Tennessee Rural Health Recruitment & Retention Center

Practice Site Recruitment and Retention Incentive

Who can apply: Applicants must be eligible Tennessee practice sites, including FQHCs, free or charitable clinics, critical access hospitals, rural health clinics, urban underserved clinics, and other underserved facilities. Funds support recruitment or retention of primary care physicians, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and dentists. Funds cannot be used for salaries, recruitment agency fees, general equipment or technology fees, or other unapproved costs. Awardees must submit a Funds Use Verification form, the provider's employment contract, and supporting documentation within 180 days; unused funds must be returned.

Deadline: Applications are approved or reviewed quarterly; no fixed application deadline is stated.