEALTH AND REHAB | Waukegan | Yes, urban county | 112 | 145621 | |
| WHITEHALL OF DEERFIELD | Deerfield | Yes, urban county | Legacy Healthcare | 190 | 145706 |
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.