Project Grant T9155531

El RIO Santa Cruz Neighborhood Health Center Inc. (El RIO Health) received a $586,203 Project Grant award effective April 1, 2026, through June 30, 2028, from the Bureau of Health Professionals under the Teaching Health Center (THC) Graduate Medical Education (GME) Payment Program (CFDA 93.530). The award supports El RIO Health's community-based primary care residency training program located in Tucson, Arizona, enabling the organization to expand graduate medical education in primary care disciplines including Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry. Funding covers both direct expenses associated with approved residency training and indirect costs related to resident instruction, with payment allocation based on resident full-time equivalent (FTE) positions.

As a Federally Qualified Health Center operating in a medically underserved area, El RIO Health utilizes these funds to train primary care residents in an ambulatory care setting that serves vulnerable and low-income populations across Pima County. The award directly supports the organization's mission of developing physicians equipped to provide healthcare services to underserved communities, consistent with the THCGME program's objective of expanding the supply of primary care physicians trained to serve medically underserved populations in community-based settings.