93.402: ARRA - State Loan Repayment Program

93.402

Inactive

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) [HHS]

Aug. 11, 2014

Aug. 16, 2013

For medically underserved populations, as funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). To increase the availability of primary health care in health professional shortage areas (HPSAs) by assisting States in operating programs for the repayment of educational loans of health professionals in return for their practice in HPSAs.

B - Project Grants

Eligible entities include the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Palau, the Marshall Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Applicants for State programs must have completed a course of study required to practice independently without supervision, as one of the following health care professionals: Doctors of Allopathic Medicine or Osteopathic Medicine, General Practice Dentists (D.D.S. or D.M.D.), Pediatric Dentists, Primary Care Certified Nurse Practitioners, Certified Nurse-Midwives, Primary Care Physician Assistants, Registered Clinical Dental Hygienists, Health Service Psychologist (formerly Clinical or Counseling Psychologists (Ph.D. or equivalent), Licensed Clinical Social Workers (master’s or doctoral degree in social work), Psychiatric Nurse Specialists, Mental Health Counselors, Licensed Professional Counselors (master’s or doctoral degree with a major study in counseling), Marriage and Family Therapists (master’s or doctoral degree with a major study in marriage and family therapy). The primary care specialties approvable for physicians are: family medicine (and osteopathic general practice), internal medicine, including geriatricians, pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology, and geriatrics and general psychiatry. General practitioners (physicians who have not completed residency training programs) are not eligible for funding under the SLRP. The primary care specialties approval for nurse practitioners and physician assistants are: adult, family, pediatrics, psychiatry/mental health, geriatrics, or women’s health. Participants must provide full-time clinical service for a minimum of two years in a public or non-profit entity located in a federally designated health professional shortage area (HPSA). Refer to the NHSC State Loan Repayment Program Guidance for specific requirements.

93.162 - National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment