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Preparing to Serve MSAWs and Other Vulnerable Populations Through Public Health Emergencies (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Join MHP Salud, Project HOPE, Community Health of South Florida, and Healthcare Network for a Zoom webinar designed to equip Federally Qualified Health Centers, particularly Migrant Health Centers, with essential tools for navigating public health emergencies. More Details...

Health Center Safety and Man-Made Threats Resource Packet: Targeted Resources on Health Center Security, Population-Specific Safety Topics, and Cybersecurity (2024). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This BPHCurates packet provides resources describing mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery strategies for navigating man-made threats directed towards health centers, their staff, and patients. The man-made threats included in this packet are specifically related to health center security, population-specific safety concerns, and cybersecurity. More Details...

Health Center Emergency Preparedness for Survivors of IPV + Exploitation: Multidisciplinary Collaborations to Address Legal Needs: MLP in Action Webinar Series (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar will help the audience increase their understanding of the types of legal issues patients encounter during individual and larger emergencies, become more comfortable and confident with screening patients for legal needs, and feel more equipped to share information on domestic violence resources. Attention will be placed on community-based collaborative models that facilitate coordinated care and better outcomes for survivors and their communities. More Details...

Emergency Preparedness/Emergency Management Requirements: A Crosswalk of The Joint Commission (TJC) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Standards for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This technical assistance document intends to support health center staff in their understanding of emergency management standards, requirements and elements of performance associated with The Joint Commission (TJC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This document compares TJC and CMS standards and requirements that directly pertain to health centers, reflecting emergency standards as of July 2022. More Details...

Mobilizing an Emergency Response for Agricultural Workers (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Agricultural workers are an integral part of the community and U.S. economy. Even when doing essential work, migratory and seasonal agricultural workers (MSAW) have multiple barriers when accessing healthcare and social services. These factors may make the MSAW population more vulnerable to emergency situations related to natural disasters and/or national emergencies. This Guide describes how to mobilize an emergency response for MSAWs through the following three key steps: 1. Identify and locate MSAW populations during emergencies. 2. Develop a communication strategy. 3. Collaborate with community partners for outreach and resources. More Details...

Mobilizing an Emergency Preparedness Response for Agricultural Workers (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar features  Health Center Partners of Southern California focused on facilitating an emergency preparedness response for agricultural workers. The webinar will also feature a new resource, Mobilizing an Emergency Response for Agricultural Workers, that describes how to mobilize an emergency response for MSAWs through three key steps: 1) identify and locate MSAW populations during emergencies, 2) develop a communication strategy, and 3) collaborate with community partners for outreach and resources. Come learn ways to better prepare, plan for, and respond to national emergencies that impact agricultural worker populations. Presented on 10/19/2023. More Details...

Mobilizing an Emergency Preparedness Response for Agricultural Workers (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar features  Health Center Partners of Southern California focused on facilitating an emergency preparedness response for agricultural workers. The webinar will also feature a new resource, Mobilizing an Emergency Response for Agricultural Workers, that describes how to mobilize an emergency response for MSAWs through three key steps: 1) identify and locate MSAW populations during emergencies, 2) develop a communication strategy, and 3) collaborate with community partners for outreach and resources. Come learn ways to better prepare, plan for, and respond to national emergencies that impact agricultural worker populations. Presented on 10/19/2023. More Details...

Building Connections to Improve Weather Emergency Preparedness for Socially Isolated Older Adults (2023). Resource Type: Publication . Description: This guide describes how health center providers and staff can use a simple visual social mapping tool to help socially isolated older adults build social networks in preparation for a weather emergency. More Details...

Preparedness in Action: Practical Exercises for Health Centers (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH)presents this 60-minute webinar which will familiarize attendees with practical and efficient tools for meeting and exceeding emergency preparedness (EP) rules, specifically on exercises. The presenter will cover EP exercise basics, tips for communicating their value to increase staff buy-in, and tools for health centers to implement exercises more easily, before hearing from a health center panel on common challenges they face in this area, and lessons learned along the way. Presented on 5/24/2023. More Details...

Preparedness in Action: Practical Exercises for Health Centers (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH)presents this 60-minute webinar which will familiarize attendees with practical and efficient tools for meeting and exceeding emergency preparedness (EP) rules, specifically on exercises. The presenter will cover EP exercise basics, tips for communicating their value to increase staff buy-in, and tools for health centers to implement exercises more easily, before hearing from a health center panel on common challenges they face in this area, and lessons learned along the way. Presented on 5/24/2023. More Details...

Diabetes Continuum of Care: Improving Emergency Preparedness for Diabetes Management: NCHPH Learning Collaborative (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Natural disasters, disease outbreaks, and other emergencies can happen at any moment. Managing diabetes can be difficult during these events because they may cause widespread and long-lasting impacts on supplies, and health services. More Details...

All Hazards Emergency Preparedness and Response Competencies for Health Center Staff (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC) and the Community Health Care Association of New York State (CHCANYS) have developed a set of competencies to improve the emergency and disaster preparedness of all health center staff. This publication provides a comprehensive overview of these competencies and sub-competencies, as well as a description of how they were developed. More Details...

Active Shooter and Active Threat Response for Healthcare (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The webinar discusses active shooter and active threat definition and profiles, background statistics, key response and recovery considerations, and preparedness resources. More Details...

Implementing Screening of People with Disabilities and Functional Needs During Disasters (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This learning collaborative is designed to help health centers work with people with disabilities to create customized emergency preparedness kits and plans. More Details...

Health Policy Bulletin Winter 2021: Policies in Action to Promote Emergency Preparedness (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Farmworker Justice's Health Policy Bulletin is a summary of policy, program, and research developments that affect farmworker health and access to health care. This issue focuses on emergency preparedness in agricultural worker communities. More Details...

Healthcare Workforce Virtual Toolkit — COVID-19 (2020). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This collection provides a curated set of resources and tools for decision-makers managing healthcare workforce challenges in response to the COVID-19 emergency. More Details...

Simulation Exercise: Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Training (2020). Resource Type: In Person Training. Description: To support countries’ preparedness effort on the COVID-19 outbreak, WHO`s Department of Health Security and Preparedness has developed a generic COVID-19 tabletop exercise package. The exercise aims to examine and strengthen existing plans, procedures and capabilities to manage an imported case of 2019-nCov and targets the health authorities at the national level. More Details...

Migrant Family Emergencies (2020). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This document contains important questions for all migrant families in emergency preparedness. Emergency situations can be hard to predict, but there are easy steps you can take to be prepared. More Details...

Federal Income Assistance in the Event of a Disaster: An Emergency Preparedness Resource (Haitian Creole) (2018). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Information about income assistance available to individuals after a major disaster. More Details...

Federal Income Assistance in the Event of a Disaster: An Emergency Preparedness Resource (English) (2018). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Information about income assistance available to individuals after a major disaster. More Details...