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Colorado Practice-based Health Education Grant Program

The Colorado Practice-based Health Education Grant Program (PBHE) was created through Senate Bill 22-226, signed into law during the 2022 Regular Session of the Colorado General Assembly (Colorado Revised Statutes § 25-1.5-407). This program is housed in the Primary Care Office at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

The intent of the program is to: 

a) increase practice-based training opportunities necessary for health professions students enrolled in accredited Colorado schools to complete degree requirements and become licensed to practice; 

or, 

b) program participants enrolled in other training or residency programs offered by a public or nonprofit Colorado medical school or residency program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to gain hands-on experience in pursuit of a license in the health care field.

Grant recipients

All available funding under the Request for Applications RFA 41324 has been awarded. No further funding is available at this time. The recipients of the Practice-based Health Education Grant Program are:

 

Cohort 1

  • Adams State University
  • CDPHE/Health Facilities and EMS Division
  • Clinica Family Health/Dental Assistant Training
  • Denver Health and Hospital Authority/Medical Assistant Training Program
  • Denver Health and Hospital Authority/ASPIRe
  • Denver Health and Hospital Authority/APP CET
  • Denver Health and Hospital Authority/CO-WIP
  • Denver Health and Hospital Authority/ELITE
  • Kids in Need of Dentistry (KIND)
  • Metropolitan State University of Denver
  • National Institute for Medical Assistant Advancement (NIMAA)
  • Northeastern Junior College Foundation
  • Regents/University of Colorado Denver/Preventive Medicine Residency
  • Upper Pine River Fire Protection District
  • Upper San Juan Health Service District/Pagosa Springs Medical Center

Cohort 2

  • Adams Arapahoe 28J/Aurora Public Schools/Pickens Technical College
  • Clinica Family Health/Medical Assistant Training Program
  • Colorado Institute of Family Medicine
  • Colorado Mesa University
  • Denver Health and Hospital Authority/Dental Workforce Project
  • Montrose Regional Health
  • Tepeyac Community Health
  • Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc

Contact us

For more information on this program, please email Andrea Magness, MPH, Practice-based Health Education Grant Program Coordinator, at andrea.magness@state.co.us.