National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Students to Service Loan Repayment Program

Open through December 7, 2023

• New this year, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has added a Maternity Care Target Area (MMCTA) Supplemental Award of up to $40,000  for eligible disciplines – physicians specializing in obstetrics/gynecology or family medicine, physicians who practice obstetrics on a regular basis, as well as certified nurse midwives. For more information, application instructions, and a link to the application portal, visit HRSA’s webpage.

Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health

Applications due December 15, 2023

• The purpose of HS is to improve health outcomes before, during, and after pregnancy and reduce the well-documented racial/ethnic differences in rates of infant death and adverse perinatal outcomes.[1],[2],[3] HS is intended to support projects in communities and populations experiencing the greatest disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes. HS has two focus areas: 1) providing direct and enabling services (for example, screening and referrals, case management and care coordination, health and parenting education, and linkage to clinical care) to enrolled HS participants, and 2) convening Community Consortia (formerly known as Community Action Networks or “CANs”) comprised of diverse, multi-sector partners to advise and inform HS activities as well as to develop and implement plans to improve perinatal outcomes within the selected project area. HS continues to emphasize addressing social determinants of health, such as access to adequate food, housing, and transportation, to improve disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes. Based on stakeholder feedback, this FY 2024 HS competition also provides recipients with increased flexibility to tailor interventions to the unique needs of their community and/or target population. The goals of HS are to 1)  Continue reducing infant mortality rates in the United States and 2)    Decrease disparities in infant mortality and poor perinatal health outcomes in areas where those rates are high. Find out more information here.

Maternal and Child Health – Improving Oral Health Integration Demonstration Projects

Applications due January 22, 2024

• Maternal and Child Health – Improving Oral Health Integration (MCH-IOI) projects aim to improve access to integrated preventive oral health care (integrated POHC) in primary care services accessible to MCH populations at increased or higher risk for poor oral health. Funding will support an MCH-IOHI Alliance (Alliance) to include key state stakeholders such as policy, practice, and public health leaders; healthcare providers; healthcare payers; and public health surveillance experts. Eligible entities include public or private, community-based, or tribal (governments, organizations) organizations based in the U.S.   Applications are due January 22, 2024. You can find more information here.

Rural Health Network Development Planning Program

Applications due January 26, 2024

• The purpose of the Rural Health Network Development Planning Program (“Network Planning Program”) is to plan and develop integrated healthcare networks that collaborate to address the following legislative aims: (i) achieve efficiencies; (ii) expand access to and improve the quality of basic health care services and health outcomes; and (iii) strengthen the rural health care system. This program supports one year of planning and brings together members of the health care delivery system, particularly those entities that may not have collaborated in the past, to establish and/or improve local capacity to strengthen rural community health interventions and enhance care coordination. Eligible entities include public or private, non-profit or for-profit, community-based, and tribal governments (governments, organizations) in the U.S. The applicant organization may be located in a rural or urban area but must have demonstrated experience serving, or the capacity to serve, rural underserved populations. Applications are due January 26, 2024. You can find more information here.

Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP) 

The application deadline is 11:59 p.m. ET on February 5, 2024

• The Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP) funds accredited nursing schools to establish and operate a student loan fund and provide loans to students enrolled in advanced nursing degree programs who are committed to becoming nurse faculty. In exchange for completion of up to four years of post-graduation full-time nurse faculty employment in an accredited school of nursing, the program authorizes cancellation of up to 85 percent of the original student loan amount (plus interest thereon). The program also encourages Advance Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) to serve as full-time preceptors within an academic-practice partnership framework. Eligible applicants are domestic accredited schools of nursing with advanced education nursing programs.  The application deadline is 11:59 p.m. ET on February 5, 2024.  You can find more information here.