Federal Project Grant Award Summary

The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education (TWCGME) received a $214,232 Project Grant award dated March 1, 2026, under the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Payment Program (CFDA 93.530), administered by the Bureau of Health Professionals. This award supports the establishment of a new Family Medicine residency program through a consortium arrangement between TWCGME and HealthSource of Ohio, an Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) grantee. The primary care training will be delivered at HealthSource Hillsboro in rural Highland County, Ohio, commencing July 2025, with funding extending through June 30, 2029. The program will train family medicine residents in an underserved rural setting with a critical physician shortage (1 primary care physician per 3,610 residents compared to the national ratio of 1:1,330) and significant socioeconomic challenges, including 17.6% poverty rates and limited educational attainment among the local population.

The THCGME program funds support graduate medical education in community-based ambulatory care settings to expand the primary care physician workforce serving medically underserved populations. As a new eligible entity consortium application, TWCGME's award directly aligns with the federal objective of establishing sustainable residency training in rural and underserved communities, leveraging the clinical infrastructure of an established FQHC to deliver comprehensive family medicine training that addresses regional healthcare access disparities.