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Michigan Opioid Treatment Assistance Loan Repayment Program

This funding record is inactive. Please see the program website or contact the program sponsor to determine if this program is currently accepting applications or will open again in the future.

Link
View Program Website
Sponsors
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Michigan Health Endowment Fund
Deadlines
Mar 13, 2023
Contact

Megan Linton
517.335.6713
LintonM3@michigan.gov

Purpose

The Michigan Opioid Treatment Assistance Loan Repayment Program (MIOTA LRP) provides loan repayment assistance for medical providers and substance use disorder counselors to begin and expand opioid treatment in Michigan.

The program has a 2-year service obligation.

Eligibility

Applicants must have one of the following professional titles and an appropriate unencumbered license in the State of Michigan.

  • Physicians (MDs or DOs)
  • Nurse Practitioners (NP)
  • Physician Assistants (PA)
  • Psychologists
  • Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Counselors

To qualify for MIOTA LRP, applicants must do one of the following:

  • Be a Substance Use Disorder Counselor providing services within an Opioid Treatment Program or serving individuals with an opioid use disorder (OUD), stimulant use disorder (StUD), or substance use disorder (SUD) program
  • Be providing and expanding medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) to patients with OUD in Michigan by having obtained a standard DEA registration number
  • Be providing and expanding medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) to patients with OUD in Michigan by having obtained a standard DEA registration number and increasing the number of patients being treated
Geographic coverage
Michigan
Amount of funding

Maximum award amounts:

  • Physicians:
    • Currently has a standard DEA registration number and is treating fewer than 5 patients - $15,000
    • Will complete DEA/SAMHSA buprenorphine prescriber training and be serving at least 25 patients by May 1, 2024 - $20,000
    • Currently treating a baseline of at least 30 patients and must increase patients by at least 50% by May 1, 2024 - $30,000
  • Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants:
    • Currently has a standard DEA registration number and is treating fewer than 5 patients - $15,000
    • Will complete DEA/SAMHSA buprenorphine prescriber training and be serving at least 25 patients by May 1, 2024 - $20,000
    • Currently treating a baseline of at least 30 patients and must increase patients by at least 50% by May 1, 2024 - $25,000
  • Substance Use Disorder Counselors:
    • Provides OUD/StUD/SUD counseling within an Opioid Treatment Program, outpatient, residential or health‐based agency - $15,000

An additional $5,000 award is available for providers who expand into counties with no current MOUD providers.

Application process

Links to additional guidance, application instructions, and the application form are available on the program website.

Applications must be submitted through the online application system.

Tagged as
Behavioral health · Behavioral health workforce · Illicit drug use · Loans, loan repayment, and loan forgiveness for health careers · Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses · Physician assistants · Physicians · Prescription drug misuse · Substance use and misuse · Michigan

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Organizations (1)

  • Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, view details



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