Family Health Centers of San Diego Awarded $900K Grant

Family Health Centers of San Diego was awarded a $900,000 federal grant today, part of $83.4 million handed out by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help train resident physicians.

The grants, funded by the Affordable Care Act, were provided to 60 health centers that will provide training for resident physicians during the 2014-15 academic year.

Residents will be trained in family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, geriatrics, and general dentistry, according to HHS.

"This program not only provides training to primary care medical and dental residents, but also galvanizes communities," said Mary K. Wakefield of the federal Health Resources and Services Administration. "It brings hospitals, academic centers, health centers, and community organizations together to provide top-notch medical education and services in areas of the country that need them most."

The nonprofit Family Health Centers of San Diego operations 18 primary care clinics, six dental clinics and four behavioral health clinics in central and southern San Diego County, serving uninsured and low-income patients.

—City News Service