You Can Apply for NHSC Loan Repayment Here!

  HRSA’s Bureau of Health Workforce announced the next opportunity for three loan repayment programs from the National Health Service Corps (NHSC).  Of more than 20,000 NHSC members serving across the country, about one in three works in a rural area.  In exchange for a commitment to serve at an NHSC-approved facility, practicing clinicians providing primary medical, dental, or behavioral health care services may qualify for loan repayment up to $50,000 with an NHSC Loan Repayment Program award, up to $75,000 for the NHSC Substance Use Disorder Workforce Loan Repayment Program, and up to $100,000 for the NHSC Rural Community Loan Repayment Program.   The rural NHSC program is in coordination with FORHP’s rural opioid programming providing evidence-based substance use disorder treatment.  The Deadline is April 25, 2023.

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