Teaching health center (THC) graduate medical education (GME) payment program - 1. Name of the training program - EL RIO health psychiatry residency program 2. Discipline of the residency program -…

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals awarded El Rio Santa Cruz Neighborhood Health Center Inc., doing business as El Rio Health, $1,708,464 on March 1, 2026, under the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (CFDA 93.530) to support its psychiatry residency program.

El Rio Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center operating 14 locations in Pima County, Arizona, established the El Rio Health Psychiatry Residency Program as a new residency training initiative. The program received initial ACGME accreditation on February 9, 2024, with El Rio Health obtaining Sponsoring Institution accreditation on July 1, 2022. Training commenced in July 2025 at El Rio Clinics as the primary training location, with additional clinical rotation sites confirmed through signed program letters of agreement. The program aims to produce psychiatrists committed to clinical excellence, research, scholarly activity, and mental health equity while serving underserved communities in the Tucson region.

Work is performed in Tucson, Arizona. The period of performance runs from March 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029. The THCGME program objectives include expanding primary care medical and dental residency training programs in community-based ambulatory care settings. Funding is based on an annual assessment of residency FTE slots and remains subject to reconciliation at the end of each budget period based on resident FTEs reported.

Teaching health center (THC) graduate medical education (GME) payment program - 1. Name of the training program - EL RIO health psychiatry residency program 2. Discipline of the residency program - psychiatry 3. Type of application - new or continuation - new 4. Eligible entity type - federally qualified health center. EL RIO health obtained sponsoring institution (SI) accreditation from acgme on july 1, 2022, and will serve as both the SI and the health center (HC) where the residency continuity practice will be located. 5. Year program first began training residents - estimated july 2025 6. Organization website address: https://elrio.ORG/careers/teaching-health-center/psychiatry-residency-program/ psychiatry residency program - EL RIO health 7. A brief overview of the residency program that includes the name of the accredited sponsoring institution and description of the main primary care training location including populations served. The EL RIO health psychiatry residency program received initial acgme accreditation february 9, 2024. EL RIO health obtained sponsoring institution (SI) accreditation from acgme on july 1, 2022. EL RIO clinics will be the primary training location; program letters of agreement (PLAS) have been signed for other clinical rotation sites. The psychiatry residency program at EL RIO health strives to provide a comprehensive educational experience that integrates clinical excellence, research, advocacy, and community engagement to address the mental health needs of underserved communities. Our program aims to produce psychiatrists who are committed to providing high-quality patient care, advancing the field through research and scholarly activity, and promoting mental health equity. As an fqhc, we are committed to providing high-quality, culturally competent care to all our patients, regardless of their ability to pay. Our program's mission aligns with the larger mission of EL RIO health, which is to improve the health and well-being of our community through access to affordable, comprehensive, and quality healthcare. The psychiatry residency program hopes to train physicians who will promote the advancement of high-value care through scholarly work and lifelong learning and serve as future leaders in the field of psychiatric medicine. During their 4 years of training, residents will train in inpatient psychiatry, CL psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, interventional psychiatry, outpatient psychiatry, primary care, neurology, emergency medicine, and internal medicine. 8. Total FTE positions requested to be funded under this program for all post-graduate years of training. 40 FTE (4-4-4-4) - 4 residents per class across 4 years of training. 9. FTE positions requested to be funded under this program for the first AY of funding (AY 2025-2026). 4-0-0-0 10. Rotation sites: state if residents within the applicant residency program will perform rotations at a hospital rotation site(S) that has not provided resident training in any prior AY. The residents will perform rotations at tucson medical center and EL dorado springs hospitals. TMC has provided residency rotations to other learners, but not for this residency program.