April 11, 2023
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced that nearly $23 million in grant funds was awarded to 46 grantees to plan and develop Teaching Health Center residency programs in community-based settings.
Teaching Health Center programs prioritize training residents in community-based outpatient settings, such as?Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and community mental health centers, which primarily serve people in rural and high-need areas. These programs are designed to focus training in the settings and among patients where primary care clinicians practice.
As stated in an HHS press release, the funding will support "community-based care providers who want to build primary care residency training programs but haven't had the resources to develop and start a program that will effectively train physicians and dentists to practice in community settings."
HRSA Administrator Carole Johnson was quoted in the press release saying, "At the Health Resources and Services Administration, growing the health care workforce is a top priority." She added that the funding "will allow community-based providers to build a physician workforce that better reflects the community and is best trained to meet the community's needs."
Click here to access a full list of award recipients, and click here to access the relevant press release from HHS for more information.
