Loan Repayment Program(LRP) Approved Practice Site: Ponessa Behavioral Health is a primary outpatient behavioral health care loan repayment program (LRP) approved practice site, offering educational loan repayment to practitioners who provide care within a designated region. The LRP offers grant funding to be used to repay qualifying educational debt in exchange for a two-year full-time or half-time service commitment at an LRP-approved practice site. Primary care providers including Physicians, Physician Assistants, Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners, Psychologists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors, and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists are eligible to apply for the educational loan repayment in response to a competitive Request for Applications (RFA) from the PA Department of Health. Physicians and Psychologists are eligible to receive up to $80,000 of loan repayment for a full-time service commitment or up to $40,000 for a half-time service commitment. All other disciplines are eligible to receive up to $48,000 of loan repayment for a full-time service commitment or up to $24,000 for a half-time service commitment. Loan awards are distributed by the state of Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Loan Repayment Program is highly competitive and practitioner loan awards are not guaranteed.
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https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/programs/Primary%20Care/Pages/Loan-Repayment.aspx