TSLRP provides educational loan repayment to qualified primary care practitioners in exchange for an initial 2 year service obligation to practice full-time or part-time at an ambulatory public, non-profit or private non-profit primary care site located in a federally designated Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA).

Eligible Practice Site

An eligible site is an ambulatory primary care public, non-profit or private not-for-profit entity located in a federally designated Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) or a facility designated as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) or Rural Health Clinic (RHC).

Note: Only qualifying Public Non-Profit or Not-for-Profit Private ambulatory primary care entities, located in a federally designated Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) are eligible practice sites for participation in TSLRP.

A Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) is a geographical area, population group, public or nonprofit private medical facility, or public facility determined by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services to have a shortage of primary health care or dental health professionals. Click the following link to find designated HPSAs: http://hpsafind.hrsa.gov/

Applications will be reviewed for consideration with priority given to practice sites that do not currently have a TSLRP recipient practicing at thier location.

Award Amount

Maximum educational loan repayment award is up to $50,000 for an initial 2-year service obligation, contingent upon funding availability.

Award Renewal Extension

Contingent upon funding availability, state loan repayment award recipients are eligible to reapply for a maximum of up to $20,000 per year in continued loan repayment awards for outstanding educational loans, after fulfilling their initial 2-year service obligation.

Application Process

Applications will be reviewed for consideration with priority given to:

  • practice sites that do not currently have a TSLRP recipient practicing at their location
    • TSLRP awards are limited to only one provider per site and three per health care system per year. Consideration will be given to approving additional providers contingent upon the (a) severity of the local primary care workforce shortage (b) funding availability (c) number of TSLRP recipients currently practicing on location
  • critical need to recruit and retain primary care providers or behavioral health professionals
  • collaboration with local systems of care
  • public health indicators
  • number and spatial distribution of providers in the local area
  • availability of funding during the application cycle
  • length of practitioner service commitment beyond the initial 2 year obligation

Applications

Applications are accepted November 27, 2023 - January 31, 2024 with the deadline on the last day of the cycle. Application time stamps should be no earlier than the first day of the cycle and no later than the last day. TSLRP funds are awarded in accordance with federal eligibility requirements and priorities established by Tennessee Department of Health, until the full amount of funds allocated to the program is obligated.

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