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New York Community Mental Health 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.

Sponsors
New York State Department of Health, New York State Office of Mental Health
Deadlines
Dec 31, 2023
Purpose

The New York State Office of Mental Health is offering a loan repayment program to support licensed community mental health programs in New York in the recruitment and retention of psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners, especially in rural and other shortage areas of the state.

Recipients must agree to a full-time service contract for 3 years.

Eligibility

Eligibility requirements include:

  • U.S. citizen or permanent resident alien holding an I-155 or I-551 card
  • Licensed to practice in New York State by the time the service obligation begins
  • Not fulfilling any other state or federal loan repayment obligation where the obligation period of that repayment program would overlap or coincide with the obligation period of this program
  • Have student loan expenses that need to be repaid
  • In good standing with the Department of Health
  • Not in breach of a health professional service obligation to federal, state, or local government, or have any judgment liens arising from federal or state debt; and must not be delinquent in child support payments
  • Working or planning to work full time clinical capacity as a psychiatrist/psychiatric nurse practitioner within eligible OMH licensed community mental health programs in New York State
Geographic coverage
New York
Amount of funding

Award amount:

  • For psychiatrists - Up to $120,000 in loan repayment over a 3-year period
  • For psychiatric NPs - Up to $30,000 in loan repayment over a 3-year period

Estimated number of awards: 236
Estimated total program funding: $5,500,000

Allocations by region are provided in the program overview.

Application process

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

Email completed applications to OMH.CMHLRP@omh.ny.gov.

Tagged as
Behavioral health · Behavioral health workforce · Loans, loan repayment, and loan forgiveness for health careers · Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses · Physicians · Recruitment and retention of health professionals · New York

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