Where are NHSC-approved sites?

The following site types are eligible to become NHSC-approved:

• State Prison.
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Certified Rural Health Clinics.
• Critical Access Hospitals (CAH)
• Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC)
• State or Local Health Departments.
• Community Outpatient Facilities.
• Private Practices (Solo or Group)

How does NHSC help geographic areas that are in need of health services?

NHSC programs provide scholarships and student loan repayment to health care professionals in exchange for a service commitment to practice in designated areas across the country with a shortage of health care professionals.

What is an HRSA loan?

National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Programs: https://nhsc.hrsa.gov. The NHSC Loan Repayment Program (NHSC LRP) awards up to $50,000 in exchange for a two-year commitment to provide primary medical, dental or mental/behavioral health care at approved sites in high-need, underserved areas.

What is NHSC Loan Repayment Program?

The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program (LRP) offers primary medical, dental, and mental and behavioral health care clinicians the opportunity to have their student loans repaid, while earning a competitive salary, in exchange for providing health care in urban, rural, or tribal communities with …

What makes a site eligible for NHSC approval?

Your site is eligible to become an auto-approved NHSC site if it is one of these types. Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) Community Health Center Migrant Health Homeless Program Public Housing Program School-Based Program Mobile Clinic FQHC Look-Alikes

Where are the federal Indian Health Service NHSC sites?

Federal Indian Health Service (IHS) American Indian Health/Alaskan Native Health Facilities Tribal/638 Health Facility Dual-Funded (Tribal Health Clinic and FQHC funded) Urban Indian Health Program IHS Hospitals Correctional or Detention Facilities Federal Prison

Where can I find auto approved NHSC sites?

Health Workforce Connector Virtual Job Fairs Support Network Division of Regional Operations (DRO) State Leads State Primary Care Offices (PCOs) Primary Care Associations (PCAs) Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) State Offices of Rural Health (SORHs)

Where can I find information about the NHSC?

Via the Health Workforce Connector, candidates searching for training and employment opportunities at NHSC-approved organizations, can find thousands of them listed on this site. Below you will find links to downloadable data sources and map visualizations specific to the NHSC.