Federal Project Grant Award Summary

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Health Professionals awarded $500,000 to Sunset Park Health Council, Inc. (doing business as Family Health Centers At NYU Langone) under the Primary Care Training and Enhancement (PCTE) program (CFDA 93.884) for the Residency Training in Street Medicine initiative. The award, effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031, supports the development and enhancement of specialized training curricula and clinical rotations in street medicine within the organization's Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited internal medicine residency program. This five-year project focuses on preparing internal medicine residents to deliver high-quality, culturally sensitive care to people experiencing homelessness in non-traditional clinical settings throughout Brooklyn, New York.

The program delivers three primary products and services: (1) development of enhanced didactic and clinical curricula in street medicine with explicit attention to mental health and substance use disorders; (2) training that increases residents' competencies in addressing the unique medical, behavioral, legal, and social support needs of homeless populations; and (3) interprofessional team-based learning opportunities that integrate chronic disease management, mental health, substance use treatment, and medical-legal partnerships to address social determinants of health. As an institutional sponsor of Health Workforce Development Programs since 2014, Family Health Centers At NYU Langone leverages existing infrastructure and capacity to deliver these innovative, contextually relevant training enhancements to residency graduates who will provide care in medically underserved communities.