What is a CMP grant?
Civil Money Penalty (CMP) reinvestment funds come from penalties collected from nursing facilities. States reinvest a portion of those funds into grants that directly benefit residents — supporting projects in areas like quality of life, resident and family engagement, behavioral health, workforce, and quality-of-care training. They are a meaningful, often underused funding source for skilled nursing communities.
Is my organization eligible?
Most CMS-certified nursing facilities in good standing can apply, though specific requirements vary by state and by grant category. A facility currently mid-cycle on a grant in a given category generally can't apply again for that same category until the cycle ends. The fastest way to know where you stand is our free
Eligibility & Readiness Checklist or a quick consultation.
What kinds of grants can you help us pursue?
We support applications across the major CMP grant categories — Resident or Family Councils, Consumer Information, Activities to Improve Quality of Life, Mental and Behavioral Health, Workforce Enhancement, and Training to Improve Quality of Care. Some are one-time awards; others recur over multiple years. Many organizations pursue several at once across their buildings.
We already started an application. Can you still help?
Absolutely — that's our Grant Improvement Consulting service. We review the draft you have, sharpen the narrative, tighten the budget, and raise its competitiveness before submission. You don't have to start over to bring us in.
How long does the process take?
Each grant is unique, but a typical engagement runs through planning, writing and submission, any revisions, follow-up through the funder's decision, and then annual reporting. The funder's decision window is commonly six to eight months from submission. We manage the timeline and keep you informed with regular check-ins throughout.
What does it cost?
Engagements are scoped to your needs — your goals, your portfolio size, the number of buildings involved — so there's no one-size-fits-all package. Work is billed transparently by the hour with clear activity logs, and you can start with a single application or bundle several. After a free consultation, you'll receive a written proposal with the scope, timeline, and a clear estimate.
Who collects the letters of support?
We do. Coordinating a letter from each participating building's Administrator is one of the most common reasons applications stall, so we own that process — drafting request templates, tracking responses, reviewing for completeness, and assembling everything into the final package.
What happens after the grant is awarded?
Funded grants come with annual reporting obligations — typically one report per year for the life of the award. We prepare and submit those reports, tracking outcomes and spend against the approved budget, so your funding stays in good standing without adding to your team's workload.
Do you only work with skilled nursing facilities?
Our focus is the skilled nursing and long-term care space, and we work with both nursing communities directly and the organizations that support them — management companies, ownership groups, and partners who serve multiple facilities.
How do we get started?
Book a free, no-pressure consultation. We'll talk through your eligible opportunities, where any in-progress applications stand, and how Fairchild can help — and you'll leave with a clear sense of next steps whether or not we work together.