Allied Healthcare Scholarship Program (AHSP)
Application Cycle: CLOSED
The next AHSP application cycle opens on January 3, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. and closes on February 22, 2022, at 3:00 p.m.
The Allied Healthcare Scholarship (AHSP) increases the number of appropriately trained allied healthcare professionals providing direct patient care in a qualified facility in California.
“I quickly learned that the program would assist me in paying for my student loans if I were to simply work in a county or county contracted mental health career. This allowed me the opportunity to explore my goal of becoming a licensed therapist again without worrying about loan payments”
Michael Moribe, 2013 AHSP Awardee
Provider Eligibility Requirements
- Be enrolled in a minimum of six units, or its equivalent until program completion
- Maintain a GPA of 2.0 or greater until program completion
- Graduate after June 30, 2022
- Not have any other existing service obligation with other entities, including other HCAI programs
- Not be in breach of any other health professional service obligation
- Commit to providing a twelve-month service obligation in a medically underserved area upon graduating
- Provide 32 hours or more per week of direct patient care upon graduating
ELIGIBLE PROGRAMS
AHSP participants must be currently accepted or enrolled in an approved program for one of the following disciplines:
- Clinical Laboratory Scientist
- Community Health Worker
- Dental Hygienist
- Diagnostic Medical Sonographer
- Dietitian/Nutritionist
- Medical Assistant
- Medical Imaging Technologist
- Medical Laboratory Technologist
- Nuclear Medicine Technologist
- Occupational Therapist Assistant
- Pharmacy Technician
- Physical Therapy Assistant
- Radiation Therapy Technologist
- Radiologic Technician
- Respiratory Therapist
- Social Work
- Surgical Technician
- Ultrasound Technician
Practice Site Eligibility Requirements
Upon graduating, providers must work in one of the following eligible geographic or site designations:
Geographic designations
- Health Professional Shortage Area-Primary Care (HPSA-PC)
- Primary Care Shortage Area (PCSA)
Find out if your practice site is located in a Qualifying Geographic Designation.
Site Designations
- County Facility
- Correctional Facility
- Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) (see HCAI’s FQHC List)
- Native Indian Health Center
- State Facility
- Veteran’s Facility
Cost of Attendance
The cost of attendance (COA) is the total amount it will cost for a student to go to college for one year, not for the whole program. The COA includes the following expenses:
- Tuition and fees
- On-campus room and board (or a housing and food allowance for off-campus students)
- Allowances for books, supplies, transportation, loan fees, and, if applicable, dependent care
Award Amounts
The maximum award amount for the Allied Healthcare Scholarship Program is $8,000. HCAI may award full, partial, or no funding to an applicant based on the applicant’s success in meeting the selection criteria, and the amount of available funds. Applicants will not be awarded more than their total cost of attendance for one year.
Applicants may be awarded up to three times.