Primary Care Training and Enhancement Program

This announcement solicits applications for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Primary Care Training and Enhancement (PCTE) program.  Program Purpose The overarching purpose of the PCTE program is to strengthen the primary care workforce by supporting enhanced training for future primary care clinicians, teachers, and researchers.  Program Requirements In FY 2016, applicants for the PCTE program must focus on training for transforming healthcare systems, particularly enhancing the clinical training experience of trainees.  Some of the characteristics identified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...

Lead applicant eligible entities include accredited public or nonprofit private hospitals, schools of allopathic or osteopathic medicine, academically affiliated PA training programs, or a public or nonprofit private entity that the Secretary has determined is capable of carrying out such grants.  Faith-based and community-based organizations, Tribes and tribal organizations may apply for these funds, if otherwise eligible. Organizations that competed for the FY 2015 Primary Care Training and Enhancement program funding opportunity and successfully received an award are not eligible for this competition because of concerns around duplication of programs and organizational capacity, as well as the Department’s commitment to ensuring a broad geographical distribution of PCTE award recipients.  However, organizations that received a new PCTE award in FY 2015 can come in as a collaborator with another organization. All training activities must be conducted by an accredited entity.  Provisional accreditation is acceptable for new programs. The applicant must submit accreditation documentation for the lead applicant training program in Attachment 7.

Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration aanyanwu@hrsa.gov