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RI-RIDOH-HPLRP-2027
Rhode Island Health Professional Loan Repayment Program (HPLRP) — 2027 Awards
Rhode Island clinician workforce loan-repayment opportunity for eligible primary care, dental, and behavioral-health professionals serving approved Health Professional Shortage Area sites.
FundingVaries by qualifying educational debt and HPLRP award decision; the official 2027 materials do not publish a fixed applicant maximum.
DeadlineNovember 20, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET
Last verifiedOctober 3, 2026
Required next actionVerify clinician discipline, Rhode Island license, citizenship or national status, qualifying educational debt, and approved HPLRP site status. Complete the online application and required supporting documents. If the employer site is not already approved, complete the HPLRP site application.
Broad Eligibility
Eligible Rhode Island-licensed primary care, dental, and mental-health clinicians with qualifying educational debt who meet citizenship or national-status requirements, are employed or accepted for employment at an approved Rhode Island HPLRP site in a Health Professional Shortage Area, satisfy program restrictions on other service obligations and federal debt, and commit to a two-year service obligation.
Atlas Analysis
Current Rhode Island Department of Health guidance confirms the 2027 HPLRP cycle is open through November 20, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET and requires eligible clinicians to complete a two-year service commitment at an approved site.
The Rhode Island Department of Health opened the 2027 Health Professional Loan Repayment Program application cycle on September 14, 2026. Applications are due November 20, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
HPLRP supports eligible Rhode Island-licensed primary care, dental, and mental-health clinicians who have qualifying educational debt and commit to two years of service at an approved Rhode Island HPLRP practice site in a federal Health Professional Shortage Area. Applicants must meet the program’s citizenship or national-status, licensure, employment, service-obligation, and federal-debt requirements.
Qualifying practice sites are generally public or private nonprofit outpatient facilities located in Rhode Island HPSAs and must meet program requirements including a sliding-fee discount policy. Eligible settings can include FQHCs and look-alikes, Rural Health Clinics, state or community mental-health facilities, free clinics, school-based clinics, certain correctional facilities, tribal or Indian health facilities, and qualifying private practices. Sites that are not already approved may apply to become HPLRP sites.
The 2027 supporting-document checklist requires clinician materials including a current resume or CV, Rhode Island professional license, proof of U.S. citizenship, qualifying loan statements, W-9, recent paystub, and the program’s Credit Authorization and Privacy Disclosure Form, plus applicable employer/site documentation. The current 2027 materials do not publish a fixed applicant award maximum; award amounts depend on qualifying educational debt and the HPLRP award decision.
Source verificationOfficial government source · health.ri.govAtlas last verified this record October 3, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
