Oregon Partnership State Loan Repayment Program

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Oregon Partnership State Loan Repayment Program offers educational loan repayment for primary care providers who agree to serve in Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) of Oregon for a period of at least 2 years.

To qualify, participants must be U.S. citizens, and they must work full-time or be contracted to begin work at a practice site located in a HPSA in Oregon.

Eligible professions include:

• Allopathic or Osteopathic Physicians
• Primary Care Nurse Practitioners
• Primary Care Physician Associates
• Certified Nurse-Midwives
• Dentists (DMD/DDS)
• Dental Therapist
• Expanded Practice Dental Hygienists
• Licensed Mental Health or Behavioral Health Professionals: Clinical or Counseling Psychologists, Clinical Social Workers, Professional Counselors, or Marriage and Family Therapists
• Psychiatric Nurse Specialists
• Registered Nurses
• Pharmacists
• Certified Alcohol Drug Counselor IIIs (Master Degree required)
• Registered Dietitian (Master Degree required)

Primary care includes family medicine, general pediatrics, general internal medicine, gerontology, general psychiatry, or obstetrics/gynecology.

Participants may receive awards of up to 50% of their qualifying educational debt for an initial 2-year obligation.

Physical health providers:

• Full-time: $37,500 per year
• Part time: $18,750 per year

Dental and behavioral health providers:

• Full-time: $25,000
• Part time: $12,500

Participants may apply for additional funding awarded in 1 year increments following the same annual limits as initial awards. Continuation awards are not guaranteed and dependent on funding, program priorities, workforce needs, and site eligibility.

Current funding does not require a site match.

Links to additional guidance and the online application are available on the program website.