2019 Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program

[EDRN713]

Hi Everyone,

I didn't see a thread created for the 2019 Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program yet. This will be my 3rd year applying. I'm applying as a staff RN with a HPSA score of 17. Hopefully, they open the application cycle soon.

[blcRN123]

Kourtney, did you get a second employment verification or just one? Congrats on the finalist!

[MadeinUSA, MSN, RN]

31 minutes ago, KourtneyS112 said:

Hi guys! I applied for the nurse corps LRP. I’m a staff RN with a dti of roughly 175%. I just got an email that I’m a finalist!!! The email came today and gave me till 7/25 to respond. So keep an eye out on all your emails!

Congrats! Could you state the exact email address your email came from?

[Wsmfp88]

DId your application status change on the website?

[KourtneyS112, BSN, RN]

Just one employment verification as well as one credit check. However when I "accept" the award I have to verify I am still working at the hospital I listed on my application. I received an email from [email protected] titled "NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program Application Update [ACTION REQUIRED]". So I logged in on the website and the application status had been changed to say finalist for award.

[Wsmfp88]

@KourtneyS112 congrats! Thanks for filling us in!

[MadeinUSA, MSN, RN]

14 minutes ago, KourtneyS112 said:

Just one employment verification as well as one credit check. However when I "accept" the award I have to verify I am still working at the hospital I listed on my application. I received an email from [email protected] titled "NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program Application Update [ACTION REQUIRED]". So I logged in on the website and the application status had been changed to say finalist for award.

Omg thank you! That was really helpful. I appreciate your quick response. ??????

[KourtneyS112, BSN, RN]

@Wsmfp88 of course! Here’s to hoping I get it ?. Has anyone been denied after being a finalist? They made me fill out all the info like I’ve been chosen but the page said that it’s not a guarantee of receiving the award.

[I_Love_Bacon, APRN, NP]

17 minutes ago, KourtneyS112 said:

@Wsmfp88 of course! Here’s to hoping I get it ?. Has anyone been denied after being a finalist? They made me fill out all the info like I’ve been chosen but the page said that it’s not a guarantee of receiving the award.

There are threads of previous years where some did not get it after being a finalist. Not that I obsessively read back every single post ???

[KourtneyS112, BSN, RN]

15 minutes ago, I_Love_Bacon said:

There are threads of previous years where some did not get it after being a finalist. Not that I obsessively read back every single post ???

Haha I was trying to but I could only find a post from 2014 ?? okay I’ll try not to get my hopes up too much ? my minimum monthly payment is $2,000 so it would be a godsend

[jujubear14]

Hi all, I'm a psych NP and also applied for Nurse Corps LRP. My DTI is ~130%. I also got a finalist email today and have until 7/25 to respond. HPSA scores are 18 for primary care and 20 for mental health. Good luck to all!

[snoozyd, NP]

Congrats to the finalists!! May the funding odds be ever in your favor!

Question as one of the nervous people awaiting a reply: How does Nurse Corps/NHSC obtain your income info to calculate DTI? I just reviewed my application and my salary isn’t anywhere in there. It doesn’t look like it’s part of the employer verification, either. I ask because I’m in the fortunate position that my salary has increased since I applied - really amazing, very grateful, but I realized that decreases my DTI (still >100% but not as competitive as it had been).

[CBreezyRN]

I too am waiting anxiously to see if I get that email. Dumb question, but how did you know they did an employment verification? Or are we just talking about the initial one we did when we applied? I am also curious about the income/DTI question.

Congrats to those who got selected, and heres to hoping for the rest of us!

(DTI 105%, Score 17) - this puts me in tier 1, although I fully understand that once you qualify in the same tier as someone else, the DTI takes precedence so my chances are low even though I am in tier 1. Applied as a staff nurse working @ CSF.