Health Resources Services Administration Program: NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) is a federal program that aims to improve access to healthcare in underserved communities across the United States. By providing scholarship and loan repayment assistance to healthcare professionals, the NHSC encourages them to serve in areas with limited medical resources. The corps includes a diverse group of clinicians, including doctors, nurses, mental health providers, all dedicated to enhancing the health of the populations they serve. Through their commitment, the NHSC plays a vital role in promoting health equity and improving overall community well-being.
For more information on the Health Resources and Services Administration and its programs, follow the link below to the HRSA website.
Important Information For Patients:
HRSA programs provide health care to people who are geographically isolated and economically or medically vulnerable. This includes programs that deliver health services to people with HIV, pregnant women, mothers and their families, those with low incomes, residents of rural areas, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and those otherwise unable to access high-quality health care. HRSA programs also support health infrastructure, including through training of health professionals and distributing them to areas where they are needed most, providing financial support to health care providers, and advancing telehealth. In addition, HRSA oversees programs for providing discounts on prescription drugs to safety net providers, facilitating organ, bone marrow, and cord blood transplantation, compensating individuals injured by vaccination, and maintaining data on health care malpractice payments.
Important Information For Clinicians
The application period for Clinicians to apply for the HRSA Loan Repayment Program takes place annually, with applications usually coming due by May 1 of the current year. Once submitted, applicants will receive notification of award by September 30 of the application year. In order to be eligible for Loan Repayment, Clinicians will have to meet and follow all guidelines outlined by the HRSA program, maintain employment through an approved HRSA site for the totality of their agreed upon commitment term. Please check out the facts for Clinicians section to see some specific requirements in order to determine if you are eligible to apply for the Loan Repayment Program!
HRSA Facts Patients Should Know
Vision: Healthy Communities, Healthy People Mission: To improve health outcomes through access to quality services, a skilled health workforce, and innovative, high-value programs. How does this help you, the consumer: HRSA Approved Sites have committed to supplying high quality services, by offering a Sliding Fee Discount Program for consumers that are not or would not otherwise be able to obtain services through insurances or due to other financial barriers. HRSA Approved sites, such as Rooted In Love, LLC, are committed to maintaining excellence in quality of care, availability of care, and delivering quality care, removing and/or working through any barriers that the consumer may have.
HRSA Facts Clinicians Should Know
You qualify if you meet these requirements: *A United States citizen (U.S. born or naturalized) or a United States national *A provider (or eligible to participate as a provider) in the Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, as appropriate *Fully trained and licensed to practice in the NHSC-eligible discipline and state in which eligible disciplines and specialties for primary care, dental care, mental/behavioral health care, and maternity care. *A health professional in an eligible discipline with qualified student loan debt for education that led to your degree *Working at an NHSC-approved site Benefits of the NHSC Loan Repayment Program Service *You have an opportunity to increase access to primary care services to communities in need. *Flexible Service Options *You have a choice of service options: -Two-year full-time clinical practice at an NHSC-approved site. -Two-year half-time clinical practice at an NHSC-approved site. *Loan Repayment You will receive funds to repay your outstanding, qualifying, school loans. *NHSC loan repayment funds are exempt from federal income and employment taxes. *Full-time service: Up to $75,000 (primary care providers) or $50,000 (for all providers) for a two-year initial term. *Half-time service: Up to $37,500 (primary care providers) or $25,000 (for all providers) for a two-year initial term. *Note: If you serve in a private practice, you aren't eligible to practice half-time. *Complete Repayment of Qualifying Loans After you complete the initial two-year service contract, you may be eligible to apply for additional loan repayment funds to pay any remaining school loans through one-year continuation service contracts. ***There is no guarantee that you will receive a continuation contract. **An NHSC-approved site is a health care facility that: -Provides complete outpatient services to people living in Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) -Meets NHSC site requirements
We are Now Hiring NHSC Approved Clinicians to fulfill their Service Commitment for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
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Application Process for Licensed Clinicians applying for the NHSC Loan Repayment Program
To check to see if you are eligible for a Repayment Program through the NHSC, the following information is a brief summary of qualification factors based on licensure:
**-Discipline: Licensed Clinical Social Workers-
Specialties: None specified.
Education Requirements: Master’s degree or doctoral degree in social work from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education and affiliated with an education institution accredited by the U.S. Department of Education nationally recognized accrediting body. Certification Requirements: Successfully passed the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Clinical or Advanced Generalist licensing exam prior to July 1, 1998, or the ASWB Clinical Exam on or after July 1, 1998; OR Successfully passed the Licensed Clinical Social Workers Standard Written Examination and the Clinical Vignette Examination and completed the state required number of years or hours of clinical social work experience under the supervision of a licensed independent social worker and passed the clinical level of the ASWB exam.
**-Discipline: Marriage and Family Therapists-
Specialties: None specified.
Education Requirements: Master’s or doctoral program in marriage and family therapy from a program accredited by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education; OR Graduate degree in another mental health field (psychiatry, psychology, clinical social work, psychiatric nursing, etc.) and completed a Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education accredited post-graduate degree clinical training program in marriage and family therapy. Certification Requirements: Have at least two years of post-graduate supervised clinical experience as a Marriage and Family Therapist; OR Be a Clinical Fellow member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy; OR Successfully passed the Marriage and Family Therapist Standard Written Examination
**-Discipline: Licensed Professional Counselors-
Specialties: None specified.
Education Requirements: A master’s or higher degree with a major study in counseling from a school accredited by a U.S. Department of Education nationally recognized regional or state institutional accrediting agency; AND Have at least two years of postgraduate supervised counseling experience.
Certification Requirements: License, certificate, or registration
Notes: If a Licensed Professional Counselor license, certificate or registration is not available in the state of intended practice, have a current, full, permanent, unencumbered, unrestricted health professional license, certificate, or registration, as applicable, to practice independently and unsupervised as a Licensed mental health counselor (or as another discipline meeting the licensed professional counselor educational requirements) in a state and be practicing independently and unsupervised as required by applicable state or federal law (for example licensed mental health counselor can apply as a licensed professional counselor). Licensed professional counselors who work at schools that are National Health Service Corps-approved sites must be primarily engaged in direct clinical and counseling services and must meet the clinical practice requirements for the entire calendar year. Psychologists focused on career or guidance counseling are not eligible.