HHS awards $293 million to help expand primary health care workforce
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services鈥 Health Resources and Services Administration today announced $293 million in awards to expand the primary health care workforce for clinicians and students through the National Health Service Corps and Nurse Corps programs.
鈥淭hese programs connect primary care providers with the rural, urban and tribal communities across the country that need them most,鈥 said HRSA Administrator George Sigounas. 鈥淚n addition to providing essential medical and dental care, these clinicians are on the front lines helping to fight pressing public health issues, like the growing opioid epidemic.鈥
The NHSC and Nurse Corps programs provide scholarships and loan repayment to health care providers in exchange for working in areas of the U.S. with limited access to care. See today鈥檚 for specifics about the awards.