Rural health education financial aid resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2012 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/topics/funding/hpeducation.php The Indian Health Service (IHS) announces, subject to the appropriation of funds, funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 for the IHS Loan Repayment Program for health professional educational loans in return for full-time clinical service in Indian health programs. https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/01/23/2012-1211/loan-repayment-program-for-repayment-of-health-professions-educational-loans-announcement-type Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:20:38 CST https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/01/23/2012-1211/loan-repayment-program-for-repayment-of-health-professions-educational-loans-announcement-type Students receive low-interest-rate loans. This program is designed to provide doctors to rural communities in Illinois. Students must be willing to specialize in family practice or another primary health care field. http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2752 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:05:32 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2752 A summer experience for students who are enrolled in medical school in the United States during the summer between their first and second year of medical school. http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2748 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:38:52 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2748 Tacoma WA September 18, 2012 -- National Rural Recruitment & Retention Network https://www.3rnet.org Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:36:11 CST https://www.3rnet.org Provides the FAFSA form for 2012-2013. Explains how to fill it out, application deadlines, and questions and answers. -- U.S. Department of Education http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/fotw1213/pdf/PdfFafsa12-13.pdf Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:14:40 CST http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/fotw1213/pdf/PdfFafsa12-13.pdf Funding to provide rural nurses in Idaho and the Intermountain Region with a rural generalist residency. http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2378 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:28:25 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2378 Offers news, meeting minutes, presentations, and additional resources that support the work of the CACG consortium and network, which helps CACG state partners learn from each other and assists them with developing and implementing grant programs. State discussion forums are accessible here (login required for this portion of the site). -- Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education http://www.wiche.edu/cacg Tue, 10 May 2011 11:00:00 CST http://www.wiche.edu/cacg Discusses fundraising strategies rural colleges try in order to offset their low budgets. Discusses how in rural communities, remote colleges lack close ties to large corporate benefactors or generous individual donors. -- American Association of Community Colleges http://www.communitycollegetimes.com/Pages/Funding/Creativity-helps-rural-colleges-raise-funds.aspx Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:22:40 CST http://www.communitycollegetimes.com/Pages/Funding/Creativity-helps-rural-colleges-raise-funds.aspx Offers summaries of HRSA programs operating in each state down to the county level. Also provides state-specific information about health centers, National Health Service Corps and the communities they serve, the number of participating providers through the 340B program, and identifies shortage designation areas within each state. -- Health Resources and Services Administration http://www.hrsa.gov/data-statistics/hrsa.html Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:36:30 CST http://www.hrsa.gov/data-statistics/hrsa.html Describes practices and lessons learned in Alaska, Nevada, North Dakota, and Washington during the second year of the federal College Access Challenge Grant program. Includes rural locations. -- Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education http://www.wiche.edu/info/publications/WPE-CACG-2-2011.pdf Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:20:26 CST http://www.wiche.edu/info/publications/WPE-CACG-2-2011.pdf A student essay contest with the topic of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). -- Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2080 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:39:42 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2080 Annual award for the University of Wisconsin's best rural health paper regarding networking, cooperatives, and rural communities . -- Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1027 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:18:10 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1027 This program provides a loan repayment option for up to nine health care providers with qualified educational loans. -- National Health Service Corps http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2516 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:43:07 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2516 Discusses the Concierge Model and the role of a reentry concierge at colleges and universities, including helping returning adult students navigate the application, enrollment, and registration processes and overcome barriers to college success. -- Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education http://www.wiche.edu/info/publications/ntnmConciergeBrief.pdf Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:33:42 CST http://www.wiche.edu/info/publications/ntnmConciergeBrief.pdf Scholarship help for students in Iowa seeking careers in health care. -- Idaho Hospital Association http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2501 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:53:17 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2501 Loan forgiveness program for faculty member instructing licensed practical nursing and/or registered nursing course work to future nurses in the State of Ohio -- Ohio Board of Regents http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2494 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:01:02 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2494 Financial assistance to Ohio nursing students. -- Ohio Board of Regents http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2493 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:52:21 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2493 Support for water stewardship, healthy active lifestyles, community recycling, and education. -- Coca-Cola Foundation http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=860 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:13:14 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=860 A scholarship program for rural dental students. -- State Council of Higher Education for Virginia http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1697 Mon, 03 May 2010 11:21:54 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1697 Outlines the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's (ACA) five-year expenditure plan for the National Health Service Corps. -- National Association of Community Health Centers http://www.nachc.com/client/Health%20Reform%20Fact%20Sheet%20-%20NHSC%20Final.pdf Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:21:59 CST http://www.nachc.com/client/Health%20Reform%20Fact%20Sheet%20-%20NHSC%20Final.pdf Program to encourage primary care physicians to practice in medically underserved areas of Idaho. http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2299 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:00:42 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2299 Borrowers may qualify for forgiveness of the remaining balance due on their eligible federal student loans after they have made 120 payments on those loans under certain repayment plans while employed full time by certain public service employers. -- U.S. Department of Education http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2268 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:36:27 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2268 Provides free access to resources on health workforce. Operated by the Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences and funded by the Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.hwic.org/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:34:27 CST http://www.hwic.org/ A yearlong intensive learning experience dedicated to preparing the next generation of health care leaders. -- American Hospital Association http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2078 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:26:14 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2078 Scholarships to nursing students. -- Cherokee Uniforms http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2045 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:41:48 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2045 Scholarship to individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to community service or used the visual arts or media to convey culturally-appropriate health messages on behalf of a disadvantaged population. -- Legacy http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1923 Tue, 27 May 2008 10:11:14 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1923 Provides information on HRSA health professions loan repayment, scholarship and loan programs, which help to encourage and enable clinicians to work in underserved areas. -- Health Resources and Services Administration http://www.hrsa.gov/loanscholarships/index.html Tue, 06 May 2008 10:43:11 CST http://www.hrsa.gov/loanscholarships/index.html Supports domestic health professional education. -- Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1042 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:27:24 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1042 Promotes health care for America's underserved. Works to increase access to health care, provide health education, support use of health care services, and recruit and develop volunteers to support community health centers. -- National Association of Community Health Centers http://www.communityhealthcorps.org/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:55:42 CST http://www.communityhealthcorps.org/ Lists federal, state, and local scholarships, loans, and grants for students with disabilities, including veterans. -- U.S. Department of Labor https://www.disability.gov/education/financial_aid_%26_scholarships Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:45:19 CST https://www.disability.gov/education/financial_aid_%26_scholarships