Teaching Health Center Planning and Development Program - Project Abstract for Advocates for a Healthy Community, Inc. dba Jordan Valley Community Health Center Project Title: Teaching Health Center Planning and Development Program for Family Medicine Residency Project Director: K. Brooks Miller Jr., CEO Phone: 417-851-1551 Email: BMiller@JordanValley.org Residency Type: Pediatric Dental Residency Funding Preference Statement: Jordan Valley has a MOA (Attachment 5) with the Southwest Missouri Area Health Education Center (AHEC). Population Target Areas: Springfield, Missouri, and Surrounding Area Funding Amount Requested: $500,000 Projected Number of Residents: Expected CODA Matriculation Date: July 1, 2025 Jordan Valley Community Health Center (JVCHC) seeks to improve community health by providing high-quality and accessible medical, dental, and behavioral health services to Springfield, Missouri, and the surrounding areas. Jordan Valley, a federally qualified health center (FQHC) formed in 2002, serves primarily low-income and medically under-served populations. In 2022, Jordan Valley saw 66,914 unique Southwest Missouri patients from 184 zip codes, including patients from Barry, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Hickory, Howell, Jasper, Laclede, Lawrence, Newton, Ozark, Polk, Pulaski, Stone, Taney, Texas, Vernon, and Wright counties. According to the Census, 1 in 10 people in the United States do not have health insurance coverage. Jordan Valley strives to remove barriers to accessing quality care for all community members. More providers are needed to treat, educate, and guide patients through chronic disease management, infection treatment, and prevention and further coordinate care across the integrated care model. The need for integrated care is experienced most profoundly by patients living in poverty, experiencing barriers to care, or struggling with community red flag issues such as substance use disorder. Jordan Valley has a growing need for additional medical providers, specifically those whose focus is family medicine. The Jordan Valley service area and patient population have grown; there were 27,293 family care visits for 2021, with only 10.92 FTE providers. The lack of family medicine providers limits accesses to care for those who need medical services and overburdens current providers, potentially leading to burnout. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, Missouri is classified as a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA), needing an additional 599 family medicine practitioners to remove that designation. To establish a family medicine residency program, Jordan Valley has a letter of support from CoxHealth, to assist in the hospitalist and inpatient requirements for ACGME.
