How to Apply

Applications to the Nevada HEAL Program will be accepted during a 30-day period each year. Applicants can review scoring criteria 30 days before the application period opens. It is recommended that applicants review the “Information and Documentation to Apply” list prior to applying, to gather all needed information.

The Application Window is Now Closed.

Applications were accepted for the 2025 round of funding beginning Wednesday, January 15, 2025, through February 13, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. The application period is now closed. Program staff is currently reviewing all applications and may reach out to applicants for further documentation and/or verification. We appreciate your patience during this review process.

Scored Questions - Helpful Hints

The Nevada HEAL Program's regulations require the State Treasurer to develop and publish a rubric with weighted scoring criteria that will be used to score applications to the Program. Please see important definitions that will help you to accurately respond to the following scored questions:

• Are you committed to or currently engaging in the practice of any of the following in an underserved community (select all that apply)
  • "Committed to" - Means a provider of health care will abide by and adhere to statements and/or affirmations made during the application process if they are approved for student loan repayment under this program
  • "Behavioral Health Care" - Diagnostic, therapeutic or psychological services provided by a provider of health care to treat conditions of behavioral health.
  • "Primary Care "- Pursuant to NRS 226.458, this means the practice of family medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine, psychiatry or obstetrics and gynecology
  • "Sexual and Reproductive Health Care" - The practice of increasing the health of an individual's reproductive system and/or sexual well-being throughout all stages of their life.
• Are you committed to or currently accepting patients who have been affected by intellectual or developmental disabilities?
  • "Intellectual disability" - Pursuant to NRS 435.007, this means significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period.
  • "Developmental disability" - Pursuant to NRS 435.007, this means autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder or any other neurological condition diagnosed by a qualified professional that is manifested before the person affected attains the age of 22 years, is likely to continue indefinitely, results in substantial functional limitations, as measured by a qualified professional, in three or more of the following areas of major life activity: taking care of oneself; understanding and use of language; learning, mobility, self-direction, and capacity for independent living. Additionally, this condition also results in the person affected requiring a combination of individually planned and coordinated services, support or other assistance that is lifelong or has an extended duration.