National Health Service Corps Rural Community LRP (NHSC Rural Community LRP)

The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Rural Community Loan Repayment Program (LRP) supports clinicians working to combat the opioid epidemic in the nation’s rural communities. The NHSC Rural Community LRP makes loan repayment awards in coordination with the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) within the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) to provide evidence-based substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, assist in recovery, and to prevent overdose deaths in rural communities across the nation.

Amount Awarded

Full time: $100,000 for 3 years
Half-time: $50,000 for 3 years

Additional Resources

NHSC Rural Community LRP web page:https://nhsc.hrsa.gov/loan-repayment/nhsc-rural-community-loan-repayment-program

Clinicians may qualify: Even if they work at a rural, NHSC-approved SUD treatment facility with a HPSA score that would ordinarily be too low to qualify for NHSC funding.