; (ii) enrollment, retention, and graduation; (iii) services for nursing students and the outcomes of such services; (iv) facility needs; and (v) clinical placement capacity; (C) State-specific scholarships, grants, and financial aid; and (D) factors contributing to retention and recruitment challenges and to nurses leaving the workplace or profession. (2) Conducting strategic nursing workforce planning with employers across all work settings and nursing education. (3) Conducting focused research on trends in nursing shortages, including the fiscal and clinical outcomes of contract nursing. (4) Establishing and implementing programs to— (A) support and retain faculty to increase enrollment in schools of nursing; (B) recruit and retain nurses in all settings where nurses practice; (C) support leadership development; (D) prepare the nursing workforce to address social determinants of health and health inequities; (E) prepare nurses for public health crisis and pandemic response; (F) assist individuals in obtaining education and training required to enter the nursing profession, and advance within such profession, such as by providing career counseling and mentoring; and (G) diversify the nursing workforce. (g) Reports Not later than one year after the date on which the first grant is awarded under the pilot program under subsection (a), and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the grants awarded under such pilot program during the year covered by the report. Each such report shall include— (1) a description of initiatives to study the unique characteristics of State nursing workforces, and efforts to increase the number of new nurses, recruit nurses to the nursing profession, and retain nurses in the workplace; (2) impact data on nurses served by nursing workforce centers, including demographic information of the individuals served, the number of such individuals, and the types of services provided