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Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Paraprofessionals

Purpose: Develop and expand community-based experiential training to increase the supply of students preparing to become peer support specialists and other behavioral health-related paraprofessionals while also improving distribution of a quality behavioral health workforce.

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National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (NHSC LRP)

Purpose: Recruit and retain medical, nursing, dental, and behavioral/mental health clinicians in eligible communities of need designated as Health Professional Shortage Areas.

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National Health Service Corps Rural Community Loan Repayment Program (NHSC Rural Community LRP)

Purpose: Recruit and retain medical, nursing, and behavioral/mental health clinicians with specific training and credentials to provide evidence-based substance use disorder treatment in rural Health Professional Shortage Areas.

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National Health Service Corps Substance Use Disorder Workforce Loan Repayment Program (NHSC SUD Workforce LRP)

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Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship Program (NHHSP)

Purpose: Provide federal financial support for Native Hawaiians who are students at health professions schools, in return for a commitment to provide primary health services to the Native Hawaiian population in the State of Hawaii.

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Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program (Nurse Corps LRP)

Purpose: Assist in the recruitment and retention of professional registered nurses, including advanced practice registered nurses dedicated to working in health care facilities with a critical shortage of nurses or working as nurse faculty in eligible schools of nursing by decreasing the economic barriers associated with pursuing careers at such critical shortage facilities or in academic nursing.

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Nurse Corps Scholarship Program

Purpose: Provide scholarships to nursing students in exchange for a minimum two-year, full-time service commitment (or part-time equivalent) at an eligible health care facility with a critical shortage of nurses.

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Postdoctoral Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry (PDD) Program

Purpose: Increase the number of dental and dental hygiene faculty. Through loan repayment, the grant helps training programs attract and retain dental and dental hygiene faculty. The focus is on pediatric dentistry faculty supervising residents.

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Primary Care Training and Enhancement (PCTE): Residency Training in Street Medicine (RTSM)

Purpose: Enhance street medicine training for residents enrolled in accredited primary care residency programs.

Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program

Purpose: Expand the number of fellows at accredited addiction medicine fellowship (AMF) and addiction psychiatry fellowship (APF) programs trained as addiction medicine specialists who work in underserved, community-based settings that integrate primary care with mental health disorder and substance use disorder (SUD) prevention and treatment services. The program encompasses both psychiatry and an addiction subspecialty for primary care doctors.

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