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Here’s a brief overview of the four grants:

Primary Care Team Expansion Grant

Hire and integrate new interprofessional team members. The funding provides the upfront dollars to hire, operationalize and sustain new interprofessional team member roles that will increase primary care team capacity.

Who should apply? Primary care organizations looking to expand their primary care teams’ capacity with new roles.

Recruit and retain primary care providers and medical assistants. This funding helps practices stabilize their primary care teams by offering competitive sign-on bonuses to augment compensation packages for primary care providers and medical assistants.

Who should apply? Primary care organizations hiring primary care providers and medical assistants who want additional funding for recruitment and retention.

Retain providers by enhancing resilience through sabbatical. This funding rewards long-term primary care providers for their service and commitment to HPSM members with paid time off.

Who should apply? Primary care organizations looking to expand their retention strategy by rewarding tenured providers with sabbatical.

Develop pilots and programs that improve primary care teams’ capacity, bandwidth and joy.

Who should apply? Primary care organizations with an innovative idea that could improve quality of care for HPSM members and quality of life for primary care teams.

Other resources:

• In April 2025 we hosted an informational webinar detailing each grant category, including eligibility criteria and how to apply. Watch the webinar recording and see webinar slides.
• Review our frequently asked questions (FAQ) about these grants. Please continue sending us your questions and we’ll add answers to the document.