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Established in 1987, the Foundation is the state's only non-profit foundation statutorily created to encourage persons from underrepresented communities to become health professionals and increase access to health providers in medically underserved areas. Supported by grants, donations, licensing fees, and special funds, the Foundation provides scholarship, loan repayment and programs to students and graduates who agree to practice in California's medically underserved communities. Housed in the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, the Foundation's track record of delivering health providers to areas of need has resulted in approximately 2,700 awards totaling almost $25 million to allied health, nursing, mental health and medical students and recent graduates practicing in 56 of California's 58 counties.