Opportunity Information: Apply for HRSA 09 228
Apply for HRSA 09 228
- The Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Grants to States for Loan Repayment" and is now available to receive applicants.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 24, 2009 and posted on Jul 10, 2009.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 7, 2009. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $10,000,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 58 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- The 50 States, the District of Columbis, The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, The U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Palau, The Marshall Islands and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands
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Opportunity Summary:
The Grants to States for Loan Repayment opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number HRSA 09 228) is a discretionary grant program administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to help states expand and strengthen their health care workforce in underserved communities. Using resources provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the program’s core purpose is to fund state-run loan repayment programs that can offer educational loan repayment assistance to eligible health practitioners. In exchange for that support, participating practitioners are required to provide clinical services on a full-time basis for at least two years in federally designated Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs). The practical goal is to improve access to care by recruiting and retaining clinicians where shortages are most severe.
Funding is structured as grants awarded to state and territorial governments rather than directly to individual clinicians or individual clinics. Eligible applicants include the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and multiple U.S. territories and freely associated states: 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. No cost sharing or matching requirement is indicated, meaning applicants are not required to contribute non-federal funds as a condition of receiving an award under this announcement. The opportunity anticipated up to 58 awards, with an estimated total funding amount of $10,000,000, indicating HRSA intended broad geographic participation across states and territories.
As described in the announcement summary, grant funds are intended to support state loan repayment programs that place qualified practitioners into shortage-area service commitments. While the notice does not list specific practitioner types in the provided excerpt, HRSA loan repayment initiatives generally focus on clinicians delivering direct patient care, and this particular announcement ties eligibility to practitioners who will provide clinical services full time for a minimum two-year term in HPSAs. The emphasis on HPSAs is important because these are officially designated geographic areas, population groups, or facilities that face shortages of primary care, dental health, or mental health providers, and HRSA uses these designations to target workforce investments where they are most needed.
Key administrative details reflect that this was a time-limited ARRA-era funding opportunity. The posting date was July 10, 2009, with an original and current closing date of August 7, 2009, and an archive date of October 16, 2009. The funding instrument type is a grant, and the activity category is health. For applicants or stakeholders needing the full announcement or having trouble accessing it electronically, HRSA provided support through the HRSA Call Center (CallCenter@HRSA.GOV and 877-464-4772), and the announcement referenced an additional information link hosted on the HRSA grants site.
In plain terms, this opportunity was designed to help state and territorial governments put more clinicians into hard-to-staff communities by offsetting practitioners’ student loan burdens, with a clear service-for-support exchange: loan repayment assistance tied to full-time clinical work for at least two years in designated shortage areas.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Grants to States for Loan Repayment (HRSA 09-228)
1) What is the Grants to States for Loan Repayment opportunity (HRSA 09-228)?
This is a discretionary grant program administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Its purpose is to help states and territories expand and strengthen the health care workforce in underserved communities by funding state-run loan repayment programs.
2) What is the main goal of this grant program?
The practical goal is to improve access to health care in areas with severe clinician shortages by recruiting and retaining practitioners. The program does this by supporting loan repayment assistance for eligible health practitioners in exchange for a service commitment in shortage areas.
3) Who receives the grant funding (states or individual clinicians)?
Funding is awarded to state and territorial governments, not directly to individual clinicians or individual clinics. States and territories then use those grant funds to operate loan repayment programs for practitioners.
4) What does the grant funding support?
The funds are intended to support state-run loan repayment programs that provide educational loan repayment assistance to eligible health practitioners who agree to serve in underserved communities.
5) What do practitioners have to do in exchange for loan repayment assistance?
Participating practitioners are required to provide clinical services on a full-time basis for at least two years in federally designated Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).
6) What is the minimum service commitment required for participating practitioners?
The minimum service commitment described is at least two years of full-time clinical service in a federally designated HPSA.
7) Where must the service be performed?
Service must be performed in federally designated Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs). These can be designated geographic areas, population groups, or facilities that have shortages of health professionals.
8) What are HPSAs, and why do they matter in this program?
HPSAs are officially designated areas, groups, or facilities facing shortages of primary care, dental health, or mental health providers. This program specifically targets HPSAs so workforce investments are directed to locations where shortages are most severe.
9) Who is eligible to apply for this grant?
Eligible applicants include the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the following U.S. territories and freely associated states: 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.
10) Are clinics, hospitals, or individual practitioners eligible to apply directly?
No. Based on the information provided, the eligible applicants are state and territorial governments (and the listed freely associated states). The grant is not described as being awarded directly to clinics or individual practitioners.
11) Is there a cost-sharing or matching requirement?
No cost sharing or matching requirement is indicated. That means applicants are not required to contribute non-federal funds as a condition of receiving an award under this announcement.
12) How many awards were expected under this funding opportunity?
The opportunity anticipated up to 58 awards, suggesting HRSA intended broad participation across states and territories.
13) What was the estimated total funding amount?
The estimated total funding amount was $10,000,000.
14) What type of funding instrument is this?
The funding instrument type is a grant.
15) What is the activity category for this opportunity?
The activity category is health.
16) What is the Funding Opportunity Number (FON)?
The Funding Opportunity Number is HRSA 09-228.
17) When was this opportunity posted?
The posting date was July 10, 2009.
18) What was the application closing date?
The original and current closing date was August 7, 2009.
19) When was the opportunity archived?
The archive date was October 16, 2009.
20) What is the relationship between this grant and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)?
The program used resources provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The opportunity is described as a time-limited ARRA-era funding opportunity.
21) Does the excerpt specify which practitioner types are eligible for loan repayment?
No. The provided excerpt does not list specific practitioner types. It indicates that the program supports loan repayment assistance to eligible health practitioners who will provide full-time clinical services for at least two years in HPSAs.
22) What kind of work is expected from participating practitioners?
The excerpt emphasizes full-time clinical services delivered in HPSAs. The intent is direct patient care in underserved areas, tied to a service-for-support exchange.
23) Who administers this program?
The program is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
24) Where can applicants or stakeholders get help or request the full announcement?
HRSA provided support through the HRSA Call Center at CallCenter@HRSA.GOV and 877-464-4772. The announcement also referenced an additional information link hosted on the HRSA grants site.
25) In plain terms, what problem is this grant trying to solve?
It is designed to help states and territories place more clinicians into hard-to-staff communities by reducing practitioners' educational loan burdens, in return for a full-time, multi-year service commitment in designated shortage areas.
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