to continue our commitment to Protecting individual rights to reproductive health care, California issued a fund on January 5 to increase the number of providers offering critical reproductive health care services. Through California’s Healthcare Access Information Authority (HCAI), the state is accepting applications for distribution of her $20 million grant under the Clinical Infrastructure Fund.
“Increasing access to reproductive health care in California has always been important, but essential in today’s environment,” said HCAI Director Elizabeth Lansberg. “Access to abortion cannot be provided without well-trained reproductive health professionals.
After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Law V. WadeTo protect the rights of those who choose to have an abortion, the state is working hard to ensure that Californians (and individuals in other states) have access to the reproductive health care they need, according to Governor Newsom.
“In order to continue the state’s state-led efforts to expand access to health care and protect the constitutional rights and fundamental liberties of its people, we must increase the number of qualified health care providers,” Newsom said. The most important thing is to increase it,” he said.
HCAI is accepting their applications Advanced Practice Medicine Scholarship and Allied Healthcare Scholarship Program through February 24. Eligible occupations for the Advanced Practice Healthcare Scholarship program include nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified midwives. The maximum prize in this program is $25,000.
under Allied Healthcare Scholarship The program has a maximum prize of $15,000. Eligible occupations include licensed midwives, doulas, community health practitioners and promoters, and medical assistants. Awards for these two programs will be offered in May 2023, but dates are subject to change.
Funding for the program is conditional. The applicant must commit to work in the field of reproductive health and to provide abortion or abortion-related services for 12 months in underserved areas.
Abortion-related services include trained providers providing abortions in hygienic conditions, using the latest technology, and high-quality drugs with effective medical abortion regimens. This includes doing
Other abortion-related services include miscarriage management, abortion-related counseling or mental health services, contraceptive services, links to other reproductive health services, and community connections.
Additional programs eligible for the Clinical Infrastructure Fund starting in late 2023 include:
- Behavioral health with qualified professions, including licensed clinical social workers, paraclinical social workers, chartered psychologists, chartered marriage and family therapists, paramarital and family therapists, chartered professional clinical counselors, and paraprofessional clinical counselors scholarship program. Applications for this program will open for him in May and the maximum prize amount will be determined.
- BSc Nursing Loan Repayment Program, a qualified profession, including registered nurses. Applications for this program will open on his May 1st and end on July 31st. The maximum prize pool is $15,000 and prizes will be offered in October.
- Licensed Vocational Nursing Loan Repayment Program, qualified occupations, including licensed vocational nurses. Entries will open for her on May 1st and close on July 31st, with a maximum prize of $8,000.
- Licensed Mental Health Service Provider Education Loan Repayment Programs, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Associate Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, and Associate Professional Clinical Counselor. have a qualified professional occupation, including; Her application opens on May 1st and closes on October 31st, with a maximum prize of $30,000.
- Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program, qualified professions, including physicians. Applications for this program will open on his May 1st and end on July 31st. The maximum prize pool is $105,000 and the prize will be offered to him in October.
“As an OBGYN, I know how important reproductive health care is,” said Diana Ramos, Ph.D., California’s Chief of Surgeons. “Reproductive health care is essential, and California is leading the way in ensuring it is available to everyone who needs it.”
