Family Solutions - Guilford County and Alamance County
Overview
Family Solutions is committed to the health and well-being of the communities, which it serves. Family Solutions has made extensive efforts to lay the groundwork to acquire three types of federal designations for Guilford and Alamance Counties. These designations, known as Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), open the door to benefits such as federal and state-funded student loan repayment programs and grants for physicians, advanced practitioners, and nurses. The goal of this initiative is to promote access to quality healthcare in the surrounding service area by recruiting and retaining clinicians like you. Together with its team of healthcare providers, Family Solutions will continue to offer excellent care in a compassionate environment.
Family Solutions encourages its healthcare providers to contact our team of experts at HPSA Acumen to determine eligibility and opportunities for loan repayment awards. An individual consultation can be scheduled with us at the bottom of this webpage.
What is a HPSA?
HPSAs are designations that indicate health care provider shortages in three platforms of health: primary care, mental health, and dental health. Each platform of health receives its own designation. Each designation is scored to show the severity of the shortage. Scores range from 0 to 25, with 25 indicating the greatest shortage. The maps below outline each type of HPSA for Guilford and Alamance Counties.
In a Primary Care HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: LI-Guilford County
ID: 1377488926
Designation Type: Low-Income Population
Status: Designated
Score: 14
Designation Date: 09/09/2021
Last Update Date: 09/09/2021
In a Mental Health HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: LI-Guilford County
ID: 7373174286
Designation Type: Low-Income Population
Status: Designated
Score: 18
Designation Date: 09/06/2019
Last Update Date: 09/10/2021
In a Dental Health HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: LI-Guilford County
ID: 6373338748
Designation Type: Low-Income Population
Status: Designated
Score: 17
Designation Date: 05/13/2011
Last Update Date: 09/10/2021
What are the benefits of a HPSA?
In an effort to boost provider recruitment and retention in these often-rural shortage areas, benefits have been established to help build healthcare access to those who need it most. Here are the benefits available in your specific shortage designations.
Loan repayment opportunities are possible because Family Solutions has forged new partnerships and secured HPSAs in this region. Loan repayment is just one benefit that acknowledges you, the provider, as the driving force that makes healthcare possible in your community. Family Solutions truly appreciates working with you.
Programs available to eligible Family Solutions primary care and mental health providers:
Physicians – Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program, Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program, North Carolina State Loan Repayment Program (Psychiatrists Only)
Advanced Practitioners – Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program, Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program (Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners only), North Carolina State Loan Repayment Program
Mental Health Providers – Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program, Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program, North Carolina State Loan Repayment Program
What do these loan repayment programs offer?
Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery (STAR) Loan Repayment Program – Healthcare professionals providing direct treatment or recovery support of patients with or in recovery from a substance use disorder including, but not limited to Physicians, Clinicians, Bachelor’s-level Substance Use Disorder Counselors, Behavioral Health Paraprofessionals, and Clinical Support Staff may be eligible for up to $250,000 for a six-year service commitment at a STAR-certified site.
Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program – Providers working full-time with pediatric patients may be eligible to receive up to $100,000 in loan repayment in return for a three-year service commitment. Eligible disciplines include: Physicians, Psychologists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed or Certified Master’s Level Social Workers, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners, Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Professional Counselors, and Substance Use Disorder Counselors working in a pediatric medical subspecialty, pediatric surgical specialty, as a child or adolescent psychiatrist, or behavioral health providers working in pediatrics or substance use disorder services. Please refer to program guidelines for a list of specialties and subspecialties for Physicians.
North Carolina State Loan Repayment Program – Physician Assistants in Mental and Behavioral Health, Nurse Practitioners/ Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioners, MDs/DOs: Psychiatrists, Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Counselors, Psychiatric Nurse Specialists, Health Service Psychologists (Clinical & Counseling), and Licensed Psychological Associates may be eligible for up to $50,000 tax-free for a 2-year commitment at a qualifying integrated primary care/behavioral health service site.
To find out if your address is located in this HPSA designation, please visit the following website:
https://data.hrsa.gov/tools/shortage-area/by-address
For more information, please contact:
HPSA Acumen’s Benefit Support Specialists are available to you:
716.483.0888 ext. 206
Email us here at [email protected]