Ocean County College's One Day per Week Program was honored by former Governor Tom Kean at the annual grantee meeting of the New Jersey Health Initiatives (NJHI) a statewide grant making program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), May 18, 2006. The former governor is currently the Chairman of the Board of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and former President of Drew University. He also served as the Chairman of the 9/11 Commission. Governor Kean cited Ocean County College for its innovative One Day per Week Nursing Program which is funded by a grant from the RWJF.

Governor Kean described the program as a national model for helping to reduce the nursing shortage. The unique program allows individuals who are currently employed in health care to complete the RN program in four semesters while still meeting family and work responsibilities. The one day face-to-face class is supplemented by online lessons that provide the classroom content in an innovative format. He declared that the initiative helps recruit an entire population of individuals to nursing who would not have been able to attend a nursing program because of limitations of time, distance, work and/or family responsibilities.

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The One Day per Week Nursing Program was partially funded by a grant from the New Jersey Health Initiatives program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation