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South Dakota Recruitment Assistance Program

Sponsor
South Dakota Office of Rural Health
Deadlines
Jun 30, 2025
Contact

DeAnn Sprenger
605.773.2706
DeAnn.Sprenger@state.sd.us

Purpose

South Dakota Recruitment Assistance Program provides qualifying physicians, dentists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists, and nurse midwives an incentive payment in return for 3 continuous years of practice in an eligible rural community in South Dakota.

Eligibility

Eligible professions include:

  • Physicians
  • Dentists
  • Physician assistants
  • Nurse practitioners
  • Nurse midwives
  • Registered nurse anesthetists

Specific eligibility information for each profession is available on the program website.

Eligible communities must:

  • Have a population of 10,000 or less
  • Not be located within a 20-mile radius of a city with a population of 50,000 or more
  • Have an unmet provider need greater than 0.25 full-time equivalent (FTE) hours
  • Be assessed by the Department of Health to evaluate the community's need for eligible providers and its ability to sustain and support additional providers and be found eligible for participation
  • Agree to pay a pro-rated portion of the total amount of the incentive payment
Geographic coverage
South Dakota
Amount of funding

Current incentive payment amounts are as follows:

  • $256,204 for qualifying physicians and dentists
  • $70,751.20 for qualifying physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, and nurse anesthetists
Application process

Interested applicants should contact DeAnn Sprenger to discuss applying.

Tagged as
Dental workforce · Financial aid for health career education · Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses · Oral health · Physician assistants · Physicians · Recruitment and retention of health professionals · South Dakota

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