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National Health Service Corps Substance Use Disorder Workforce Loan Repayment Program (NHSC SUD Workforce LRP)

The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Workforce Loan Repayment Program (LRP) expands access to evidence-based substance use disorder treatment in underserved, high-need communities across the country. The SUD Workforce LRP offers health care clinicians the opportunity to have their qualifying student loans repaid in exchange for serving at an NHSC-approved SUD treatment facility.

Amount Awarded

  • Full time: Up to $75,000 for 3 years
  • Half-time service: Up to $37,500 for 3 years

Additional Resources

NHSC SUD Workforce LRP web page: https://nhsc.hrsa.gov/loan-repayment/nhsc-sud-workforce-loan-repayment-program.html

Now open through May 1, 2025

Clinicians may qualify: Even if they work at a SUD treatment facility with a HPSA score that would ordinarily be too low to qualify for NHSC funding. − Using either the mental health or primary care HPSA score of their NHSC-approved SUD treatment facility.