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Targeted aid for special groups
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Federal assistance programs seek to encourage people to work in geographic areas or professions where there's a particular need (such as doctors in underserved areas); encourage underrepresented groups to enter a particular profession; and provide aid in exchange for services provided (such as military service).
- AmeriCorps: Volunteers who complete one year of service receive an education award for current higher education expenses or to repay student loans.
- Army Continuing Education System: Additional benefits for Army personnel.
- Bureau of Health Professions: Scholarships and loans to needy health profession students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
- e-Scholar: Scholarships, grants, fellowships, internships, and cooperative education with federal agencies.
- Indian Health Service: Scholarships for American Indian/Alaskan Native health profession students and loan repayment for persons working in IHS facilities.
- Military academies:
- National Health Service Corps: Scholarships and loan repayment for health profession students who agree to work in underserved areas.
- Nursing Scholarships: Offered in exchange for two years of service in areas with critical nursing shortages.
- Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC): For students who want to be commissioned as officers after graduating from college.
Aid for private K-12 education: No direct federal assistance, check with schools themselves:
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