Apply for a New Funding Opportunity: Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program

 HRSA’s Bureau of Health Workforce will hold an online information session for applicants today at 1:00 pm ET.  Eligible substance use disorder (SUD) treatment clinicians and community health workers can apply to receive up to $250,000 in educational loan repayment in exchange for working full-time for six years at an approved facility.  Recent research shows that nearly one-fifth (18.4 percent) of rural counties did not have a behavioral health or social service counselor compared to 4.6 percent of urban counties. Apply by July 13, 2023. 

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