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Health Resources and Services Administration workforce loan repayment and scholarship programs funding - 11/22/21

  • 1.  Health Resources and Services Administration workforce loan repayment and scholarship programs funding - 11/22/21

    National Council Staff
    Posted 11-22-2021 18:04
    Dear Association Executives - Below and at the links below please find information from HHS and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) about substantial new funding for HRSA's health workforce loan repayment and scholarship programs. Please feel free to share and let us know if you have questions.
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    Dear all,

    The Biden-Harris Administration has awarded the largest field strength in history for its health workforce loan repayment and scholarship programs thanks to a new $1.5 billion investment, including $1 billion in supplemental American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding and other mandatory and annual appropriations. More than 22,700 primary care clinicians now serve in the nation's underserved tribal, rural and urban communities, including nearly 20,000 National Health Service Corps (NHSC) members, more than 2,500 Nurse Corps nurses, and approximately 250 awardees under a new program, the Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) oversees these critical programs. 

    "Thanks to the American Rescue Plan, we now have a record number of doctors, dentists, nurses and behavioral health providers treating more than 23.6 million patients in underserved communities," said Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra. "This demonstrates the Biden-Harris Administration's commitment to advance health equity and ensure access to critical care across the country. We will continue to invest in our health workforce to make life-saving support within everyone's reach."

    For more information, please see the materials below:


    Marvin Figueroa, Director
    Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    Washington, D.C.

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    Stephanie Katz
    Assistant Vice President, Public Policy and Advocacy
    National Council for Mental Wellbeing




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    Neal Comstock
    Director of Membership
    National Council
    NealC@TheNationalCouncil.org
    202 748-8793
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