Towne Kids: Supporting Nurses and Families in U.S. Settlement

Nurse Marc Has Arrived in the U.S.

On May 22, 2026, Towne Kids celebrated the arrival of Nurse Marc — a Filipino USRN who has officially begun his new chapter in the United States. What made his arrival even more special was that he did not make this journey alone. He arrived alongside his family, making this moment not just about career growth but about shared dreams and new beginnings together.

Photos from his first days in the U.S. tell the story better than any caption could. In-N-Out burgers. Disneyland with the kids. A sign that reads Welcome to New Jersey. These are the moments that remind every Filipino nurse still in the review stage, still waiting on their visa, still hesitant to take the first step, that the dream on the other side of that decision is real.

What Settlement Really Means for a Filipino Nurse

Settlement is the period that begins the moment a nurse arrives in the United States and continues through the months and years of building a life there. For Filipino nurses, this period involves more than finding an apartment and reporting to work on the first day. It involves:
Learning how to navigate a new healthcare system with different protocols and documentation standards from what they practiced in the Philippines. Adjusting to a new culture, a new city, and a new daily rhythm far from the country and the people they grew up with. Settling their family into schools, neighborhoods, and routines in a country where everything from the grocery store to the traffic system works differently. Building new friendships and a sense of community in a place where they did not grow up.

For many Filipino nurses, this is the hardest part of the journey. Not the NCLEX. Not the visa. The quiet, daily work of making a foreign country feel like home.

What Towne Kids Settlement Support Looks Like

For every nurse Towne Kids deploys, settlement support is built into the program from day one. This includes:

This is what that support looks like in practice.

Relocation assistance so nurses are not navigating their first weeks in the USA alone. A clinical support team with case managers available throughout the deployment. A community of over 300 Filipino nurses already living and working in New Jersey. And family inclusion through the EB-3 visa petition, which covers dependents so families like Nurse Marc’s can arrive together.

Seventy percent of Towne Kids nurses renew their contracts after their first term. That number does not happen without genuine support after deployment.

Start Your Journey

Take the NCLEX, join the Towne Kids Road to 300, and start building your U.S. nursing future today.