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Building the AZ Health Care Workforce: The National Health Service Corps

By azdhs-admin|2012-01-20T09:30:27-07:00January 20th, 2012|General|

Our Health Systems Development shop just got a new workforce recruitment and retention grant from the National Health Service Corps to improve the number of healthcare providers that practice where we have shortages (technically called underserved areas). The Corps offers medical, dental, and behavioral health providers the opportunity to repay their student loan debts in [...]

Maricopa County Designated as a Mental Health Professional Shortage Area

By azdhs-admin|2011-04-11T09:41:28-07:00April 11th, 2011|Behavioral Health|

The US Health Resources and Services Administration designated Maricopa County as a Mental Health Professional Shortage Area. This federal designation lets mental health facilities and providers participate in the National Health Service Corps Program, which recruits fully-trained health professionals to provide interdisciplinary primary health care services to underserved populations, assists clinicians in repayment of qualifying educational [...]