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National Health Service Corps Site Application

Link
View program website
Sponsors
Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, National Health Service Corps, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Deadlines
May 19, 2026
Contact

Online contact form
800.221.9393

State Primary Care Offices

Purpose

The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) provides assistance for qualifying practice sites in recruiting and retaining community-responsive, culturally competent primary care clinicians. If approved as an NHSC site, open vacancies will be published on the NHSC Health Workforce Connector and viewed by clinicians seeking employment, including NHSC Scholars and those interested in the loan repayment programs.

The benefits of becoming a NHSC site include:

  • Recruitment and retention incentives through loan repayment and scholarship programs for primary care clinicians who want to provide care to healthcare shortage communities
  • Opportunities to recruit and retain qualified and dedicated primary care providers, such as virtual job fairs
  • Help with promoting the site and posting job openings using the online job board
  • Direct access to state and territorial primary care offices that help increase access to primary healthcare services in communities
  • Networking opportunities with over 22,000 sites that provide care in high-need communities
Eligibility

Sites must meet several criteria, including:

  • Located in a federally-designated HPSA and have the appropriate HPSA designation for the specific category in which a NHSC clinician would serve
  • Provide primary care medical, dental, mental and behavioral health, and/or outpatient substance use disorder services
  • Offer a sliding fee discount program to patients who qualify
  • Provide services regardless of a patient's ability to pay
  • Accept patients covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
  • Function as part of a system of care that either offers or assures access to ancillary, inpatient, and specialty referrals

A complete listing of approved facility types and eligibility requirements is available in the Site Reference Guide.

Geographic coverage
Nationwide
Amount of funding

There is no cost for the assistance provided. Sites must be officially accepted into the NHSC program.

Application process

Links to the Site Reference Guide and the online application portal are available on the program website.

Applicant webinar
April 14, 2026
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Meeting ID: 161 431 6577
Passcode: 76868986
Dial-in Number: 833.568.8864

Q & A session
April 22, 2026
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Eastern

Tagged as
Behavioral health · Clinics · Critical Access Hospitals · Federally Qualified Health Centers · Health workforce · Healthcare facilities · Hospitals · Loans, loan repayment, and loan forgiveness for health careers · Mental health · Oral health · Primary care · Recruitment and retention of health professionals · Rural Health Clinics · Scholarships for health careers · Sole Community Hospitals · Substance use and misuse

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