nursing student loans

if you are amission-driven health care professional in searchof education debt relief, the indian health serviceloan repayment program helps health careproviders re-pay their qualifiededucational loans. lrp recipientsget up to $20,000 a year toward qualified healthprofession education loans in exchange for a two-yearcommitment to work at an ihs, tribal or urban indianprogram facility.

find out in the next 60seconds if you have what it takes to qualifyfor an lrp award. you'll find all ofthe requirements at ihs.gov/loanrepayment/,but here are a few things that'll improve yourchance of success. the application cycleopens october 1st; applications are receivedyear round and qualified applications are reviewedon a monthly basis. but this is key: once youare committed to work in

indian health, it'sall about matching your personal andprofessional needs, your health carespecialty and vacancies at facilities with thegreatest need for clinicians. and "greatest need"is indicated by site scores. now, if your ideallocation is to work where you are most needed,that's a great start! select your health carespecialty and see which facilities have thehighest site scores.

then, visit ihs.gov/jobsto look for vacancies. enter your specialty and alocation you found on the site scores list. then click view all jobs. when you apply forvacancies with higher site scores, your lrpapplication has a better chance of being approved. why? because available fundingis awarded to those

applicants first, thendistributed in order of priority until theannual funding runs out. if you are a good match, don'tlet education debt crush you. you can extend yourfunding each year until your loans are paid. in fact, the work isso fulfilling and the patient populationso appreciative, that many remain longafter their loans are paid.