The Health Resources and Services Administration has awarded nearly $23 million to 46 grantees to plan and develop Teaching Health Center residency programs in community-based settings.
While most residency programs are based in hospitals, Teaching Health Center programs prioritize training residents in community-based outpatient settings such as federally qualified health centers or community mental health centers, which primarily serve people in rural and high-need areas.
The Teaching Health Center Planning and Development Program supports the planning and establishment of residency training programs in family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine-pediatrics, psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology, general dentistry, pediatric dentistry, and geriatrics.
California recipients of the federal fiscal year 2023 Teaching Health Center Planning and Development Program award are QueensCare Health Centers, Chinatown Service Center, Asian Health Services, Inland Behavioral & Health Services, Inc., and Southern California Medical Center, Inc.