CMS Nurses for Nursing Homes: Qualifying Nursing Homes in Lorain 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 20 nursing homes in Lorain County, Ohio qualify on CMS’s Nurses for Nursing Homes list of October 22, 2026. CMS classes Lorain 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMHERST MANOR NURSING HOME | Amherst | No | Sprenger Health Care Systems | 114 | 365924 |
| ANCHOR LODGE NURSING HOME INC | Lorain | No | Sprenger Health Care Systems | 110 | 365969 |
| AUTUMN AEGIS NURSING HOME | Lorain | No | Sprenger Health Care Systems | 99 | 365940 |
| AVENUE AT NORTH RIDGEVILLE | North Ridgeville | No | Progressive Quality Care | 103 | 366477 |
| AVON OAKS NURSING HOME | Avon | No | Colev Gestetner | 99 | 365762 |
| AVON PLACE HEALTHCARE CENTER | Avon | No | 91 | 365155 | |
| ELMS RETIREMENT VILLAGE INC | Wellington | No | Sprenger Health Care Systems | 60 | 366118 |
| KENDAL AT OBERLIN | Oberlin | No | 5 | 365956 | |
| KEYSTONE POINTE HEALTH AND REHABILITATION | Lagrange | No | Foundations Health Solutions | 121 | 366372 |
| Kingston Health Center of Vermilion | Vermilion | No | Trilogy Health Services | 120 | 365639 |
| LAKE POINTE HEALTH CARE | Lorain | No | Communicare Health | 99 | 365623 |
| LIFE CARE CENTER OF ELYRIA | Elyria | No | Life Care Centers of America | 99 | 366176 |
| MAIN STREET CARE CENTER | Avon Lake | No | Sprenger Health Care Systems | 120 | 365865 |
| Northridge Rehabilitation and Care Center | North Ridgeville | No | 96 | 365645 | |
| O'NEILL HEALTHCARE NORTH RIDGEVILLE | North Ridgeville | No | O'neill Healthcare | 150 | 365685 |
| OAK HILLS NURSING CENTER | Lorain | No | Embassy Healthcare | 80 | 365550 |
| ST MARY OF THE WOODS | Avon | No | Saint Therese Senior Communities | 50 | 366342 |
| WELCOME NURSING HOME | Oberlin | No | 99 | 365508 | |
| WESLEYAN VILLAGE | Elyria | No | 99 | 365162 | |
| WOODS ON FRENCH CREEK NURSING & REHAB CENTER THE | Avon | No | Foundations Health Solutions | 74 | 366426 |
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.