HRSA scholarship recipients - come talk about your experience after school!

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I've applied for the HRSA Nursing scholarship and am wondering about the 2 year service comittment. Anyone who has been there and done that want to share their experience about finding a job in an underserved area?

Thanks!

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I applied too esokitty - would love to hear about some experiences!

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Would love to hear something too!!! I applied as well.

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Specializes in Med Surg.

I received this scholarship my sophmore year of college so I had three years of their help...quick word from the wise: the money from the stipend was awesome but you have to pay taxes on the actual money paid to the school. Right now, I have approx. $8,000 owed to the IRS on behalf of HRSA. Make sure you save money from the stipend so you'll have something to pay to the IRS when it comes time. I wish to God I had someone to tell me that BEFORE I spent all the money given to me from HRSA. As for the service commitment,you owe a year for every year they pay with a minimum of two years (if they only pay for one year you actually owe two. If they pay three years, you owe three). You can pretty much work at any hospital. When it comes time for you to apply, just send a email to the person handling your case with a list of places you would like to work and she/he will approve/dissaprove. I sent a list with every hospital in the tri state area and every one of them were approved. Once you are hired, you have the HR dept of wherever you work verify your employment yearly and fax the verification to HRSA. It's that simple. I hope this helps and good luck!

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Specializes in L&D, OBED, NICU, Lactation.

I received this scholarship back in 2005. I am not sure if they have changed the paperwork or if it was just life experience, but I knew full well that I would have to pay taxes on this money as none is taken out and it must be counted as income. You may not end up owing as much, especially if you have deductions and make little to no money while you are in school. I didn't have to get any hospital or facility approved and other than one "check-in" at six months, I never heard from them again. Remember that underserved does not necessarily mean poor or impoverished. Almost every hospital will qualify especially non-profits and those that do a lot of medicaid and state aid care.

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Specializes in Med Surg.

Must have been in the fine print and seeing as how I was the traditional college student (straight out of high school) I knew didly squat about taxes. I could tell you everything you need to know about them now though!

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Hello nicuguy I was wondering if you could answer this question for me. I know that the deadline for them to respond to you is August 31.. When you received your scholarship when did they let you know.. was it early August or was it closer to the deadline or even earlier than that? Please let me know i would greatly appreciate it..

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Have any recently received the HRSA and can share some insight as to finding a job after graduation? I know they have changed some requirements, and I have used the online tool to find the HPSA qualifying areas and not much is coming up. I am interested to know if anyone has run into issues finding a job.

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Anybody?

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