The California State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP), which is administered by the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD), has been expanded to target primary care physicians, mid-level providers, and psychiatrists in the 35 County Medical Services Program (CMSP) counties.
Eligible applicants may receive loan repayments of up to $50,000 in exchange for a two-year service obligation providing direct patient care at a qualifying, CMSP-contracted provider. Funding for the expansion of the loan repayment program is being provided by the CMSP Governing Board as a part of the Board’s Healthcare Workforce Development efforts.
The 35 CMSP participating counties include: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Modoc, Mono, Napa, Nevada, Plumas, San Benito, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne, Yolo, and Yuba.
The application deadline is March 30, 2017. Additional detailed information on eligibility and application requirements can be accessed here