Primary care training and enhancement -- residency training in street medicine - founded in 1969, altamed is a non-profit 501(c)(3) federally qualified health center (fqhc)

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals awarded Altamed Health Services Corporation $999,924 on July 1, 2026, under the Primary Care Training and Enhancement program (CFDA 93.884) to develop and enhance residency training in street medicine for family medicine physicians serving people experiencing homelessness.

Altamed will develop and enhance clinical rotations, didactic and clinical curricula content to train residents in street medicine, enabling delivery of sensitive and quality care for people experiencing homelessness while integrating mental health and substance use disorder treatment. The program will increase residents' knowledge and skills to meet the unique needs of people experiencing homelessness, assist patients with navigation of medical, behavioral, legal, and social support systems, and equip residents to work in interprofessional teams addressing social determinants of health impacting patient care.

The award funds a five-year project period running through June 30, 2031. Primary training will occur at Altamed Health Services–South Gate in Los Angeles, California, a designated health professions shortage area and medically underserved area. Key training locations also include Altamed's community health centers in Los Angeles (including at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles) and Orange County. Place of performance is listed as Commerce, California.

Altamed's Family Medicine Residency, accredited by the ACGME, launched in July 2020 with six residents and graduated its first cohort in academic year 2022–2023. The program serves the organization's patient base of over 295,000 predominantly Latino children, youths, adults, and seniors across Los Angeles and Orange counties, 83.6 percent covered by Medicaid and 7 percent uninsured.

Now the largest fqhc in california, altamed offers a patient centered medical home with comprehensive primary care, enabling and social service programs to low-income communities for over 295,000 predominantly latino children, youths, adults and seniors, 83.6% of which are covered by medicaid or medicaid, with 7% uninsured. Altamed's family medicine residency is a new program that launched with six (6) new residents in july 2020 and graduated its first cohort in the academic year 2022-2023. Altamed's program is accredited by the acgme, and the main primary care training site will be the altamed health services - south gate location in LOS angeles, california, a designated health professions shortage area and medically underserved area/population. Key training locations will be altamed's community health centers in LOS angeles (including at the children's hospital LOS angeles) and orange county. Altamed's program will increase the number of family medicine physicians who are prepared to provide care for people experiencing homelessness by brining care to people outside of traditional clinical settings. To accomplish this, altamed will: 1) develop and enhance its existing trainings, clinical rotations, and didactic and clinical curricula content to better train residents in street medicine, allowing them to provide sensitive and quality care for people experiencing homeless and integrate mental health and care for substance use disorders. 2) increase residents' knowledge and skills to meet the unique needs of people experiencing homelessness and assist patients with navigation of the medical, behavioral, legal, and social support systems related to clinical care 3) increase residents' knowledge and skills to work in inter-professional teams to address the sdoh that impact patient care. Altamed will complete this enhanced training for 18 family medicine residents each year. Altamed is requesting funding preference as a new program, meeting 7/7 stated requirements for qualification 3: new training programs.