Advanced Practice Loan Repayment Program

The Advanced Practice Nursing Loan Repayment Program is available for Alabama residents who either are enrolled full-time in accredited nursing education programs approved by the Alabama Board of Nursing and pursuing graduate degrees to become certified registered nurse practitioners (CRNPs), certified nurse midwives (CNMs), or certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) or currently-approved CRNPs, CNMs, or CRNAs who graduated from such a program within the previous five (5) years. The maximum amount of the loan is $15,000, and the loan monies are allocated to the Board from the Alabama Education Trust Fund on a fiscal year basis (October 1 through September 30).

If you are interested and meet the requirements for the Loan Repayment Program, we encourage you to proceed with the application. Completed applications must be received on or before the due date to be considered.

For more information, see Chapter 610-X-12, Loan Repayment Program for Advanced Practice Nursing.

Employment Resources

Rural Employment Opportunities

Designated Areas of Critical Need for Advanced Practice Nurses

Alabama Rural Medical Service Award Program

Loan Recipient Employment Verification

In order to satisfy the conditions of the Loan Repayment Program, recipients must verify full-time (no less than 36 hours a week) employment as a CRNP, CNM, or CRNA at a service site in an area of critical need in Alabama for 18 months following completion of the graduate degree. Participants must have their employer complete an Employment Verification form no later than 6 months following their acceptance of their loan award, or graduation, whichever comes later. All recipients must also submit a Semi-Annual Employment Verification form every six (6) months for a period of 18 months.

Completed employment verifications must be submitted to the ABN by employers only. Forms may be submitted via mail to the address noted on the form, or via email to LoanRepaymentProgram@abn.alabama.gov.

Alabama Board of Nursing Loan Repayment Program Post-Graduate Employment Verification

Alabama Board of Nursing Loan Repayment Semi-Annual Employment Verification

Loan Application

The Advanced Practice Nursing Loan Repayment Program application (see button at the right) is available until 4:30 pm CST on November 30, 2023.

The Loan Repayment Program offers loans to graduate students pursuing degrees to become CRNPs, CNMs, and CRNAs who agree to work full-time in an Area of Critical Need in Alabama for a period of at least 18 months for each year’s worth of loans received. An Area of Critical Need is presently defined by the Board, according to the law, as any area of the state that is not within five (5) miles of an area identified by the US Census Bureau as “urbanized.” Further information is available at www.abn.alabama.gov.