The Pennsylvania Department of Health is pleased to announce the opening of the Pennsylvania Primary Care Loan Repayment Program (LRP) Practitioner Application.
The LRP provides grant funding for educational loan repayment to primary care practitioners serving medically underserved populations. Educational loan repayment is an incentive to recruitment and retention of practitioners for service in federally designated Health Professional Shortage Areas and other underserved communities:
- The Request for Applications (RFA) #67-114 can be downloaded from https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/Health-Planning/Pages/Loan-Repayment.aspx
- Applications are being accepted from August 17, 2020 until 11:59 pm September 30, 2020.
- Program information, application procedures and application instructions are found in RFA#67-114.
- All applications must be submitted via the Loan Repayment Program’s web-based application through the link on the above website.
- Questions regarding this RFA must be submitted via email to loanrepayment@pa.gov on or before D. No questions will be answered via phone or e-mail. Answers to all question submitted by September 4 will be posted on the above website by September 11, 2020 and will be considered an addendum to the RFA.