NELRP 2011

vivicaq · Oct 3, 2011

Dear Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program Applicant:

Thank you for your interest in the 2011 Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program (NELRP). We regret to inform you that we are unable to award you loan repayment in this application cycle.

Please be aware that the NELRP received more than 6,000 qualified applications and we are only able to fund 919 this year. Eligible applicants were funded in order of financial need as evidenced by debt to salary ratio, until all available NELRP funds were exhausted.

You are encouraged to reapply if you meet the criteria stated in the 2012 NELRP Application Program Guidance. To be notified when the next application cycle opens, please sign up at . You will need to submit a new application at that time; we are unable to hold applications from one cycle to the next.

Your interest in the NELRP is appreciated. If you have any questions, please contact us at 1-800-221-9393 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., E.T. Monday through Friday or send an email to [email protected] .

Regards,

The Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program

Stroudry · Nov 16, 2011

Does anybody know anything about an appeals process? I keep getting the run-around........

tessRN86 · Nov 18, 2011

Appeals process for if you didn't get awarded? I didn't know there was one... but I have to say I'm not sure the purpose since their funds have been exhausted for the year and you can reapply next year. Unless an appeal would lead to you automatically getting it next year??

FNP-2-BE · Feb 16, 2012

This is for the 2012 application, but will "alpln", as listed in the dropdown menu in the actual application, or private student loans that are serviced by AES be eligible? This is where I have most of my loans. Will they count these private student loans in with my debt-income ratio? The private student loans were given by National Collegiate Trust. Anyone please help because I need to know ASAP!!

The loans carry the same repayment terms etc as a ferderal loan. I tried calling and got someone who was very uninformed after being on hold for 45 minutes.

goingcrazy here · Feb 16, 2012

Yes the ACS and AES loans are approved that is who i have the majority of my loans with and i was awarded aug 2011

silvermoondust45 · Mar 5, 2012

I have applied for the HRSA loan repayment this year and have been reading old posts to find some information about the process. I am thankful I have found your post with such great information! I am still confused about some things though. For example, on the website it says the application will receive an initial ranking for purposes of the funding preference tiers. The person I spoke with said that the reviews began immediately after submission for those who qualify first with the highest debt/income ratio working at a qualified facility and he did not see an initial ranking of my application. Since my application review has not began yet nor has my application been ranked, should I consider that it probably isn't going to be? My ratio is 1.16 In one of the postings on this site a poster said that federal VA nurses never receive the award, is that true? Sorry to ask so many questions, just trying to figure out if I will probably not be qualified before waiting 7-8 months to find out. But at the same time, I don't want to mess anything up in case I do qualify! I feel guilty to even have applied but life has unexpected changes and am thankful for the opportunity to at least have applied for assistance.

Again, thank you for all of your wonderful posts!

goingcrazy here · Feb 17, 2013

is anyone applying for a continuation contract?

tessRN86 · Feb 17, 2013

I plan to!

goingcrazy here · Mar 21, 2013

I think they are working on our continuation contracts. I checked my portal today and saw that under my supporting documents there are links for "excluded party list" and "credit report" im assuming they are starting to check our stuff. YAY i hope i am lucky one more time :) this has been a true blessing. so check your supporting documents under portal

tessRN86 · Mar 27, 2013

I noticed today that I have the same documents! And also an excel spreadsheet "proof of additional payments"??? I feel like the continuation contract is much less talked about, so I'm anxious not knowing what to expect!

Good luck to you! Keep me posted on anything new you hear!

tessRN86 · Mar 29, 2013

Hey goingcrazy here, I just checked my portal and noticed that under supporting documents, I have my award letter! You should go check yours!

goingcrazy here · Mar 29, 2013

Nothing yet did they send an email to let u know? Hopefully i will get an award letter. I didnt have the addtnl payment attachment. i know they verified my license last fri so hopefully ill hear good news soon. Thanks for the update :)