Grant Award Summary The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Health Professionals awarded $1.5 million to the University of South Alabama on August 1, 2025, under the Rural Health Research Centers program (CFDA 93.155) to establish a Rural Residency Planning and Development Program. Through a consortium including the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, USA Health, the USA Health Family Medicine Residency Program, Jackson Medical Center, and Physicians Care...
Grant Award Summary The University of Montana's Center for Children, Families and Workforce Development received a $1.2 million project grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Healthcare Services Programs (CFDA 93.912) to establish and operate the Montana Rural Youth Behavioral Health Pathways (MT-RYBHP) program from September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. The program will deliver youth-focused community health worker (CHW) training and work-based...
Federal Project Grant Award Summary Mark Twain Medical Center received a $2.25 million Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Health Professionals under the Rural Health Research Centers program (CFDA 93.155), effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028. This award supports the establishment of a new Family Medicine Rural Residency Track Program (RTP) designed to address the critical shortage of primary care physicians in Calaveras County,...
Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Health Professionals awarded $750,000 to The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education (TWCGME) on August 1, 2025, under the Rural Health Research Centers program (CFDA 93.155), specifically through the Rural Residency Planning and Development initiative. The award funds the establishment of a new rural family medicine residency program in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, with an expected program...
Federal Project Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Health Professionals awarded $1.5M to the Regents of the University of Minnesota under the Rural Health Research Centers program (CFDA 93.155) on August 1, 2025, for a three-year performance period extending through July 31, 2028. This Rural Residency Planning and Development Program project grant funds the planning and development of a psychiatry...
Federal Grant Award Summary Award Details: Montana State University's Mark and Robyn Jones College of Nursing received a $750,000 Rural Healthcare Services Outreach Grant Program award (CFDA 93.912) from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2029. The "One Community in Health" program addresses healthcare access and health disparities in rural, tribal communities in Montana through the HRSA 25-038 Regular Track solicitation. Products and...
Federal Grant Award Summary The Health Resources and Services Administration's Federal Office of Rural Health Policy awarded $200,000 under the Rural Healthcare Services Programs (CFDA 93.912) to Butte Spirit Center, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. Through this Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant, Butte Spirit Center, in partnership with Recovery Access Montana (RAM), will develop a comprehensive statewide rural health network focused on expanding recovery support...
Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The State of Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services received a $700.5 million Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Rural Health Transformation Program (CFDA 93.798) effective December 29, 2025, through October 30, 2030. This award funds a comprehensive five-year statewide initiative to transform Montana's rural healthcare delivery systems and improve health outcomes across rural...
Federal Grant Award Summary Phelps County Regional Medical Center (doing business as Phelps Health) received a $749,992 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Health Professionals under the Rural Health Research Centers program (CFDA 93.155) on August 1, 2025. The award supports the planning and development of a new Family Medicine with Enhanced Obstetrics (FM/OB) rural residency program designed to address critical physician and maternal...
Federal Grant Award Summary Mount Desert Island Hospital received a $1.498 million Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Health Professionals under the Rural Health Research Centers program (CFDA 93.155), awarded on August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2028. This funding supports the establishment of Mount Desert Island Hospital's Rural Family Medicine Residency (MDIFM), a new rural track program (RTP) sponsored by MaineHealth that...
RURAL RESIDENCY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - ELIGIBLE ENTITY/FACILITY TYPE: INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION / GME CONSORTIUM PROJECT DIRECTOR NAME & CONTACT: DR. ROBERT STENGER, MD; ROBERT.STENGER@MSO.UMT.EDU; (406) 258-4424 - VOICE; (406) 258-3924 - FAX RESIDENCY PROGRAM DIRECTOR NAME AND CONTACT: DR. ROBERT STENGER (CONTACT INFORMATION SAME AS ABOVE. PROGRAM PATHWAY: MATERNAL HEALTH AND OBSTETRICS PATHWAY RESIDENCY RESIDENCY SPECIALTY: FAMILY MEDICINE WITH ENHANCED OBSTETRICAL TRAINING RESIDENCY FORMAT: NEW RTP WITHIN AN EXISTING PROGRAM (ADDING NEW RURAL TRAINING SITES TO AN EXISTING PROGRAM) SPONSORING INSTITUTION NAME, LOCATION, AND ACGME SPONSOR PROGRAM CODE: ACGME SPONSORING INTUITION CODE (UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA): 8002900778 ACGME PROGRAM CODE (FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY OF WESTERN MONTANA): 1202900720 UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA (SPONSORING INSTITUTION FOR FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY OF WESTERN MONTANA (FMRWM), 32 CAMPUS DRIVE, 4104; MISSOULA, MT 59814-4104 RURAL TARGET AREA(S): BUTTE, MONTANA AND HELENA, MONTANA FUNDING AMOUNT REQUESTED: $750,000 PROJECTED TOTAL NUMBER OF RESIDENTS: COMPLEMENT INCREASE OF AT LEAST 3 PER YEAR, 9 ADDITIONAL RESIDENTS TOTAL. EXPECTED ACGME ACCREDITATION AND RESIDENCY MATRICULATION DATES: ACGME ACCREDITATION - 7/1/2026 2026 (HELENA), 7/1/2027 (BUTTE). RTP MATRICULATION - 7/1/2027 (HELENA), 7/1/2028 (BUTTE). FUNDING PRIORITY POINTS REQUESTED: PRIORITY 2 - MATERNAL HEALTH LIST OF RECENT HRSA AWARDS RECEIVED WITHIN THE LAST 5 YEARS, BY PROGRAM NAME AND GRANT NUMBER: PRIMARY CARE TRAINING AND ENHANCEMENT: RESIDENCY TRAINING IN PRIMARY CARE (PCTE-RTPC) PROGRAM, GRANT # D58HP37583; PRIMARY CARE TRAINING AND ENHANCEMENT (HRSA FUNDING OPPORTUNITY 15-054): TEAM TRAINING FOR TRANSFORMATION. GRANT #T0BHP28582 ABSTRACT BODY CONTENT: OVERVIEW/HOW THE PROJECT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED: FMRWM WILL PLAN AND DEVELOP RURAL TRACK PROGRAMS (RTPS) IN RURAL BUTTE AND HELENA, MONTANA. THE BUTTE AND HELENA RTPS WILL AUGMENT THE PRIMARY CARE WORKFORCE SERVIN G RURAL AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN THE STATE OF MONTANA BY: 1) ESTABLISHING NEW ACGME ACCREDITED RTPS AT THE TWO NEW SITES; 2) DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN WHICH INCLUDES ONGOING FUNDING STREAMS TO SUSTAIN LONG-TERM RESIDENT TRAINING; AND 3) IMPLEMENTING A GRADUATE TRACKING PLAN FOR RESIDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE NEW RTPS. CLINICAL COLLABORATORS/CONSORTIUM MEMBERS FOR THE PROJECT INCLUDE PROVIDENCE ST. PATRICK HOSPITAL, COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER, PARTNERSHIP HEALTH CENTER, ST. PETERS HEALTH, PUREVIEW HEALTH CENTER, ST. JAMES HOSPITAL, AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER. MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES: OBJECTIVE 1: ESTABLISH TWO (2) NEW ACGME ACCREDITED RURAL TRACK PROGRAMS IN FAMILY MEDICINE WITH ENHANCED OBSTETRICAL TRAINING. OBJECTIVE 2: CREATE RTP PROGRAMS THAT QUALIFY FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID GME PAYMENTS. A LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY PLAN WILL FUND RESIDENT TRAINING THROUGH: 1) MEDICARE GME PAYMENTS (IME AND DGME), AND 2) MEDICAID GME PAYMENTS. OBJECTIVE 3: DEVELOP ONE (1) STRUCTURED GRADUATE TRACKING PLAN TO TRACK AND PUBLICLY REPORT RESIDENT CAREER OUTCOMES POST-GRADUATION FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST FIVE YEARS AFTER THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING RETENTION IN RURAL COMMUNITIES. EXPECTED OUTCOMES: 2 NEW RTPS IN FAMILY MEDICINE WITH ENHANCED OBSTETRICAL TRAINING ESTABLISHED; ACGME APPLICATION SUBMITTED FOR EACH NEW RTP; ACHIEVE ACGME ACCREDITATION FOR EACH NEW RTP; 1 FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY PLAN DEVELOPED; 2 NEW RTPS QUALIFYING FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID GME PAYMENTS; 1 GRADUATE TRACKING PLAN IMPLEMENTED FOR THE NEW RTPS; INITIAL RESIDENTS MATRICULATED BY JULY 2027 (HELENA) AND JULY 2028 (BUTTE); ULTIMATE RESIDENT COMPLIMENT INCREASE OF AT LEAST 3 RESIDENTS PER CLASS OR 9 TOTAL.