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Name of Program:

Elevating the Safety Net Provider Loan Repayment Program

Program Web site:

http://www.lacare.org/providers/provider-initiatives/elevate-providers/physician-loan-repayment-program

Designation (Fund Source):

Private Donations

Eligible Specialties:

A primary care specialty including Family Medicine, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and primary care Psychiatry.

Service Requirements (formerly Service Stipulation):

Must commit to providing at least 16 hours/week of direct patient primary care in a qualified practice site for at least 36 months, with an opportunity to extend for an additional two years.

Who Can Apply:

Primary Care Physicians who are new to the LA County Medi-Cal network service area (within 6 months post-hire date).

Deadline(s):

There is no deadline to apply. However, the number of awards is dependent on the number of eligible applications and availability of funding.

Repayment/Scholarship terms:

Amount of repayment per year of service:

Will provide loan repayments of up to $5000 per month for 36 months with a possible opportunity to extend for an additional 2 years.

How to Apply:

See website on how to apply

Additional Information/Comments:

Government and commercial loans obtained by the applicant for undergraduate and graduate health professions degrees qualify as eligible educational debt under this program.

Contact person(s):

Name, title:

Francesca Twohy-Haines,  Program Director

Agency name:

Uncommon Good

Address:

211 W. Foothill Boulevard,
Claremont, CA 91711

Phone:

(909) 625-2248

FAX:

E-Mail:

ftwohy-haines@uncommongood.org

   
   
 

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