ActiveAtlas Opportunity Score 86/100
Illinois National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP) — 2026
Illinois loan-repayment support for eligible licensed health professionals serving qualifying public or nonprofit Health Professional Shortage Area practice sites.
FundingInitial 2-year agreement: up to $75,000 for primary care; up to $50,000 for dental and psychiatry, based on qualifying educational loan debt. Renewal agreements: $20,000, $20,000, $10,000, then $10,000 for successive 1-year obligations; part-time recipients receive half of the listed amounts.
DeadlineSeptember 30, 2026; the current IDPH program page does not state a clock-time cutoff or time zone.
Last verifiedSeptember 14, 2026
Required next actionVerify the provider's eligible discipline, Illinois license, citizenship, educational-loan balance, absence of conflicting service obligations or federal default, and the worksite's HPSA status plus public/nonprofit, Medicare/Medicaid/CHIP, sliding-discount, and ability-to-pay requirements. Provider completes the IDPH Provider Information Sheet and supporting documents; the site submits one EGrAMS application for all participating providers.
Broad Eligibility
Illinois-licensed eligible providers working or planning to work in an Illinois HPSA, including qualifying primary care physicians, APRNs, physician assistants, dentists, pharmacists, psychiatrists, and registered nurses. Worksites must be public or nonprofit HPSA facilities that accept Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP, provide discounts to limited-income patients, and serve patients regardless of ability to pay.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score 86/100. N9+ Fit 0/100. This is a clinician workforce recruitment and retention opportunity restricted to educational loan repayment, not a technology or equipment funding path. Renewals receive priority; remaining funds go to new applicants on a first-come, first-served basis. Current public materials do not state an applicant-level cost-share percentage; do not infer one.
The Illinois Department of Public Health is accepting 2026 applications for the Illinois National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment Program. SLRP supports recruitment and retention of eligible Illinois-licensed health professionals who work, or plan to work, at qualifying public or nonprofit facilities in federal Health Professional Shortage Areas.
The current IDPH application period runs August 1 through September 30. IDPH does not publish a clock-time cutoff or time zone on the current program page, so applicants should not assume one. The initial two-year service agreement provides up to $75,000 for primary care and up to $50,000 for dental and psychiatry, subject to qualifying educational loan debt. Renewal agreements may provide $20,000, $20,000, $10,000, and $10,000 in successive one-year periods. Part-time participants receive half of the listed funding for the same service-obligation period.
Eligible facilities must be located in an HPSA, be nonprofit or public, accept Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP, offer discounts for patients with limited income, and serve patients regardless of ability to pay. Eligible settings can include FQHCs and look-alikes, Rural Health Clinics, Critical Access Hospitals, public health departments, community mental health centers, free or mobile clinics, school-based health programs, and correctional facilities. Providers complete the IDPH Provider Information Sheet and supporting documents; participating sites submit the EGrAMS application for all providers in one application.
Source verificationOfficial government source · dph.illinois.govAtlas last verified this record September 14, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
