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HRSA Health Center COVID-19 Therapeutics Program: Resource Guide (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Health Centers play an important role in getting needed therapeutics to patients testing positive for COVID-19.  HRSA maintains this resource as a compilation of federal resources pertaining to COVID-19 therapeutics.  These resources can be used by anyone regardless of their participation in the HRSA COVID-19 Therapeutics Program.  This is a “live” document and will be added to as new resources become available. More Details...

Health Policy Bulletin Spring 2022: Policies in Action to Protect Workers from Heat Stress and Heat-related Illness (2022). 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 the impact of heat and heat-related illness on farmworker health. More Details...

Guide to Methamphetamine Use, Treatment, and Housing Considerations for People Experiencing Homelessness (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The transition into permanent supportive housing following homelessness or housing instability can be particularly challenging for individuals who use methamphetamine and other stimulants. However, there are interventions and supports that can help improve safety, independence, and recovery in housing. This guide explores how service providers can better support people who use methamphetamine in the process of transitioning into and maintaining housing. More Details...

Our Healthy Eating Plate: Asian American and Pacific Islander Editions (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Fresh fruits and vegetables, portion control, and knowledge of nutrition are essential to maintaining a healthy diet. This brochure, created by MHP Salud and The Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, was designed to help Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities build nutritious plates with familiar fresh foods. Inside you will find information on portion sizes, nutrition facts, and tips to help individuals adopt healthier eating habits. More Details...

Mobile Clinic Licensing 101 (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: CPCA hosted a webinar training session for licensing a mobile clinic on April 25, 2022. This webinar provides an overview of the following: o Mobile Clinic Definitions o Licensing requirements for a mobile clinic operated by a Primary Care Clinic in California as enforced by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) o What to expect once you have applied for licensure o Who to contact for updates on the status of your application o Additional considerations, requirements, and best practices for operating a mobile clinic More Details...

Strategies for Collecting Social Needs Data (2022). Resource Type: Other. Description: Implementing a social need screening effectively is an iterative process. Many health centers find that their approach evolves as new concerns or considerations arise. The examples in this resource, gleaned from interviews with health centers, illustrate that unique context and needs drive what works. More Details...

Estimating Health Center Project Costs - Webinar (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar will review our new publication, \"Estimating Health Center Project Costs,\" which outlines the main components of a capital project budget and provides assistance in estimating top-line construction costs. More Details...

Identifying Older Adult Depression in a Dental Setting (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar . Description: This National Center for Equitable Care for Elders (NCECE) webinar highlighted best practices for integrating mental health and dental care through assessments and appropriate referrals. The webinar explained the bi-directional relationship between poor oral health and behavioral health needs, described the impact of social risk factors on oral health disparities in older adults, and demonstrated integrative strategies for establishing an interdisciplinary team-based approach for treating older adult mental health More Details...

Health at the Intersection of Body Image, Identity, and Development: LGBTQIA+ Children and Youth (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Webinar participants will consider the relationship of body size vs. the overall health of the body for LGBTQIA+ youth and learn how health centers can support LGBTQIA+ children and youth in developing a healthy perception of their bodies. Participants will explore the relationship of childhood identity development to beauty and health standards and learn strategies for providing, or referring to affirming services for LGBTQIA+ youth, including patients experiencing body dysmorphia and/or dysphoria. More Details...

Estimating Health Center Project Costs (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication outlines the main components of a capital project budget and provides assistance in estimating top-line construction costs. More Details...

Clinical Quality Measures for Eligible Professionals: 2022 Update (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This spreadsheet developed by the HITEQ Center provides a crosswalk of Clinical Quality Measures and their electronic specifications as defined in the 2022 update for Eligible Professionals (Clinicians). More Details...

NACHC Veterans Interest Group Office Hour (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This recording is from NACHC's April 14, 2022 all-virtual Veterans Interest Group Office Hour. More Details...

Integrating HIV Prevention into Primary Care (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar discussed best practices for integrating HIV prevention (e.g. HIV testing, PrEP and linkage to care) into primary care within the context of enhancing clinical workforce development. More Details...

Building Partnerships to Address Food Insecurity (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The lack of access to socially acceptable means for acquiring healthy foods can lead to individuals and families making tradeoffs that harm their well-being. Screening for food insecurity is a starting point to identifying patient/community needs, but effective partnership plans for support health care providers need ways to promptly connect patients with access to healthy food. This webinar will discuss how health centers can further support or modify current infrastructure to make connections to referral systems that support patient/community abilities to purchase healthy food. More Details...

Meeting Where They Are: Innovating Mobile Services in COVID Aware World (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The Health Care for the Homeless Community has long been providing innovative care in a mobile setting. The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated both the need and opportunity to build on the mobile model of care and push for creative ways to do so. This webinar highlighted the efforts of communities who have taken mobile services in a new direction. More Details...

Addressing Health Care Challenges for Migrant Farmworkers (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Today in the Golden State, farmworkers encounter numerous risks to their health and increased barriers to care before, during, and after migration. Health centers play a crucial role in addressing disparities in accessing COVID-19 services, education, and resources in special and vulnerable communities. Health centers that serve migrant farmworker and their families face unique challenges. Mobility results in poor continuity of care, and the health issues that fact migrant farmworkers and other mobile underserved populations are often magnified or compounded by their migratory lifestyle. In this webinar, we provide examples, tools, and best practices to help health centers better integrate health center teams (e.g., providers and community health workers) and external partnerships (e.g., community-based organizations and local government). More Details...

School and Health Center Partnerships (2022). Resource Type: archived webinar. Description: The National Association of Community Health Centers and the School-Based Health Alliance are offering two virtual workshops for health centers on the key elements of providing school-based health care. The workshops include a focus on enhancing school-based partnerships and the unique operational considerations for providing school-based health care. More Details...

Improving Health of Public Housing Residents Through Intentional Health Center and Housing Authority Partnerships (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In collaboration with the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium, the National Center for Health in Public Housing conducted a webinar highlighting the health center and housing authority partnerships that have led to improved health for public housing residents. More Details...

Financial Fundamentals & Oversight for Board Members (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Based on a NACHC Board Member training developed by BKD, this webinar will provide governing board members with a basic understanding of their fiduciary responsibilities related to financial oversight, financial reporting, and performance metrics. This session is geared toward new governing board members, seasoned governing board members looking for a refresher, and the finance team. More Details...

Building Partnerships to Address Housing Insecurity (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to focus on different patients’ demographics that have been disproportionately affected by the virus. Additionally, the public health emergency interrupted capacity building health centers have been developing for patient-centered services to different special populations. This webinar will discuss how health centers can further support or modify current infrastructure to meet the needs of the patients experiencing homelessness (PEH) or in public housing, for COVID-19 care and beyond. More Details...