Teaching Health Center Planning and Development Program - Project Abstract • Applicant Organization Name and Type: Mountain Comprehensive Care Center, FQHC • Project Director Name: Meredith Pruitt • Contact Phone Numbers: 606-872-1663 • Email Address: Meredith.pruitt@mtcomp.org • Residency Type: Family Medicine • Population Target Area(s): Floyd, Pike, Johnson and Martin Counties in Kentucky • Projected Number of Resident Positions: 3 • Expected ACGME Residency Matriculation Dates: No later than March 31, 2025 for ACGME and no later than July 1, 2026 for Residency Matriculation • Funding Amount Requested: $500,000 • Funding Preference Requested: Project benefits rural and underserved populations MCCC is a CARF accredited, 501c3 non-profit organization established in 1963 and the region's only Healthcare for the Homeless Program (HCH), community mental health center, Rape Crisis Center, and Sexual Assault Crisis Center for victims of rape, sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse. Through nearly 1,394 staff and a budget of $68.2 million, MCCC provides a continuum of health and behavioral health services to over 25,000 children, adults, and families annually - many of whom are underserved populations with health disparities. The program will be carried out through planning efforts to implement a Family Medicine Medical Residency Program by July 1, 2026 with a partnership between Mountain Comprehensive Care Center, University of Pikeville Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine and Appalachian Regional Healthcare. The specific objectives of this program include: • Mountain Comprehensive Care Center medical residency program developed and ready for implementation by July 1, 2026 • Minimum of 3 medical residents complete the Mountain Comprehensive Care Center medical residency program annually. • Mountain Comprehensive Care Center medical residents are successful in the program annually. • All Mountain Comprehensive Care Center medical residents gain fulltime employment as upon completion of program. • Sustainability plan for medical resident program developed. The project includes clinical sites that have integrated primary and behavioral healthcare including clinical sites at rural health clinics, a federally qualified health center look-alike, and a community mental health center. The integrated service sites will strengthen the clinical experiences for the DO residents. Mountain Comprehensive Care Center proposes to have 3 family practice medical residents placed in the residency program each year. The residency start date will be July 1, 2026. There will be new class of residents annually each year in July. The goal will be to train 3 medical residents through this program each year and place each of these Residents in full-time employment clinical sites that are rural and/or underserved.
