ACRP Westmoreland Office

The ACRP Westmoreland Office, located at 628 Pennsylvania 56 in Seward, Pennsylvania, is a health institution that participates in the National Health Service Corps programs. These programs offer scholarships and student loan repayment for primary care providers in the medical, dental, and behavioral health fields who agree to work in areas with health professional shortages. In 2015, over 9,600 National Health Service Corps clinicians were providing care to more than 10.2 million people in rural, urban, and frontier communities at over 5,000 NHSC-approved sites. Corps members fulfill their service requirement by working at NHSC-approved sites in Health Professional Shortage Areas.

Eligible disciplines for the NHSC program include physicians, nurse practitioners, dentists, psychiatrists, and more. The NHSC is administered by the Bureau of Health Workforce in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NHSC-approved sites provide outpatient, ambulatory, and primary health care services to populations in HPSAs.

For the Johnstown area, this program means the ability to attract high-level mental health professionals to provide better services to residents. The NHSC program is nationally recognized and helps with the recruitment and retention of health professionals.