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Allied Healthcare Loan Repayment Program
Applications for the 2013 cycle will be available for electronic submittal at calreach.oshpd.ca.gov.
Complete your scholarship or loan repayment applications starting JULY 1 through OCTOBER 1, 2013
Who may apply?
To be eligible for the Allied Healthcare Loan Repayment, the applicant must:
- be currently licensed and practicing in one of the following professions:
- Diagnostic Medical Sonography
- Clinical Laboratory Science
- Medical Assistant
- Medical Imaging
- Medical Laboratory Technology
- Nuclear Medicine Technology
- Occupational Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Pharmacy Technician
- Physical Therapy
- Physical Therapy Assistant
- Radiation Therapy Technology
- Radiologic Technology
- Respiratory Care
- Social Work
- Speech Therapy
- Surgical Technician
- Ultrasound Technician
- Other, Allied Healthcare (will not be given priority) Nursing is not an Allied profession
- be providing full-time direct patient care in a California Medically Underserved Area (MUA), Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA), County, State, prison, or Veteran's facility (to find out if your facility qualifies, follow the instructions here)
- have outstanding educational debt from a commercial or U.S. governmental lending institution
- be free from any other service obligation
- have valid legal presence and ability to work and provide care in the state of California
- be willing to continue working in a medically underserved area for one year
- complete and submit your application through CalREACH by October 1, 2013
Those awarded the Allied Heathcare Loan Repayment may receive up to $4,000. If awarded, recipients agree to a one-year service obligation practicing direct patient care at a qualified facility in California. Qualified facilities include those designated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources Administration (HRSA) as a medically underserved area (MUA), health professional shortage area (HPSA), county, state or veterans facility. To determine if a facility qualifies, follow the instructions here.