Throughout Maryland, healthcare professionals work diligently every day to meet the varied healthcare needs of all Marylanders, however, workforce shortages persist and create challenges to supporting healthcare access across the state. To address these challenges, the Maryland Loan Repayment Programs (MLRP) aim to improve the recruitment and retention of the health professional workforce, especially in areas of Maryland experiencing health professional shortages.
The Maryland Loan Repayment Programs (MLRP) offer higher education loan repayment assistance to health professionals including physicians, physician assistants, medical residents, nurses, and nursing support staff. These professionals have the opportunity to practice in areas of healthcare professional shortages in exchange for loan repayment assistance.
The Maryland Loan Repayment Programs are inclusive of the State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP, with funding from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration), the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Physicians and Physician Assistants (MLARP PPA, with state-level funding resources), and the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Nurses and Nursing Support Staff (MLARP NNSS, with state-level funding resources). Authority to administer the MLARP PPA and MLARP NNSS Funds is provided via the following Federal and State laws and regulations:
Application
The annual MLRP application cycle is from March 1 through April 15. The link below for Application documents Examples still include links to instructions, required documents and examples of the application.
Workgroups
MLRP also facilitates legislatively established workgroups as assigned:
