Federal Grant Award Summary

Regional Center for Border Health, Inc. received a $107,116 Project Grant award effective March 1, 2026, through the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Payment Program (CFDA 93.530), administered by the Bureau of Health Professionals. The award supports the establishment of a new Family Medicine Residency (FMR) program at Regional Center for Border Health's Teaching Health Center in San Luis, Arizona, operating through June 30, 2029. The residency program will train primary care physicians in a community-based ambulatory care setting, with initial recruitment of two residents beginning in November 2024 and subsequent expansion to six residents across three cohorts over the performance period.

The FMR program delivers graduate medical education through a three-year curriculum combining primary care training at two rural health clinic locations in San Luis and Somerton, Arizona, with core inpatient rotations in the Phoenix area at Banner Children's at Desert and Carl T Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center, plus rotations at Yuma Regional Medical Center. The program aims to develop physicians trained to serve medically underserved border communities, with nine clinical training partnerships formalized through Program Letters of Agreement specifying learning objectives and supervision responsibilities. The residency operates under Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accreditation standards, with the Spokane Teaching Health Center serving as the institutional sponsor.