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Capital Financing - Grants - Loan Repayment - Scholarships - Loan Repayment/Assistance Programs |
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Kansas State
Loan Repayment Program Eligible professions include primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurse mid-wives, dentists, dental hygienists, clinical psychologists, clinical social workers, clinical professional counselors and clinical marriage and family therapists. To be eligible for an award, health professionals must commit to provide health care services at an eligible site located in a federally designated Health Professional Service Area (HPSA) for a minimum of 2 years. Employment must be with a public or nonprofit private agency or facility. The practice site is required to maintain an open door to all residents, regardless of their ability to pay or their pay source. For additional information about the Kansas State Loan Repayment Programs, please contact Barbara Huske at (785) 296-2742 or email bhuske@kdheks.gov. Program Overview |
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National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment
NOTICE ! !
The Applicant Information Bulletin and online application for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and Fiscal Year 2010 are available online at http://nhsc.hrsa.gov/loanrepayment/apply.htm. NHSC will have open and continuous receipt and evaluation of applications through the conclusion of Fiscal Year 2010 or until funds are expended, whichever comes first. There will be six cycle consideration periods for receipt of application and supporting documents. The cycle periods are listed in the Applicant Information Bulletin.
Informational PowerPoint presentation on the NHSC ARRA funding opportunity (.pdf)
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) offers a number of programs to encourage health professionals to practice in America's underserved communities. The goal of the NHSC is to unite communities in need with caring health professionals and support their efforts to build better systems of care.
Students dedicated to practicing primary care in communities of greatest need can compete for educational scholarships. In return for this scholarship support, they must agree to practice in communities across the Nation where need is the greatest.
The NHSC Loan Repayment Program (LRP) gives fully trained health professionals who are dedicated to serving the underserved and have qualifying educational loans the opportunity to compete for repayment of those loans if they choose to serve in a community of greatest need.
State Contact: Barbara Huske (785)296-2742 or bhuske@kdheks.gov
Kansas Bridging Plan
The Kansas Bridging Plan is a loan
forgiveness program for resident physicians who are in Family
Practice, General Internal Medicine, General Pediatrics, and
Medicine/Pediatrics residency programs in Kansas. Its purpose is
to encourage residents to practice in a rural community upon
completion of their residency training. For the purposes of the
Kansas Bridging Plan, "rural" means any community in any
county in Kansas except Douglas, Johnson,
Sedgwick, Shawnee, or Wyandotte. Click here for additional
information on the Bridging
Program.
Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program
The mission of the Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program (NELRP)
is to assist in the recruitment and retention of professional
nurses who are dedicated to providing health care to underserved
populations. The NELRP provides an economic incentive to nurses
to start and/or continue practice in rural or urban communities
with a shortage of nurses.
Nurses who are selected to participate in the NELRP must enter into a contractual agreement to provide full-time clinical care in an approved facility located in a shortage county. In exchange for a 2-year service commitment, the NELRP will pay 60% of the participant's total qualifying educational loan balances (up to $30,000), subject to availability of funds. Types of facilities in which NELRP participants can be employed include: Indian Health Service Health Centers, Native Hawaiian Health Centers, Public hospitals, Migrant Health Centers, Community Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics.
Participants may qualify for an additional 25% if they meet the extension requirements for a 3rd year, subject to availability of funds. Within 3 years, participants can effectively pay off 85% of their original educational loan balance.
For more
information contact:
Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program
Loan Repayment Programs Branch
Division of Scholarships and Loan Repayments
Bureau of Primary Health Center
4350 East-West Highway, 10th Floor
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
301-594-4400 or 1-800-435-6464
301-594-4981 FAX
http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/nursing/loanrepay.htm
MedLoans
Under the guidance of the American Association of Medical
Colleges (AAMC), Sallie Mae provides MedLoan Consolidation Loans
to help medical school borrowers manage their education loan
debt.
The MedLoans Program is designed to consolidate all eligible
loans into a new loan with one monthly payment, and offers other
money-saving borrower benefits.
The AAMC and Sallie Mae encourage borrowers to seek expert
advice before deciding whether and when to consolidate by
calling (800) 622-6214. More information is available at
the
MedLoans web site.