The Office of Mental Health is awarding state aid grants for community agencies that want to offer student loan repayment to eligible new or existing psychiatrists and advanced practitioners.
The agencies must provide eligible mental health programs licensed/authorized by OMH.
For this 2025 Prescriber RFP, $6M is available for a minimum of 240 awards (120/psychiatrists, 120/advanced practitioners).
Agencies can apply on behalf of eligible professionals for student loan repayment funding over the course of a 3-year service commitment as follows:
Questions & Answers(as of 9/18/25)
Agency Loan Repayment & Service Commitment Agreement Requirements and Sample
Sexual Harassment Prevention Certification
UPDATE 12/2/2025
The application deadline for the CMHLRP 2025 Prescriber RFP has closed as of 10/20/25.
See the Status Update (11/13/25) for approved award allocations.
Future rounds of CMHLRP will be posted to the OMH RFP page.