Advanced Practice Healthcare Scholarship Program
Scholarship Sponsored by Department of Health Care Access and Information
The Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) works to increase and diversify California's healthcare workforce by providing scholarships and loan repayments to health professional students and graduates who provide direct patient care in those communities. The purpose of the Advanced Practice Healthcare Scholarship Program (APHSP) is to increase the number of highly trained advanced practice healthcare professionals providing direct patient care in a qualified facility. Those awarded the Advanced Practice Healthcare Scholarship may receive up to $25,000 for one year of their program. If awarded, recipients agree to a twelve (12) month service obligation practicing in an eligible advanced practice healthcare profession, providing a minimum of 32 hours per week of direct patient care in an underserved area or a qualified facility in California.
Provider Eligibility Requirements:
- Start training program by September 30, 2023
- Be enrolled in a minimum of six semester units, or its equivalent, until program completion
- Maintain a GPA of 2.0 or greater, until program completion
- Must graduate after the proposed grant agreement start date
- Not have any other existing service obligations with other entities, including other HCAI programs
- Not be in breach of any other HCAI service obligation
- Commit to providing a 12-month service obligation in an underserved area or qualifying facility upon graduating
- Provide 32 hours or more per week of direct patient care upon graduating.
Eligible Educational Programs:
APHSP applicants must be accepted or enrolled in an accredited graduate or postgraduate degree program for one of the following disciplines:
- Certified Nurse Midwife
- Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse
- Social Worker
- Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Occupational Therapist
- Dentist
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
- Pharmacist
- Marriage and Family Therapist
- Certified Nurse Practitioner
- Physical Therapist
- Chiropractor
- Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
- Physician Assistant