CMS Nurses for Nursing Homes: Qualifying Nursing Homes in Franklin County, Ohio
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 57 nursing homes in Franklin County, Ohio qualify on CMS’s Nurses for Nursing Homes list of October 22, 2026. CMS classes Franklin County as urban.
In Ohio, 391 of 922 nursing homes (42.4%) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLBRIDGE REHABILITATION AND NURSING CENTER | Columbus | No | Mordechai Weisz | 43 | 366496 |
| ALTERCARE OF CANAL WINCHESTER POST-ACUTE RC | Canal Winchester | No | Altercare | 72 | 366367 |
| BELLA TERRACE REHABILITATION AND NURSING CENTER | Columbus | No | 96 | 366207 | |
| BUCKEYE TERRACE REHABILITATION AND NURSING CENTER | Westerville | No | Northwood Healthcare Group | 70 | 365933 |
| CAPITAL CITY GARDENS REHABILITATION AND NURSING CE | Columbus | No | Garden Healthcare Group | 104 | 365315 |
| COLUMBUS ALZHEIMER'S CARE CTR | Columbus | No | Lionstone Care | 99 | 365839 |
| COLUMBUS HEALTHCARE CENTER | Columbus | No | Communicare Health | 100 | 365686 |
| CONTINUING HEALTHCARE OF GAHANNA | Gahanna | No | Paradigm Healthcare | 94 | 366094 |
| CROWN POINTE CARE CENTER | Columbus | No | Foundations Health Solutions | 90 | 365929 |
| DARBY GLENN NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER | Hilliard | No | Foundations Health Solutions | 99 | 366387 |
| DUBLIN POST ACUTE | Dublin | No | Pacs Group | 120 | 366418 |
| EASTLAND REHABILITATION AND NURSING CENTER | Columbus | No | Garden Healthcare Group | 93 | 365572 |
| EMBASSY OF WINCHESTER | Canal Winchester | No | Embassy Healthcare | 176 | 365644 |
| EMBASSY OF WOODVIEW | Columbus | No | Embassy Healthcare | 95 | 365673 |
| FIRST COMMUNITY VILLAGE HEALTHCARE CTR | Columbus | No | 47 | 365047 | |
| FOREST HILLS CENTER | Columbus | No | Embassy Healthcare | 75 | 365980 |
| FRIENDSHIP VILLAGE OF DUBLIN | Dublin | No | 50 | 365560 | |
| GRAND THE | Dublin | No | Optalis Health & Rehabilitation | 128 | 366435 |
| HIGHBANKS CARE CENTER | Columbus | No | Foundations Health Solutions | 56 | 366303 |
| Inniswood Health and Rehabilitation | Westerville | No | Foundations Health Solutions | 99 | 365421 |
| LAURELS OF NORWORTH THE | Worthington | No | Ciena Healthcare/laurel Health Care | 126 | 365222 |
| LAURELS OF WEST COLUMBUS, THE | Columbus | No | Ciena Healthcare/laurel Health Care | 97 | 366481 |
| LAURELS OF WORTHINGTON, THE | Worthington | No | Ciena Healthcare/laurel Health Care | 95 | 365256 |
| Majestic Care of Columbus LLC | Columbus | No | Majestic Care | 120 | 365754 |
| MAJESTIC CARE OF WHITEHALL | Whitehall | No | Majestic Care | 150 | 366201 |
| MAYFAIR VILLAGE NURSING CARE CENTER | Columbus | No | Life Care Centers of America | 99 | 365410 |
| MCNAUGHTEN POINTE NURSING AND REHAB | Columbus | No | Foundations Health Solutions | 124 | 365195 |
| MEADOW GROVE TRANSITIONAL CARE | Grove City | No | Foundations Health Solutions | 99 | 366446 |
| MILL RUN CARE CENTER | Hilliard | No | Optalis Health & Rehabilitation | 66 | 366142 |
| MOHUN HEALTH CARE CENTER | Columbus | No | 72 | 366135 | |
| MONTEREY CARE CENTER | Grove City | No | Optalis Health & Rehabilitation | 148 | 365077 |
| MOTHER ANGELINE MCCRORY MANOR | Columbus | No | Carmelite Sisters for the Aged & Infirm | 126 | 365436 |
| NEW ALBANY CARE CENTER | Columbus | No | Optalis Health & Rehabilitation | 67 | 366155 |
| NORWICH SPRINGS HEALTH CAMPUS | Hilliard | No | Trilogy Health Services | 54 | 366492 |
| OHIO LIVING WESTMINSTER-THURBER | Columbus | No | Ohio Living Communities | 35 | 365416 |
| OTTERBEIN GAHANNA | Gahanna | No | Otterbein Seniorlife | 60 | 366430 |
| OTTERBEIN NEW ALBANY | New Albany | No | Otterbein Seniorlife | 60 | 366424 |
| RIVERVIEW | Columbus | No | Optalis Health & Rehabilitation | 145 | 365272 |
| ROBERT A BARNES CENTER | Reynoldsburg | No | 25 | 366411 | |
| SAPPHIRE REHABILITATION AND CARE CENTER | Columbus | No | David Oberlander | 113 | 365950 |
| SCIOTO POINTE | Columbus | No | Jag Healthcare | 99 | 366313 |
| SCIOTO REHABILITATION & CARE CENTER | Columbus | No | David Oberlander | 125 | 366259 |
| SMITHS MILL HEALTH CAMPUS | New Albany | No | Trilogy Health Services | 58 | 366475 |
| TAYLOR SPRINGS HEALTH CAMPUS | Gahanna | No | Trilogy Health Services | 58 | 366480 |
| THE CONVALARIUM OF DUBLIN | Dublin | No | Lionstone Care | 90 | 365717 |
| THE LAURELS OF GAHANNA | Columbus | No | Ciena Healthcare/laurel Health Care | 112 | 366457 |
| THE LAURELS OF WALDEN PARK | Columbus | No | Ciena Healthcare/laurel Health Care | 225 | 365379 |
| THE SANCTUARY AT TUTTLE CROSSING | Dublin | No | American Health Foundation | 66 | 366170 |
| TRUEMAN POINTE CARE CENTER | Hilliard | No | Foundations Health Solutions | 72 | 366374 |
| WESLEY GLEN HEALTH SERVICES CORP | Columbus | No | 56 | 365504 | |
| WESLEY WOODS AT NEW ALBANY | New Albany | No | 16 | 366470 | |
| WEST PARK CARE CENTER LLC | Columbus | No | Optalis Health & Rehabilitation | 99 | 365799 |
| WESTERVILLE POST ACUTE | Westerville | No | Pacs Group | 130 | 365611 |
| WESTERWOOD REHABILITATION | Columbus | No | United Church Homes | 75 | 365399 |
| WEXNER HERITAGE HOUSE | Columbus | No | 99 | 365026 | |
| WILLOW BROOK CHRISTIAN HOME | Columbus | No | 50 | 365988 | |
| WORTHINGTON CHRISTIAN VILLAGE | Columbus | No | 40 | 365671 |
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.