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Improving Vaccine and Healthcare Access Among Residents of Supportive Housing: Lessons Learned From COVID-19 (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has had an outsized impact on people experiencing homelessness, residents of supportive housing, patients of health centers, and people living with chronic conditions and disabilities. With the advent of the vaccine, numerous studies have sought to understand the calculus of people to take or refrain from taking the vaccine. More Details...

The Key Ingredient for Diabetes Prevention and Control Programs (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication provides a fact sheet that Community Health Workers and Peer Specialists are trusted members of the community who empower their peers through education and connections to health and community resources in diabetes prevention and control. More Details...

Self-Care for Farmworkers-Advice from your CHW (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Farmworkers face certain barriers to self-care due to unique challenges related to living and working conditions. However, self-care should be a priority to help them improve their overall mental health. Here are some tips from a community health worker to help improve the self-care of farmworkers. More Details...

Addressing diabetes risk factors in school-aged children: MEND+ at Denver Health (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Join the School-Based Health Alliance to hear about evidence-based strategies for reducing diabetes risk among school-aged children and take away comprehensive strategies for obesity prevention and treatment within Health Centers and schools. Participants will learn about Denver Health’s successful example of an intensive in-house family weight management program tailored for Health. Our speaker will discuss how health centers can spearhead partnerships with schools in their community in various ways to support school-aged children’s obesity prevention and treatment. More Details...

Trauma-Informed Approaches to COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy (2023). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: This course will provide an overview of the concepts of trauma and trauma informed care for patients who are interacting with Vaccine Ambassadors seeking to help with vaccine hesitancy for the COVID-19 vaccination. Learn the fundamentals of trauma, trauma-informed principles, and secondary trauma and how to identify and utilize these skills within the Vaccine Ambassador Project. More Details...

Safety and Security Series: The Basics (2023). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: Safety and security are primary issues for both patients and staff of health care for the homeless health centers. It is important for health center staff to understand foundational factors to consider and discuss in order to increase their own personal safety and support the safety and security of their team members and patients. More Details...

Safety and Security Series: How and When to Call 911 (2023). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: Prepare for an emergency situation by learning when and how to call 911 from a health center. Explore training and planning strategies that equip health centers for crisis situations. Consider how partnerships can contribute to community safety. Learn to identify and appropriately respond to each type of emergency. Prepare to act in the event of an emergency. Consider the events and scenarios that require urgent response and whether a call to 911 is appropriate. More Details...

Safety and Security Series: Conflict Resolution (2023). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: Conflict is a normal part of life and relationship, but conflict can cause patients and staff to feel vulnerable, threatened, and out of control. How we feel about conflict and how we seek to resolve conflict can have an enormous impact on our ability to engage patients in crisis as well as our co-workers and team members. Discover principles of conflict resolution that can equip staff to discuss and problem solve disagreement in a functional, healthy manner. More Details...

Medical Respite Care: The Role of Case Managers, Community Health Workers, and Peers (2023). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: Case managers, community health workers (CHWs), and peers are often the primary staff responsible for care coordination and implementation of care plans in medical respite. Beyond this, they build relationships and safety for medical respite care clients. This course provides an overview of each role within the medical respite program and recommended best and promising practices for staff within these roles. More Details...

Medical Respite Care: Relationships with Managed Care Organizations (2023). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: Medicaid and Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) have demonstrated increased interest in partnering and funding medical respite care programs. Navigating this process can be complex and challenging, and this course provides an initial overview of Medicaid and how medical respite programs can approach partnerships with MCOs. More Details...

Medical Respite Care: Harm Reduction (2023). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: Integrating harm reduction practices within medical respite programs reduces barriers to care and improves services for those using substances. This course provides guidance and strategies for implementing harm reduction within the medical respite care setting. More Details...

Medical Respite Care: Discharge Planning and Processes (2023). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: Discharge planning is a challenging but important part of the medical respite care process. This course covers recommended best and promising practices for discharging planning and transitions within medical respite care. More Details...

Harm Reduction (2023). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: This course introduces harm reduction as a philosophical approach and public health intervention. The course will review the foundational principles of harm reduction, details of harm reduction practices, and supporting change through harm reduction. We will review a case study as a practical way to explore how you can integrate harm reduction into your work. Finally we will work on dispelling myths through reviewing current research. More Details...

Foundations of LGBTQIA+ Health Care and Homelessness: Terminology, Concepts, and Best Practices (2023). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: This 90-minute webinar will provide participants with an introduction to foundational terminology and concepts related to LGBTQIA+ identity and experience of homelessness with a focus on LGBTQIA+ health care. Participants will learn about healthcare disparities and applicable clinical practices that participants can integrate into their own contexts. More Details...

Capital Expansion for Health & Housing Webinar - Everything You Need to Know (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This national webinar will assist health centers in understanding the basics of health and housing capital expansion and essential first steps for project development. More Details...

C3 Project Findings: Roles & Competencies (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The C3 Project recommendations include a total of ten roles and eleven skills, as listed below. More Details...

The Power of Positive Self-Talk, Especially When Leading in Uncertainty (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Learn how the power of positive self-talk can enhance your leadership skills–especially during challenging times–CCL shares how to improve your decision-making and reduced stress. More Details...

Rural Federally Qualified Health Centers Financial and Operational Performance Analysis 2018-2021 (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This report, prepared by Capital Link with support from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), provides an aggregate financial and operational profile of rural Federally Qualified Health Centers. The report offers a framework for identifying the financial strengths, challenges, and benchmarks that support opportunities for rural FQHC performance improvement through an examination of multi-year trends and median results. (Released in 2023) More Details...

Telehealth Office Hour: Telehealth Policy Updates (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: As telehealth policy continues to change throughout the Public Health Emergency (PHE), it is imperative for health centers to understand what steps to take throughout the PHE and when it concludes. Join NACHC and the Center for Connected Health Policy as we review the most recent telehealth policy updates in 2023 that could impact your operations. More Details...

How to Make Servant Leadership More Sustainable? Balance Self & Others (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Explore the delicate balance between prioritizing team needs and ensuring your own growth and well-being as a leader in this CCL article that explains servant leadership. More Details...