Federal Grant Award Summary

Community Health Centers Inc. received a $214,232 Project Grant award dated March 1, 2026, from the Bureau of Health Professionals through the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Payment Program (CFDA 93.530). The award supports the establishment of a new three-year Family Medicine residency program sponsored by Community Health Centers Inc., the largest Federally Qualified Health Center in Utah. The program will train a total of 12 resident Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs) across three years, with the inaugural cohort of 4 residents beginning July 1, 2025. Residents will receive training through rotations at Community Health Centers Inc., LDS Hospital, and Primary Children's Hospital, with a primary focus on developing physicians prepared to deliver comprehensive care to vulnerable and medically underserved populations.

The residency program addresses Utah's critical shortage of primary care physicians in rural and urban underserved areas by training family medicine physicians specifically equipped to serve diverse patient populations. Community Health Centers Inc. serves over 35,000 patients annually, with 91% identifying as racial or ethnic minorities, 73% primarily speaking a language other than English, and 82% living at or below 200% of the federal poverty guideline. Through this grant, the THCGME program fulfills its objective of expanding primary care medical residency training in community-based ambulatory care settings, ultimately strengthening the healthcare workforce capacity to address health disparities and improve access to care in medically underserved communities through June 30, 2029.