Student Loans Repayment Questions

[MexicanFNP]

Hello everyone-

I have a few questions regarding student loan repayment programs.

I understand there are several organizations that will pay student loans for a time period commitment if we practice in an underserved/rural area.

I live in California and will be practicing in the Central Valley which is considered an underserved/rural area. Now, I have heard conflicting information in regards to where the provider needs to practice in order to have loans paid.

1) Does the provider have to work at a primary care clinic to have loans paid off? Or can they work in a hospital setting (inpatient) in such underserved/rural area and still get loans paid since the population we will be dealing with is still considered underserved?

2) Apart from HealthCrops, what other organizations pay student loans once a 2 year commitment is agreed on?

I tried searching for the specific questions and was not able to find the specifics.

When it comes to loan repayment, do you guys have any specific advice, tips or hints that you learned from someone or through personal experience?

Thanks again,

Eddie

[Buyer beware, BSN]

Have you tried contacting the Department of Education? http://www.ed.gov/

There are some folks who post on "allnurses" who are very knowledgeable on this subject and hopefully they will chime in.

Keep yourself posted. I believe there are many including myself who would love to hear from them.

[Pachinko]

In California, the options for loan repayment are NHSC, Nurse Corps, and SLRP (State Loan Repayment Program). The first two are federal, the last state.

I believe that you have to work in an FQHC community clinic setting or be faculty to get loan repayment but am not sure. Each of the programs listed above has dedicated sites with FAQs and help line phone numbers, so I would start there.