Kentucky
Physician State Matching Loan Repayment Program-Kentucky
Website: http://ruralhealth.med.uky.edu/kentucky-state-loan-repayment-program
Eligibility: The National Health Service Corps grants matching funds directly to states to operate their own loan repayment program to expand access to health care for the underserved. In Kentucky, the program is administered by the State Office of Rural Health. Kentucky State Loan Repayment Program (KSLRP) is a 50/50 matching program that provides loan repayment for qualified educational loans incurred by primary health professionals.
HSPA: www.hpsafind.hrsa.gov shows qualifying areas.
Who Can Apply: Primary Health Care professionals.
Repayment/Scholarship Terms: The health professional must seek his/her own sponsors for loan repayment; the award amount is negotiated between the health professional and the sponsoring organization. Award can be no more than $35,000 per year.
Service Requirements: Professionals make a two-year commitment to practice full-time for an eligible sponsoring organization in a federally designated Health Professions Shortage Area.
Amount of Repayment per Year of Service:
$35,000 per year ($17,500 federal funds, $17,500 matching) for a total of $70,000 for a two-year obligation.
Contact:
Alice Combs
Kentucky Office of Rural Health
750 Morton Blvd.
Hazard, KY 41701
Phone: 606-439-3557
Toll Free: 1-855-859-2374
Fax: 606-439-0795
Physician State Matching Loan Repayment Program-Kentucky
Website: http://ruralhealth.med.uky.edu/kentucky-state-loan-repayment-program
Eligibility: The National Health Service Corps grants matching funds directly to states to operate their own loan repayment program to expand access to health care for the underserved. In Kentucky, the program is administered by the State Office of Rural Health. Kentucky State Loan Repayment Program (KSLRP) is a 50/50 matching program that provides loan repayment for qualified educational loans incurred by primary health professionals.
HSPA: www.hpsafind.hrsa.gov shows qualifying areas.
Who Can Apply: Primary Health Care professionals.
Repayment/Scholarship Terms: The health professional must seek his/her own sponsors for loan repayment; the award amount is negotiated between the health professional and the sponsoring organization. Award can be no more than $35,000 per year.
Service Requirements: Professionals make a two-year commitment to practice full-time for an eligible sponsoring organization in a federally designated Health Professions Shortage Area.
Amount of Repayment per Year of Service:
$35,000 per year ($17,500 federal funds, $17,500 matching) for a total of $70,000 for a two-year obligation.
Contact:
Alice Combs
Kentucky Office of Rural Health
750 Morton Blvd.
Hazard, KY 41701
Phone: 606-439-3557
Toll Free: 1-855-859-2374
Fax: 606-439-0795