Scholarships & Tuition Assistance
SCHOLARSHIPS / TUITION AIDE
Health Care Tuition Aide and Assistance
This section is excerpted from appendix B
Health Care Job Explosion and features tuition assistance information. The
overview is excerpted along with a sampling of resources from the all new 4th
edition of Health Care Job Explosion!.
This book features over 1,400 career exploration and job vacancy resources.
Wouldn’t it be great to get an education and have someone else pay for it? In
some health care fields, competent workers are in such short supply that
employers are willing to pay part or all of a student’s tuition and sometimes
companies also offer monthly payments of $1000 or more for living expenses.
For those who are willing to commit to working in rural or inner city health
care, several programs offer tuition, tuition with living expenses or loan
repayment. The Rural Recruitment and Retention Net-work, and the National Rural
Health Association (see both in chapter 3) and the Rural Information Center
(800-633-7701) can be contacted for specific information and guidance. Visit
www.nal.usda.gov/ric/
to find out more about these programs. Contact your state department of
health, the Rural Assistance Center
www.raconline.org or the National Health Service Corps
www.bphc.hrsa.gov/. The NHSC also has
information on loan-repayment programs for health care workers in inner-city
areas.
Assistance is available to minority students through programs offered by
institutions such as the Indian Health Service. Visit their web site at
www.ihs.gov .http://www.bphc.hrsa.gov/
Contact the financial aid office of your college or of the nearest medical
school.
The United States Armed Services offers abundant educational opportunities.
If you enlist for several years they will train you for many health care or
computer-related careers. Their Tuition Assistance Program currently pays up to
$4,500 per year for full-time active duty members. Eligible College Fund Program
enlistees receive up to $65,000 toward college tuition, when combined with the
Montgomery G.I. Bill, and upon honorable discharge. Registered nurses who
enlist, in addition to loan repayment or sign-up bonuses, may work towards a
degree as a nurse practitioner or physician assistant. Students who have their
pre-med degree can arrange to have their medical or dental school paid for. Call
your local recruiter to get details on education programs or visit the U.S.
Army’s web site at
www.todaysmilitary.com/.
There are many programs available for those who take the time to seek them out.
Contact local hospitals that are short staffed and other medical providers to
ask about tuition assistance programs. Directories with hospital contact
information are described in Chapter 3. Many employers offer tuition assistance
to current employees who show initiative and maintain good grades. It is amazing
just how many programs are available especially when demand for workers is high
and com-petition is fierce between recruiters and medical facilities in general.
There are also magnet schools that specialize in health care training in cities
like Los Angeles and Baltimore. The Chicago Public Schools has a program to
encourage minorities to go into medicine and the AMA has a "Doctors Back to
School" program, sending physicians to speak in schools to get young people
interested in medical careers.
The federal government started offering student loan payoff incentives for
new hires in 2004 and since then have paid out over 100 million to employees to
pay off their loans. They will pay up to $10,000 a year for six years for a
total of up to $60,000, quite a benefit to say the least. Visit
http://federaljobs.net to explore federal
job options. Uncle Sam employs over 100,000 medical workers at VA facilities
nationwide and at other agencies such as Health and Human Services, etc. The all
new 10th edition of The Book of
U.S. Government Jobs explains where the jobs are, what's available, and
how to get one. A section is devoted to recruitment incentives including the
student loan payoff program, cash incentives, and relocation reimbursement.
Locate programs that you find attractive through the use of the resources
listed in this chapter and in all of the other resource sections located
throughout this book. Don’t forget to contact occupational associations to find
out what information they may have concerning scholarships and tuition
assistance programs. The more contacts you make the more programs you will
uncover in your research.
To explore health care jobs with the federal government or to investigate
special emphasis hiring programs obtain a copy of the author's
Book of U.S. Government Jobs - 9th
edition, available at libraries, bookstores or from the publisher. This book
can be purchased through our toll free service with all major credit cards at
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SCHOLARSHIPS / TUITION AIDE
Health Care Tuition Aide and Assistance
