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Indian Health Service Educational Loan Repayment

$218,078,578

Total Assistance, FY 2008 to Present
Agency: INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Assistance Type: DIRECT PAYMENTS FOR SPECIFIED USE
Popular Name: (IHS Loan Repayment Program)
Assistance Listing Number
93.164

Objectives: To ensure that the Indian Health Service (IHS) has an adequate supply of trained health professionals for Indian health program facilities by providing for the repayment of educational loans for participants who agree (by written contract) to serve an applicable period of time at a facility IHS has designated as a loan repayment priority site or in a designated specialty at a site with an appropriate position.

 
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