Health Professional Loan Repayment Program Application open until 12/15/2021

Greetings: 

We are so excited to announce that the cycle for accepting new applications for the Health Professional Loan Repayment Program (HPLRP) will open on November 15, 2021.  Applicants must submit their completed applications by December 15, 2021. 

As you may know, DC’s Health Professional Loan Repayment Program (HPLRP) provides loan repayment (up to $68,903.96) to eligible providers practicing in underserved areas of the District for at least two years. Eligible participants include licensed and certified physicians, dentists, dental hygienists, advanced practice nurses, registered nurses, nurse mid-wives, clinical psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, and licensed professional counselors practicing at HPLRP-certified Service Obligation Sites (SOS). A certified SOS must be either a nonprofit or a public entity that provides primary care, mental health and/or dental services to District residents regardless of their ability to pay and is located in a federally designated Health Professional Shortage or Medically Underserved Area within the District that corresponds to the services the entity provides.   Applicants must be already employed or have a signed employment contract with a certified SOS at the time of application.  A list of approved sites can be found on our website.  

The program will be issuing approximately eleven (11) two-year awards.  Our legislation requires that we have 60% primary care, 20% mental health and 20% dental providers, thus we will recruit to maintain those rates.  

Applicants can also visit our website for additional guidelines, and application packages.   For more information please see the attached bulletin or contact the loan repayment program directly at HPLRP@dc.gov.  

We are requesting that you share this opportunity with the members/employees of your organization, as appropriate.  

Thank you for your time and attention.  

 

Sincerely,

Geraldine (Ginger) Pierce

Program Coordinator, HPLRP, NHSC, Nurse Corp and the J-1 Visa Waiver Program

DC Health

Community Health Administration

Health Care Access Bureau

899 N. Capitol St., NE

Washington DC 20002

dchealth.dc.gov