Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Behavioral health workforce

California Behavioral Health Scholarship Program Inactive
Scholarship to California students pursuing education or training to become behavioral health practitioners in exchange for working in a medically underserved area of California upon graduation.

Michigan Behavioral Health Loan Repayment Program Inactive
Medical education debt repayment program for healthcare providers to practice in underserved areas in Michigan. Eligible providers will receive student loan repayment for providing mental health services in eligible nonprofit practice sites or public school-based systems for at least 2 years.

North Dakota Federal Loan Repayment Program Inactive
Loan repayment assistance for certain health professionals who agree to practice in a Health Professional Shortage Area of North Dakota.

Safe and Supportive Schools: Mental Health Service Professional (MHSP) Demonstration Grant Program Inactive
Grants to support and demonstrate innovative partnerships to train school-based mental health services providers with the goal of increasing the number and diversity of high-quality, trained providers available to address the shortages of mental health service professionals in high need schools. Small, rural schools fall under the definition of high need local education agencies, and partnerships with historically Black colleges and universities, tribal colleges and universities, and other minority serving institutions are a program priority.

American Indians Into Psychology Inactive
Grants to administer programs that will recruit and provide scholarships to qualified individuals who will become clinical psychologists and provide service to American Indian/Alaskan Native populations.

National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program Inactive
Loan repayment assistance for eligible primary healthcare professionals who agree to serve in Health Professional Shortage Areas.

NHSC Rural Community Loan Repayment Program Inactive
Loan repayment assistance for medical, nursing, and behavioral/mental health clinicians with specific training and credentials to provide evidence-based substance use disorder treatment in rural communities designated as Health Professional Shortage Areas.

NHSC Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Workforce Loan Repayment Program Inactive
Loan repayment assistance for eligible clinicians who agree to serve in an approved SUD treatment facility.

Opioid-Impacted Family Support Program Inactive
Grants to support training programs that expand the number of peer support specialists and other behavioral health-related paraprofessionals who are trained to work in integrated, interprofessional teams to provide services to children whose parents and/or guardians are impacted by opioid use disorders (OUD) and other substance use disorders (SUD).

Rural Communities Opioid Response Program – Impact (RCORP – Impact) Inactive
Grant to improve access to integrated and coordinated treatment and recovery services for substance use disorder, including opioid use disorder, for people living in rural areas.