PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
The HCOP program strives to develop a more competitive applicant pool to build diversity in the health professions. The program's goal is to provide students from disadvantaged backgrounds an opportunity to develop the skills needed to successfully compete, enter, and graduate from health professions schools, allied health professions schools, graduate programs in behavioral and mental health, and programs for the training of physician assistants.

 ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. EDUCATION;
- Health Education and Training;

 WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- Student/Trainee;
- Individual/Family;
- U.S. Citizen;
- Moderate Income;
- Low Income;
- Unemployed;

 WHO CAN APPLY:
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Local (includes State-designated Indian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Public non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Private non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);