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National Health Services Corp is a loan repayment program that gives $50,000 to alumni to work in Health Professional Shortage Areas.  You get a salary and all the benefits of the job, plus NHSC will pay $50,000 towards your loans for a two year commitment. 

It is estimated that approximately fifty million Americans live in communities without access to primary health care. In response, the National Health Services Corps (NHSC) uses loan repayment as a tool to attract qualified clinicians to work in these communities. NHSC clinicians provide primary health services, including psychological services in medically underserved communities. In exchange for a two-year commitment, they receive up to $50,000 of repayment for qualified educational  loans and expenses in addition to receiving a salary and benefits from the community sites where they work. The NHSC Loan Repayment Program (LRP) offers early career psychologists and counselors financial freedom, expanded career options, and greater peace of mind.

So how does the program work? The NHSC LRP is a competitive program available to counselors and psychologists in three categories including Health Service Psychologists, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Licensed Professional Counselors. Applicants must be US citizens or nationals who have completed their training and their clinical requirements and who are licensed. The program looks for applicants who want to remain in the "health professional shortage areas" in which they served even after their commitment is finished.

For more information, please contact Office of Alumni Affairs at alumni@adler.edu. 

Applying to the Loan Repayment Program Just Got Easier!

Changes to the application process include:

• Fewer documents required
• Easy step-by-step instructions and checklist
• Fillable forms
• Supporting forms and documents can now be faxed
• Eligibility and contract requirements are easier to find in the online bulletin

The number of required documents has been reduced by over half.  Only the following forms are now needed as part of your application:

1. NHSC LRP Online Application
2. Loan Documentation
3. Loan Verification
4. Employment Verification and Community Site Information
5. Authorization to Release Information
6. NHSC LRP Self-Certification
7. Power-of-Attorney (if applicable)
8. Privacy Act Release Authorization (if applicable)
9. Proof of Disadvantaged Background (if applicable)
10. Proof of Exceptional Financial Need from a School (if applicable)

Applicants are encouraged to apply early.  Applications are being accepted continuously through July 29, 2010.  Visit us at www.nhsc.hrsa.gov for more information.