Loan Forgiveness Opportunities

NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program


NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program
enables dedicated registered nurses committed to caring for under-served people to serve in hospitals and clinics in some of America's neediest communities, improving the lives of their patients and transforming their own.

The Health Resources and Services Administration has announced that the NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program (LRP) Application Cycle is now open will close on February 25, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. ET. To expedite the application review process, potential applicants and facility administrators are encouraged to have the eligibility of their current facility location reviewed for participation in the NURSE Corps LRP Eligible sites or Critical Shortage Facilities (CSFs) defined as a health care facility located in, designated as, or serving a mental health or primary medical care Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA).

Potential applicants and facility administrators may submit their facility information to [email protected] 

When submitting a health care facility to the NURSE Corps LRP for consideration, please provide the following information:

  1. Name of the facility and its specific location (i.e., satellite facility cannot use main facility address)
  2. Full mailing address of the facility including street address, city, state, and zip code -- (Do not use P.O. Box)
  3. Facility profit status; Refer to pages 8-9 of the 2015 NURSE Corps LRP APG for a complete list of eligible facilities.

If you have any questions about this process, you may contact the NURSE Corps Customer Care Center at 1-800-221-9393 Monday through Friday (except Federal holidays), 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET.

For more information, click here.

For the application and guidance package, click here

NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program Application

Technical Assistance Conference Calls

January 28, 2016 (2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET.)

February 11, 2016 (7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. ET.) 

The application cycle for the 2016 NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program is now open and we are offering two technical assistance conference calls to help you with the application process. You may elect to participate in both calls, but please be aware that the same information will be provided during each call.

The conference calls will:

  • Review eligibility requirements
  • Provide “how to” information about the application process
  • Review deadlines
  • Allow participants to get their questions answered in real time

We encourage you to view the on-demand webinar prior to participating in the conference calls. You may find that the webinar will provide you with answers to many of your questions.

To participate in either the January 28th or February 11th conference calls, please use the access information below: