Geriatrics Academic Career Award Program (GACA)
Purpose: Support the career development of junior faculty as academic geriatricians or academic geriatrics specialists.
Health Workforce Programs
Our workforce programs help strengthen the health workforce and connect skilled health care providers to communities in need, improving the health of people who need it most.
We offer scholarship, loan, and loan repayment programs to individuals and award grants to organizations (For example, schools, hospitals, health departments).
Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP)
Purpose: Develop a health care workforce that maximizes patient and family engagement to address gaps in health for older adults by integrating geriatrics and primary care and other appropriate specialties, including collaboration with community partners.
Grants to States to Support Oral Health Workforce Activities
Purpose: Help states develop and implement innovative programs to address the dental workforce needs of designated dental health professional shortage areas (Dental HPSAs) in a manner appropriate to each state’s individual needs.
Health and Public Safety Workforce Resiliency Technical Assistance Center (HPSWRTAC)
Purpose: Provide tailored training and technical assistance to the recipients of Health and Public Safety Workforce Resiliency Training Program (HRSA-22-109) and Promoting Resilience and Mental Health Among Health Professional Workforce (HRSA-22-110).
Health Professions Student Loans (HPSL)
Purpose: Assist accredited public schools and educational intuitions in offering low-interest loans to degree-seeking students in the health care field.
Health Workforce Resiliency Training
Purpose: Provide evidence-based planning, development, and training in health profession activities in order to reduce burnout and promote resiliency among the workforce.
Integrated Substance Use Disorder Training Program (ISTP)
Purpose: Expand the number of practicing professionals to provide addiction prevention, treatment, and recovery services in underserved communities.
Loans for Disadvantaged Students (LDS)
Purpose: Assist accredited public schools and educational intuitions in offering low-interest loans to degree-seeking students in the health care field.
Maternity Care Nursing Workforce Expansion (MatCare) Program
Purpose: Support accredited nurse midwifery programs to train nurse midwives to grow and diversify the maternal and perinatal health nursing workforce in rural and underserved communities.
Medical Student Education (MSE) Program
Purpose: Support community-based primary care residency programs to train primary care physician and dental residents in underserved and rural settings.