Who is eligible for the loan forgiveness program?
All eligible borrowers, interested in the loan forgiveness program must be employed full-time in an occupational area where there is a “national need” to include the following: • Child Welfare Workers • Dentists • Early childhood educators • Foreign language specialists • Highly qualified teachers serving students who have limited English proficiency, low-income communities, underrepresented populations • Individuals employed in applied sciences, technology, engineering or mathematics • Librarians, Nurses, Nutrition professionals, Public sector employees, Occupational therapists, School counselors, Speech-language pathologists and audiologists, Superintendents, principals and other educational administrators. If you are a social worker with a substantial amount of loan to pay back, you should definitely think about loan forgiveness. It will require a few years of commitment, but it is well worth it.
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