Teaching Health Center Planning and Development -Technical Assistance

For programmatic or technical questions:
LCDR Tonya Twyman
301.443.6535
ttwyman@hrsa.gov

For grants management or budget questions:
Kim Ross, CPA
301.443.2353
kross@hrsa.gov

Through this program (THCPD-TA), HRSA will enter into a cooperative agreement with a single entity to provide technical assistance (TA) for HRSA's Teaching Health Center Planning and Development Program (THCPD) award recipients to support the creation of new accredited community-based primary care residency programs in rural and underserved communities.

Program objectives include:

• Promote the process of the community-based residencies-to-community-based workforce pipeline by supporting the development of new community-based residency programs in family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine-pediatrics, psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology, general dentistry, pediatric dentistry, and geriatrics. (TA provided may include assistance in curriculum development, faculty recruitment and development, clinical and community partnerships, and program administration)
• Support THCPD Program award recipients' efforts to establish and maintain new community-based residency programs to achieve program accreditation and assist with identifying, qualifying for, and securing sustainable pathways of funding for community-based residencies
• Identify, track, analyze, and translate key policy, regulatory, and programmatic issues to inform THCPD Program award recipients and other community-based stakeholders about changes, knowledge gaps, or other challenges impacting community-based residency programs and graduate medical education (GME) funding
• Analyze overall impact of the THCPD-TA and THCPD Program activities and funding on rural and underserved communities
• Promote community-based residency training to medical and dental students
• Develop a community of practice for award recipients to connect with and learn from existing Teaching Health Centers
• Provide limited TA resources to other entities interested in developing new community-based residency programs

Eligible applicants are domestic public or private nonprofit organizations that are capable of providing technical assistance, including:

• Tribes and tribal organizations
• Faith-based and community-based organizations
• Institutions of higher education
• State and local governments
• Hospitals
• Area health education programs

Estimated award amount:

• FY 2022: $3,000,000
• FY 2023: $1,000,000
• FY 2024: $1,000,000

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.