I agree with smq123. Your site will want you working to the top of your license and generally that precludes administrative work that others can do. If anything, you may be overloaded with patients (hopefully not, and it depends on finding the right clinic that you feel has a good balance between quantity and quality).
There are other scholarships, NY state has a loan repayment scholarship modeled after NHSC LRP. Other states have loan repayment. I think IHS has some loan repayment programs. But I know of none other (excepting military scholarships) that is as generous as the NHSC Scholarship. It is much more generous than a loan repayment because it covers ALL of your tuition and fees and also gives you a stipend. However, it is a serious commitment so you need to be sure primary care is where you want to be, at least for the number of years you committed to. There is no real looking back until you finish your obligation. If primary care is where you want to be, it is an awesome deal.
In regards to disadvantaged background status, it can be a very generous term, and it looks like you qualify with what you've said. While they do consider this in your application, they also highly value people who intend to stay in an underserved area. So I think you have a very good chance to get a scholarship, depending on your essay and the rest of your application. Here is the criteria for "Disadvantaged Background Status" from NHSC:
CRITERIA FOR DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUND STATUS
Students from a disadvantaged background have either participated in or would have been eligible to participate in Federal Programs such as the Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students, Loans to Disadvantaged Students, or the Nursing Workforce Diversity Grant Program.
- Environmentally Disadvantaged
If a student who comes from an environment that has inhibited them from obtaining the knowledge, skills, and abilities to enroll in and/or graduate from a health professions or nursing school is considered as being Environmentally Disadvantaged.
The following is a list of common characteristics that describe students who are Environmentally Disadvantaged. The examples are provided as guidance only, and are not intended to be all-inclusive:
- Person from high school with low average SAT/ACT scores or below the average State test results.
- Person from a school district where 50 percent or less of graduates go to college.
- Person who has a diagnosed physical or mental impairment that substantially limits participation in educational
experiences.
- Person for who English is not his or her primary language and for whom language is still a barrier to academic
performance.
- Person who is first generation to attend college.
- Person from a high school where at least 30 percent of enrolled students are eligible for free or reduced price lunches.
– OR –
- Economically Disadvantaged
The following are characteristics that describe students who are considered Economically Disadvantaged:
- Students who come from a family with an annual income below a level based on low-income thresholds established by the U.S. Census Bureau, adjusted annually for changes in the Consumer Price Index.
- The Secretary defines a ‘‘low income family’’ for various health professions and nursing programs included in Titles III, VII and VIII of the Public Health Service Act as having an annual income that does not exceed 200 percent of the Department’s poverty guidelines.
- A family is a group of two or more individuals related by birth, marriage, or adoption who live together or an individual who is not living with any relatives.