This $2,794,264 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program (CFDA 93.530) supports the establishment of a new community psychiatry residency program by Healthy Rural California, Inc. in Chico, California. The four-year residency program, which began training its first cohort of residents in June 2024, aims to address healthcare professional shortages and improve mental health...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Health Research Centers program (CFDA 93.155) provides $1,494,300 to establish a new rural family medicine residency program at the Good Samaritan Rural Health Clinic in Wasco, California. The goal is to address healthcare disparities and improve access to family medicine physicians in the rural, predominantly Latino community of Wasco,...
This $1,500,000 Project Grant was awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Health Research Centers program (CFDA 93.155) to establish a new rural family medicine residency program. The program is a partnership between Willis-Knighton Health System and Claiborne Memorial Medical Center, a non-profit, local government-owned rural hospital in Homer, Louisiana. The goal of the program is to elevate the health status of rural populations by increasing the...
This federal Project Grant award of $750,000 over 3 years is provided by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Health Research Centers program (CFDA 93.155). The grant will fund the development of a new ACGME-accredited rural residency program in family medicine (RIFM) at the Maine Medical Center (MMC) in Portland, Maine. The key objectives of the RIFM program are to: 1) Define competencies and develop curriculum for...
The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $2,250,000 Project Grant under the Rural Health Research Centers program (CFDA 93.155) to Full Circle Health, Inc., a non-profit healthcare organization in Boise, Idaho. The funding will support the establishment of a new Family Medicine Rural Training Program (RTP) in Elmore and Owyhee Counties, Idaho. The RTP will be an extension of Full Circle Health's existing Nampa Family Medicine...
The federal Project Grant award of $2,284,981 was provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Payment Program (CFDA 93.530). The funding will support the establishment of a new family medicine residency program operated by the Lewis County Primary Care Center, Inc. (doing business as Lewis County Family Health Center), a federally qualified health center in Vanceburg, Kentucky. The residency program,...
The federal Project Grant award of $2,677,132.00 was provided by the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) through the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Payment Program (CFDA 93.530). The purpose of this award is to support the training of medical and dental residents in community-based ambulatory care settings, with the goal of expanding the primary care workforce, particularly in rural and underserved...
This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $2,007,849.00 was issued by the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Payment Program (CFDA 93.530). The grant funding supports the Shasta Community Health Center, a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center in Redding, California, in expanding its primary care medical and dental residency training programs in...
The federal Project Grant award in the amount of $4,015,698.00 was provided by the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Payment Program (CFDA 93.530). The grant supports Lifelong Medical Care, a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Berkeley, California, in training medical and dental residents to provide primary care services in underserved communities....
The federal Project Grant award of $4,015,698.00 from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Payment Program (CFDA 93.530) supports the training of medical and dental residents in community-based ambulatory care settings provided by Clinica Sierra Vista, doing business as Lamont Community Health Center. The award, with a period of performance from July 1, 2024 to June...
RURAL RESIDENCY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - A. ENTITY TYPE: GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION CONSORTIUM SPONSORING INSTITUTION: HEALTHY RURAL CALIFORNIA, INC. 25 ROCKMONT CIRCLE SACRAMENTO, CA 95835-1505 B. PROJECT DIRECTOR: KRISTY MAKIEVE, MBA 916-835-1570 KMAKIEVE@HEALTHYRURALCA.ORG CO-PROJECT DIRECTOR: GRETCHEN C. BENDER, MPA 916-208-0674 GBENDER@HEALTHYRURALCA.ORG WWW.HEALTHYRURALCA.ORG C. RESIDENCY PROGRAM DIRECTOR: TO BE HIRED IN YEAR ONE D. RESIDENCY SPECIALTY AND TYPE: FAMILY MEDICINE (4X4) E. SPONSORING INSTITUTION: HEALTHY RURAL CALIFORNIA, INC. (GME COMMITTEE) F. RURAL TARGET AREA(S): GLENN AND BUTTE COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA. G. FUNDING REQUESTED: $749,716.00 H. PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY OPTION: OPTION 1: ESTABLISHING A MEDICARE FTE RESIDENT CAP; OPTION 4: OTHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE FUNDING I. PROJECTED NUMBER OF RESIDENTS: 4 INITIALLY; 12 AT FULL CAPACITY (4X3 PROGRAM) J. EXPECTED ACGME ACCREDITATION: OCTOBER 2021 (SPONSORING INSTITUTION ACCREDITATION ACHIEVED); SPRING 2024 (PROGRAM ACCREDITATION) EXPECTED RESIDENCY MATRICULATION: FALL 2025 HEALTHY RURAL CALIFORNIA IS WORKING TO CREATE COMMUNITY-LED RURAL FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM WITH AN INNOVATIVE CURRICULUM STEEPED IN TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, WHICH IS APPROPRIATE GIVEN THE HIGH ACE SCORES AND MULTIPLE RECENT DISASTERS IN OUR REGION. THE GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (GMEC) OF HEALTHY RURAL CALIFORNIA SERVES SEVERAL PURPOSES INCLUDING PROGRAM OVERSIGHT AS REQUIRED BY THE ACGME INSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND AS THE PRIMARY MECHANISM FOR COMMUNICATION OF ACGME REQUIREMENTS TO PROGRAMS AND DEPARTMENTS. THE INITIAL COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE, AND DUTIES OF THE GMEC FOR HEALTHY RURAL CALIFORNIA, INC. WAS FINALIZED IN JUNE 2021 AND APPLICATION FOR SPONSORING INSTITUTION WAS SUBMITTED TO ACGME IN JULY 2021 AND APPROVED IN OCTOBER 2021. THE RURAL FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM GRANT WILL ALLOW US TO TRAIN, DEVELOP AND CREATE RELATIONSHIPS WITH NEW RESIDENTS EQUIPPED TO MEET THE SPECIFIC HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES WE SERV E. THERE ARE ALSO MANY INDIRECT AND INTANGIBLE BENEFITS OF A RESIDENCY PROGRAM, SUCH AS THE CONTRIBUTION THAT A PROGRAM MAKES TO THE "MISSION, VISION AND VALUE" OF THE SPONSORING INSTITUTION AND THE IMPROVEMENT IN CLINICAL QUALITY THAT RESIDENCY PROGRAMS INSPIRE. WE ARE BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE AND HIGH-QUALITY PROGRAM IN A REGION THAT HAS GREAT NEED. WORSENING ACCESS TO CARE ISSUES COMPOUNDED BY THE CAMP FIRE OF LATE 2018, THE NORTH COMPLEX FIRE IN 2020, AND MULTIPLE HISTORIC FIRES CURRENTLY BURNING IN OUR PROGRAM AREA, AS WELL AS THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAVE COMBINED TO CREATE A TRAUMA EXHAUSTED COMMUNITY STRETCHED TO ITS LIMITS AND STARVING FOR HELP. CONSORTIUM PARTNERS INCLUDE BUTTE-GLENN MEDICAL SOCIETY AND NEIGHBORING MEDICAL SOCIETIES, SHASTA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, UC DAVIS MEDICAL SCHOOL. CLINICAL SITES INCLUDE GLENN MEDICAL CENTER AND NORTHERN VALLEY INDIAN HEALTH. OBJECTIVES OF THIS GRANT INCLUDE: 1. IMPLEMENT GOVERNANCE, ORGANIZATIONAL, AND PROGRAM STRUCTURE NEEDED TO MEET AND MAINTAIN ACGME ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS. 2. DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A STRATEGIC RECRUITMENT PLAN TO RECRUIT A DIVERSE COHORT OF HIGH QUALITY RESIDENTS WITH INTEREST IN SERVING RURAL COMMUNITIES. 3. DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT AN EFFECTIVE SYSTEM FOR RESIDENT MENTORING, RETENTION, AND CAREER TRACKING POST COMPLETION. EXPECTED OUTCOMES INCLUDE 1. RESIDENCY PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT -ENSURE DEVELOP A HIGH QUALITY, ACCREDITED FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM; 2. ENSURE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE SPONSORING INSTITUTION AND PROGRAM; 3. ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A GRADUATE TRACKING AND REPORTING PLAN.