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Financing Education
Federal Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program
http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/nursing/loanrepay.htm
Anyone applying for federal, state or college aid must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). This form should be available at all Alabama high schools or colleges, or you can apply over the Internet at www.fafsa.ed.gov. The FAFSA is available in January and should be completed and filed as early as possible. The application must be completed every year. Check individual school descriptions or catalogs for any school-specific preferred dates or deadlines.
Scholarships and Financial Aid
www.college-scholarships.com/alabama.htm
The Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid
www.finaid.org/questions/faq.phtml
Peterson’s Financial Aid
www.petersons.com/finaid
College Board: Scholarship Search
apps.collegeboard.com/cbsearch_ss/scholarshipSearch.jsp
fastWEB Scholarship Search
www.fastweb.com
Scholarships.com
www.scholarships.com
Research and Education
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
www.ahrq.gov
Bureau of Health Professions
Health Resources and Services Administration
www.bhpr.hrsa.gov
Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S. Department of Labor
www.bls.gov
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/
National Center for Health Workforce Information and Analysis
Health Resources and Services Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/
Center for Health Workforce Studies
State University of New York at Albany
http://chws.albany.edu/
The Center for the Health Professions
University of California, San Francisco
http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu
Center for Health Workforce Studies
University of Washington
www.fammed.washington.edu/chws/index.html
Illinois Center for Health Workforce Studies
University of Illinois at Chicago
www.uic.edu/sph/ichws
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
www.shepscenter.unc.edu
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
www.uthscsa.edu
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
www.aacn.nche.edu
Direct Care Alliance
www.directcarealliance.org
Institute for Diversity in Health Management
www.institutefordiversity.org
National Consortium on Health Science & Technology Education
www.nchste.org
Professional Boards
Alabama Board of Chiropractic Examiners
www.chiro.state.al.us
Alabama Board of Examiners for Speech, Language Pathology and Audiology
http://abespa.org/
Alabama Board of Medical Examiners
www.albme.org
Alabama Board of Nursing
www.abn.state.al.us
Alabama State Board of Occupational Therapists
http://ot.alabama.gov/
Alabama Board of Optometry
http://www.al-optometry.org
Alabama Board of Pharmacy
www.albop.com
Alabama Board of Physical Therapy
http://www.pt.state.al.us/
Alabama Board of Public Accountancy
http://www.ascpa.org/
Alabama Board of Social Work Examiners
http://www.abswe.state.al.us/
Foreign-Born Health Care Professionals
United States Immigration and Naturalization Service
The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), an agency of the Department of Justice, is responsible for enforcing the laws regulating the admission of foreign-born persons (i.e., aliens) to the United States and for administering various immigration benefits, including the naturalization of qualified applicants for U.S. citizenship.
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis
National Resident Matching Program
The Main Match offers PGY-1 and PGY-2 level residency training positions and the Specialty Matches offer fellowship/residency positions for subspecialty training. The 2000 Main Match placed 20,272 applicants for postgraduate medical training positions into 3,769 residency programs at 701 teaching hospitals throughout the United States. Applicants and residency programs evaluate and rank one another, and then a computerized process pairs applicants with programs based on the ranked preferences. NRMP conducts 15 Specialty Matches for 22 sub-specialties. In 2000, Specialty Matches places 1,900 applicants in 1,150 training positions.
http://nrmp.org
