Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program

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Is there anyone out there who has applied to NELRP. I'm having trouble with my hospital giving me a letter certifying they are a Disproportionate share hospital. They know absolutely nothing about it and they have referred it to their legal department. HRSA tells me some hospitals have form letters they issue and it's no big deal. If I could locate one maybe my hospital could call them. Meanwhile I could be missing out on applying because the deadline is March 9. HRSA makes it absolutely as difficult as possible to apply, nevermind their "threatening" attitude in their application guidelines, e.g. if you miss ONE thing they will trash the application and won't even let you know or give you an opportunity to fix it, for example if you forgot to sign one of the many forms. Really helpful, huh? I'm sure this is not what congress had in mind when they created this program. It was supposed to help nurses with large student loan debt and encourage them to work in critically underserved hospitals. So, HELP!

No one ever gets the award....It's kind of like playing the monopoly game at McDonalds...no one ever gets park place and boardwalk to win that million dollars!

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No one ever gets the award....It's kind of like playing the monopoly game at McDonalds...no one ever gets park place and boardwalk to win that million dollars!

I guess I was just a super lucky "no one" then :D

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I have a question about the NELRP? Did anyone apply for it and then get a contract to sign through email, and set up your acct number and have to send it within 24 hours. It says its not garantee, but does everyone do this??

I got that email too. I'm curious to know if anyone has gotten it in the past. Nothing to do but wait at this point. Good luck!!

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I hope to get something in the mail soon. I have until Sept 30th. This is crazy, waiting and checking the mail everyday. I hope you get it and I do too. What hospital to work for. I work in a NICU in honolulu. Its a non profit hospital and I owe like 100,000 dollars.

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I received a contract today. yeah!!!:yeah:

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I got that email too. I'm curious to know if anyone has gotten it in the past. Nothing to do but wait at this point. Good luck!!

Sorry im very new to this website. I work for a nonprofit hospital in hawaii. I owe like 100.000 dollars. I hope you get a contract. I finally got it in the mail today. :yeah: I am super shocked. I cant believe it!

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GOT MINE TOO!!! I owe 120K so I was very happy with the results. :D

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From the looks of it, there are alot of "no ones" in this particular forum. I'm glad that people really do get these awards. I'll be finishing school in a few months, so I will be looking into the NELRP. Glad that it really happends.:yeah:

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Hey, I know this is an old thread but I have a question about those who were involved with Americorp. I really want to join for this upcoming year, however I want to attend Stony Brook's accelerated program for nursing. My problem is that Americorp ends at the end of July, while Stony Brook's program begins at the start of July. I don't know if its possible to end Americorp a month early by possibly working more hours over the course of my duration there. Does anyone have any experience on how to handle this sort of situation, or would I have just to give up on Stony Brook and apply for a program that starts later? I just had my first Americorp interview and it went really well, and I don't wanna ask because I feel like it would seem rude and reflect poorly on my application.

I'd really appreciate any response or advice on the subject.

Best Wishes,

SamTansey

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