Teaching health center (THC) graduate medical education (GME) payment program - jordan valley community health center teaching health center graduation medical education program hrsa-25-077 abstract…

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals awarded Advocates For A Healthy Community, Inc., doing business as Jordan Valley Health, $1,014,232 on March 1, 2026, under the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (CFDA 93.530) to establish an ACGME-accredited Family Medicine Residency Program through the Southwest Missouri Consortium for Graduate Medical Education in partnership with CoxHealth.

Jordan Valley, a federally qualified health center operating five clinic locations across Springfield, Hollister, Republic, Lebanon, and Marshfield, Missouri, will conduct the residency program with its primary education site at 440 East Tampa Street, Springfield. The organization serves over 67,000 patients annually within a federally designated Health Professional Shortage Area. The award supports resident education and integrated primary care delivery at the health center, targeting inaugural resident recruitment for the 2025-2026 academic year. The period of performance runs through June 30, 2029.

The Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Payment Program expands primary care medical and dental residency training in community-based ambulatory care settings. Program awards are based on annual assessment of residency full-time equivalent slots. Recipients must maintain grant accounting records for three years after program end, and the program provides for reconciliation at the end of each budget period to recoup or adjust payments based on resident FTE numbers reported by the teaching health center for the academic year.

Teaching health center (THC) graduate medical education (GME) payment program - jordan valley community health center teaching health center graduation medical education program hrsa-25-077 abstract advocates for a healthy community, INC. DBA jordan valley community health center (hereafter, "jordan valley") is a federally qualified health center (hereafter, "fqhc") in springfield, missouri. The health center's central focus is to provide accessible and comprehensive healthcare services to those in the community. The health center employs multidisciplinary clinical and support teams and provides high-quality, integrated medical, behavioral, and dental care to over 67,000 patients annually at springfield, hollister, republic, lebanon, and marshfield, missouri clinics. Jordan valley is located within a healthcare provider shortage area (HPSA) with a well-documented need for providers of all specialties to meet the service area's needs. Data shows that physicians who train in a rural or underserved area (safety net) are more likely to stay and practice in a similar area. To this end, jordan valley has partnered with coxhealth to expand graduate medical education in springfield, missouri. By creating the southwest missouri consortium for graduate medical education (hereafter, "SMC GME"), jordan valley and coxhealth will establish an ACGME-accredited family medicine residency program (hereafter FMR at jvchc). The primary education site will be at jordan valley's primary administrative location, 440 E. Tampa street, springfield, MO. Jordan valley is awaiting programmatic accreditation through the accreditation council for graduate medical education (ACGME); the organization plans to recruit the first class for the 2025-2026 academic year. All information on the residency program can be found at https://WWW.jordanvalley.ORG/careerseducation/residencies. As an fqhc, the FMR at jvchc will focus on resident education and providing integrated care to those within the service area. The FMR at jvchc will have two residents (2X0X0) for the academic year 2025-2026. The remaining years of funding will allow the program to mature into a 4X4X4 model. Based on this model, the FMR at the jvchc program will provide 27 resident FTE during the thcgme funding cycle. Residents of the SMC GME program will focus their education and practice management on providing care within an fqhc setting and serving a diverse patient population. The jordan valley tampa location will be the primary education site, but residents will also rotate to coxhealth and the ARC of the ozarks for additional learning experiences. Jordan valley requests $4.32 million from hrsa through the thcgme funding opportunity hrsa-25-077 to expand access to healthcare and graduate medical education. The funding will allow jordan valley and the SMC GME to grow the healthcare workforce and education in an area with unmet healthcare needs.