Affordable Care Act State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP)

The summary for the Affordable Care Act State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP) grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Health Resources and Services Administration, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Affordable Care Act State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP): This announcement solicits applications for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP) is part of HRSA's overall strategy to improve access to health care. Section 338I(a)-(i) of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 254q-1(a)-(i)), authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services ("the Secretary") to make grants to States to assist them in providing support to health professions to repay educational debt who in turn agree to provide primary health services in Federally designated health professional shortage area (HPSAs). The SLRP provides grants to more than 30 states, and, since the SLRP's inception in 1987, approximately 3,500 clinicians have been recruited to provide primary care services in HPSAs. As of November 21, 2011, there were 13,745 designated primary care, dental, and mental health HPSAs according to the Bureau of Health Professions, Office of Shortage Designation. With the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148), an increase in the number of physicians and other primary health care practitioners will be needed to satisfy the demand for health care services by these urban, rural, and vulnerable populations. In order to be eligible for SLRP funding, States must operate loan repayment programs for primary care providers on terms that are no more favorable than what the NHSC LRP is authorized to provide. While this statutory requirement places certain restrictions on the structure of a State's loan repayment program, there is a significant amount of flexibility for States to differentiate their loan repayment program from the NHSC LRP. Information contained in this announcement includes the statutory and other requirements to which all grantees must adhere.

Federal Grant Title:	Affordable Care Act State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP)
Federal Agency Name:	Health Resources and Services Administration
Grant Categories:	Health
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	HRSA-12-082
Type of Funding:	Grant
CFDA Numbers:	93.547
CFDA Descriptions:	Affordable Care Act - National Health Service Corps
Current Application Deadline:	Jun 05, 2012
Original Application Deadline:	Jun 05, 2012
Posted Date:	Apr 17, 2012
Creation Date:	Apr 17, 2012
Archive Date:	Aug 04, 2012
Total Program Funding:	$10,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award:
Minimum Federal Grant Award:
Expected Number of Awards:	19
Cost Sharing or Matching:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Entities eligible to apply for this grant program include the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Palau, the Marshall Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Grant Announcement Contact: [email protected]@HRSA.GOV
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