Teaching health center (THC) graduate medical education (GME) payment program - name of the graduate medical training program: twcgme-scranton family medicine program; discipline of the residency…

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals awarded The Wright Center For Graduate Medical Education $2,562,696 on March 1, 2026, under the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (CFDA 93.530) to establish and operate a family medicine residency program.

The TWCGME-Scranton Family Medicine Program is a new, consortium-based residency training program sponsored by The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education with primary care training conducted at The Wright Center for Community Health (TWCCH), an FQHC, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The program began training residents in July 2025 and will serve the seven-county northeast Pennsylvania region, including urban and HRSA-designated rural settings. The service area experiences higher-than-state and national averages for chronic diseases including heart disease and cancer, opioid misuse and overdose, and concentrated poverty. According to the most recent Health Center Program Uniform Data System report, TWCCH served 28,187 patients through 113,648 clinic visits and 11,660 virtual/telehealth visits. Infrastructure for culturally sensitive care is underdeveloped; more than 35 languages are spoken within the Scranton School District's service area.

The period of performance runs from March 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029. Performance occurs in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The assistance type is Project Grant. THCGME awards are based on annual assessment of residency FTE slots and subject to reconciliation at the end of each budget period, with final amounts payable determined by resident FTE reporting.

Teaching health center (THC) graduate medical education (GME) payment program - name of the graduate medical training program: twcgme-scranton family medicine program; discipline of the residency program: family medicine type of application: new eligible entity type: consortium year program first began training residents: july 2025 organization website address: thewrightcenter.ORG a brief overview of the residency program that includes the name of the accredited sponsoring institution (as designated by acgme or coda) and description of the main primary care training location including populations served; the applicant program is sponsored by the wright center for GME. The main primary care training location is within the fqhc-LAL the wright center for community health (twcch). Twcch scranton clinical will be the family medicine practice, or FMP, which is the primary care training location for family medicine programs. The wright center enterprise serves northeast pennsylvania in both urban and hrsa-designated rural settings. According to the most recent health center program uniform data system (UDS) report, twcch served 28,187 patients through 113,648 clinic visits and 11,6600 virtual/telehealth visits. The seven-county FM program service area has higher than state and national averages for many chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer, opiate misuse and overdose, and concentrated poverty. Infrastructure for culturally sensitive care is underdeveloped and glaringly inadequate, given the changing demographics related to increasing immigration within twcch's service area. Over 35 languages are spoken within the scranton school district. The service area has higher than state and national averages for many chronic diseases, opiate misuse and overdose, and concentrated poverty. Total resident FTE positions requested to be funded under this program for all post- graduate years of training, e.g., 12 (4-4-4) resident FTE above the baseline resident ftes trained by the program in the prior AY; use AY 2024-2025. 18 (6-6-6) resident FTE positions requested to be funded under this program for the first AY of funding 6 (6-0-0) use AY 2025-2026. 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. None