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Community Violence and Mental Health: Health Center Strategies for Violence Prevention and Intervention (44545). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Community violence is an urgent public health issue and an important social determinant of health. Experiencing or witnessing community violence can impact one’s physical, psychological, and emotional health. Community health centers can play a unique role in identifying, treating, and preventing violence exposure. More Details...

Community Partnerships to Address the Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Residents of Public Housing (44126). Resource Type: Archived Learning Collaborative. Description: This webinar discusses community partnerships to address the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic among residents of public housing. More Details...

Community Asset Mapping with NCFH (National Center for Farmworker Health) (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar . Description: NCFH’s webinar on community asset mapping will train health centers on how to successfully develop a community-asset map, the importance of partnerships, and how they can address Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)(SDOH). NCFH’s community-asset map template will be provided to participants and can be used as a starting point to identify potential partnerships in their service area. Following the webinar, NCFH will provide office hours to assist in the implementation process, discuss lessons learned, successes, challenges, and strategies. More Details...

Community Asset Mapping (2020). Resource Type: Publication . Description: This guide assists health centers in identifying and collaborating with community partners in efforts to provide resources to address elements of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)(SDOH). Asset-mapping is a method to discover local resources and create an inventory of available services. This tool provides proactive approaches to building partnerships, templates to assist in organizing a list of resources, and the steps in creating a visual map in your service area(s). More Details...

Combating Misinformation with the NNCC Nurses Toolkit (44454). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This interactive workshop walked nurses through how to combat misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine. More Details...

Chronic Stress, Housing, and Health: Patient Experiences and Strategies for Comprehensive Care (44727). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar explores the intersections of chronic stress, housing, and health and featured a panel of experts offering a variety of perspectives, including (1) the patient perspective on the realities of residing in public housing and how it impacts health, (2) research on the intersections of health and housing, and (3) trauma-informed care in community and patient engagement. More Details...

Child Labor in Agriculture Factsheet (2017). Resource Type: Publication . Description: This factsheet is a compilation of the latest data available regarding underage agricultural workers. It provides an overview of children's common injuries and fatalities, education deprivation, and labor laws. More Details...

Centering the Nurse Home Visitor Client Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic (44406). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar features a panel discussion in which clients and nurse home visitors share their experiences of health care access and provision during the pandemic. Panelists offer a vision of how we can protect health care access during future pandemics and other systemic disruptions. More Details...

C/MHC Acronym List (2014). Resource Type: Publication . Description: Acronym list with partner organizations and common words for community health centers. More Details...

Building Surge Capacity for Community Health Centers (43580). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar describes strategies for community health centers to rapidly assess patient status during an emergency, including ways in which health centers can prepare for patient care during emergent situations. The webinar highlights available resources and additional opportunities for training and technical assistance. More Details...

Building Resiliency: Mindful Stress Management (44693). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This is part three of three Mini Resilience Skill-Building Sessions that took place in 2022. At each drop-in session, an empirically-supported mindfulness and resilience-building strategy was introduced by an expert in the field. In this session, participants had the opportunity to learn from Rebecca Bromberg, MBA, RYT, Principal Consultant and Founder of Sole Clarity, who discussed how to manage and transcend stress. Participants also practiced an activity designed to support workforce well-being. Additional resources and practices were also provided during the session More Details...

Building Resiliency: Developing a Mindfulness Practice (44574). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This is part one of three Mini Resilience Skill-Building Sessions that took place in 2022. At each drop-in session, an empirically-supported mindfulness and resilience-building strategy was introduced by an expert in the field. In this session, participants had the opportunity to learn from Aleezé Moss, PhD (Associate Director, Myrna Brind Center for Mindfulness) about how to develop a mindfulness practice. Participants also practiced an activity designed to support wellbeing. Additional resources and practices were also provided during the session. More Details...

Building Resiliency: Centering Mindful Self-Compassion (44630). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This is part two of three Mini Resilience Skill-Building Sessions that took place in 2022. At each drop-in session, an empirically-supported mindfulness and resilience-building strategy was introduced by an expert in the field. In this session, participants had the opportunity to learn from Cassondra Graff, M.S., LCSW (Senior Teacher of MSC and MBSR at the University of California at San Diego Center for Mindfulness) about how to practice mindful self-compassion in your daily life. Participants also practiced in an activity designed to support wellbeing. Additional resources and practices were also provided during the session. More Details...

Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence (44341). Resource Type: Template. Description: Building confidence for the COVID-19 vaccine - especially for special and vulnerable populations like residents of public housing - is a critical component of effective public health, and a top priority for community health centers. Active listening, combined with validating existing hesitation or concerns, demonstrates an effort to meet individuals where they are and an opportunity to provide information. More Details...

Building Community Partnerships to Support COVID Vaccine Efforts (44386). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar features key insights to building and sustaining successful community partnerships to support the COVID-19 response. More Details...

Board Training Topics and Schedule (2015). Resource Type: Template . Description: Community Health Centers are complex organizations requiring Boards of Directors to be well-oriented to the organization and the Health Center Program, and also equipped, well-versed, and up-to-date on the most significant factors impacting service delivery at community health centers. This requires ongoing training on several important topics. As volunteer Boards of Directors with monthly meetings scheduled, and committee work in between, it is challenging to allocate a large block of time exclusively dedicated to board training. Therefore, to provide the opportunity for all board members to be introduced to selected training topics, it is recommended that a short training session be included as an agenda item at monthly board meetings. This template can help boards determine which topics they prefer to address for each meeting and which ones to schedule for their annual meeting. More Details...

Board of Directors- Meeting Minutes Template (2015). Resource Type: Template . Description: Meeting template for recording minutes and notes for board of directors meetings. More Details...

Board of Directors - Orientation Checklist (2015). Resource Type: Template . Description: The checklist provides information for different types of orientations: orientation to the organization; orientation to the Community Health Center Program; and orientation to roles, responsibilities, and expectations for board members. This tool can be used by board members and/or Chief Executive Officers to identify their orientation needs or to document the completion of the orientation process. More Details...

Board Member Self Evaluation Sample (2010). Resource Type: Template . Description: The self evaluation sample is a questionnaire designed to be filled out by individual board members. The responses are used to direct a dialog among board members, CEO, and consultants to explore areas for development and enhancement of governing board functions. More Details...

Bio-Personal Protective Equipment for Community Health Centers (43517). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar describes the bio-protective equipment health centers can use to prepare for and appropriately deal with bio-hazardous events. More Details...