Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Payment

The objective of the THCGME program is to expand primary care medical and dental residency training programs in community-based ambulatory care settings. The objective of the THCPD program is to establish or expand sustainable primary care residency training programs in community-based residency settings. The objective of the THCPD-TA cooperative agreement is to provide technical assistance to THCPD Program award recipients to support the expansion and establishment of accredited and sustainable community-based residency programs.

Eligible entities include community-based ambulatory patient care centers that operate a primary care residency program. Specific examples of eligible entities include, but are not limited to: � Federally qualified health centers, as defined in section 1905(l)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act � Community mental health centers, as defined in section 1861(ff)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act � Rural health clinics, as defined in section 1861(aa) of the Social Security Act � Health centers operated by the Indian Health service, an Indian tribe, or tribal organization, or an urban Indian organization, as defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act � An entity receiving funds under Title X of the Public Health Service Act. In addition, the eligible entity must be listed as the institutional sponsor by the relevant accrediting body, including the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or the Council on Dental Accreditation (CODA). Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Government and Native American Organizations may apply if they are otherwise eligible.

Applicable to new (competing) programs only: Procedures for assessing the technical merit of grant applications have been instituted to provide an objective review of applications and to assist the applicant in understanding the standards against which each application will be judged. Critical indicators have been developed for each review criterion to assist the applicant in presenting pertinent information related to that criterion and to provide the reviewer with a standard for evaluation. Competing applications are reviewed by non-Federal expert consultant(s) for technical merit recommendations. Applications will be reviewed and evaluated against the following criteria: (1) Purpose and Need; (2) Response to Program Purpose; (3) Impact; (4) Organizational Information, Resources and Capabilities; and (5) Support Requested. See the most recent Notice of Funding Opportunity for detailed selection criteria.