Federal Grant Award Summary

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Health Professionals awarded Ukiah Adventist Hospital $500,000 under the Primary Care Training and Enhancement (PCTE) program (CFDA 93.884) for a five-year project period running from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031. The award supports residency training enhancement focused on street medicine and care for individuals experiencing homelessness in Mendocino County, California, where the homeless population has risen 24 percent since 2023. The Adventist Health Ukiah Valley Residency Program will develop and deliver comprehensive curriculum and hands-on training experiences in street medicine, community medicine, addiction medicine, and infectious disease to prepare resident physicians to serve this vulnerable population.

Over the grant period, the program will train 42 resident physicians and provide direct care to over 1,900 patients experiencing homelessness. Key deliverables include expanding street medicine participation from 12 days annually to 260 days per resident, leveraging community partnerships and resources to enhance training experiences, and establishing a sustainability plan by year four to ensure long-term program viability. The initiative will implement curriculum development in year one, followed by full implementation and evaluation in years two through three, with the expectation that the training model will be shared across the broader Adventist Health System and other organizations for potential replication.