1. Student Loan Repayment

2. NHSC.HRSA.GOV
NHSC: may earn up to $50,000 toward loans in exchange for two year commitment at an NHSC approved site
May serve in Primary Care, Dental or Mental /Behavioral health clinics
Choose to serve longer for additional repayment support

3. Consideration
Priority consideration is given to eligible applicant whose NHSC approved site has HPSA score of
28 to 14 (in descending order)
HPSA= Health Professional Shortage area
HRSA.GOV

4. HRSA HOME Left hand side : Health Professional Shortage Areas
National Health Service Corps
Health Centers
Rural Health

5. About HRSA
Health Resource and Services Administration (HRSA) is an agency of the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, this is the primary Federal agency for improving health and achieving health equity via access to quality services, a skilled health workforce
HRSA’s programs provide health care to people who are geographically isolated, economically or medically underserved

6. What it is all about
Millions of Americans do not have access to health care because they live where there are not enough health professionals to meet basic needs. Shortages of health professionals suggest many more may soon find themselves unable to see a primary health care provider when they need one.
HRSA health professions loan repayment, scholarship and loan programs help to encourage and enable clinicians to work in underserved areas.

7. 2017 application
The Bureau of Health Workforce improves the health of the underserved and vulnerable populations by strengthening the health care workforce and connecting skilled professional to the communities in need

8. Who is eligible Students Providers Faculty Clinical sites

9. Providers National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment program
Nurse Corps Loan repayment program
Dates Open are as noted:
Spring 2017 (for both as noted above)
Applications are timed re: open application

10. Eligible Clinical Sites
open once per year. Dates of application openings are subject to change without notice. NURSE Corps LRP also applies to nurse faculty in addition to FLRP. ** Nurse faculty are also eligible. *** For information on eligible clinical facilities visit eofsites/.

11. NHSC Webinar

12. Find Shortage Area
To locate NHSC approved sites with eligible HPSA and the corresponding HPSA scores for use in the National Health Service Corps programs, you should refer to the NHSC Jobs Center.
Find HPSA by states, county or street address.

13. Health Professional Shortage Areas
HPSA
May be designated as having a shortage of primary medical, dental or mental health providers
They may be urban or rural areas, population groups or medical or other public facilities
There are currently approximately 6,100 (as of June 2014) designated Primary Care HPSAs

14. HPSA There are currently approximately 4,900 dental HPSAs
There are currently approximately 4,000 Mental Health HPSAs

15. MUAs
Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) may be a whole county or a group of contiguous counties, a group of county or civil divisions or a group of urban census tracts in which resident have a shortage of personal health services
Medically Underserved Populations (MUPs) may include groups of persons who face economic, cultural or linguistic barriers to health care

16. HPSA List
A list of designated HPSAs was published as a Federal Register Notice (FRN) on July 1, 2015
You may also link to fool and view the list of designated HPSAs
Please note not all programs that use the HPSA or MUA/MUP designation to determine eligibility use the in the same way

17. Frequent Questions What is HPSA?
This is a geographic area, population group, or health care facility that has been designated by the Federal government as having a shortage of health care professionals.
HPSA are designated using several criteria, including population to clinician ratios . The ration is usually 3,500 to 1 for primary care:5,000 to 1 for dental and 30,000 to 1 for mental health care.

18. Information re: Loan Repayment
HRSA offers two loan repayment programs for nurses working in designated Health Professional Shortage Areas. Primary care nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives and psychiatric nurse specialists are eligible to apply to the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program. Registered nurses, including nurse practitioners are eligible to apply to the NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program.

19. HRSA Data Warehouse
See hand out re: Cuyahoga county