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State Health Care Professional Loan Repayment Program

The Colorado State Health Care Professional Loan Repayment Program is a newly funded program in Colorado, which helps health care providers working in health professional shortage areas repay their educational loans. The program is jointly funded by the State of Colorado, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and The Colorado Health Foundation.

General Eligibility

Certain health professionals may be eligible to receive repayment of qualified student loans if they practice full time, in a Health Professional Shortage Area, delivering primary health services, in a public or nonprofit clinic. The practice must accept public insurance and offer discounted services to low-income, uninsured patients.  Nontaxable awards may be made up to $35,000 for each year of service. All contracts are for two to three years, though the program's goal is to facilitate long-term retention of the provider in an underserved Colorado community beyond his or her contract with the state.

Eligible Health Professions

• CNM - Certified Nurse-Midwives

• CP - Clinical or Counseling Psychologists (Ph.D., Psy.D. or equivalent)

• DDS & DMD - Dentists (general and pediatric practice)

• DO &  MD - Doctors of Osteopathic or Allopathic Medicine (family medicine, geriatrics, general internal medicine, general psychiatry, general child psychiatry, general pediatrics, and general obstetrics/gynecology)

• LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Workers (master’s or doctoral degree in social work)

• LPC - Licensed Professional Counselors (master’s or doctoral degree with a major study in counseling)

• MFT - Marriage and Family Therapists (master’s or doctoral degree with a major study in marriage and family therapy)

• NP - Primary Care Certified Nurse Practitioners

• PA - Primary Care Physician Assistants

• PNS - Psychiatric Nurse Specialists

• RDH - Registered Dental Hygienists

Submit an Application
Applications accepted through April 11, 2010

Program Evaluation (coming soon)

Health Care Community Board

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