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So You Want to Start a Health Center? (2019). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication is a guide for health care providers and organizations, public agencies, or community-based organizations and individuals interested in becoming part of the Health Center Program. This guide outlines the many considerations and recommended steps a community must consider for assessing readiness to apply to become a community health center. It also provides links to resources and toolkits that support each step of the process. More Details...

Project Highlight: Primecare Community Health, IL (2019). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This summary describes PrimeCare Community Health, Inc.’s expansion efforts in Chicago, IL, highlighting the capital project planning, financing, and estimated community impact of a new $8 million health center capital project. More Details...

A Guide for Rural Health Care Collaboration and Coordination (2019). Resource Type: Publication. Description: A Guide for Rural Health Care Collaboration and Coordination was developed in cooperation with local, state, and national level leaders representing various rural health care organizations. This document discusses key lessons learned from efforts these leaders have pursued in their own rural communities. More Details...

Growing Our Own: Cultivating the Next Generation of Primary Care Physicians in Community Health Centers (2017). Resource Type: Publication. Description: It is critical to advance policies and programs that help community health centers (CHCs) become Educational Health Centers (EHCs)2 and “grow their own” primary care training opportunities. This paper explores several pathways for promoting CHCs as teaching environments - enhanced partnerships between Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) and CHCs (with either the AMC or the CHC as the sponsoring institution3), and CHCs participating in HRSA Teaching Health Center (THC) funding opportunities (with sponsorship either by the CHC alone or by a consortium body) - and posits a spectrum of options and costs associated with each of these pathways to train medical residents. More Details...

Motivating Factors for Engaging in Health IT Enabled QI: Guidance for Health Center Leadership and Partners (2016). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This white paper explores what is bringing a health center to the world of Health IT Enabled QI and lays out some motivating factors and barriers as well as what skill areas may need further consideration in planning next steps. Health centers across the country have a high EHR adoption rate and most have been using an EHR for several years. However, we know that the proliferation of EHRs and their companion reports have not always lead to accurate and robust data that can be used for quality improvement. Many challenges have been identified, including provider workflow and training issues, challenges with scalability, and limitations to data that can be extracted from various EHR systems. In response, a need has been identified for tools and resources that can guide health centers and those working with health centers through some key skill areas in the pursuit of Health IT Enabled QI. More Details...

Advance Care Planning for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness: In Focus (2016). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This literature review sheds light on current aging, disease, and mortality trends of people without homes while exploring their concerns about death and preferences for advanced care. It also explores implications for policy and practice to better meet the needs of individuals experiencing homelessness. More Details...

Strategic Guidance for Health and Housing Partnerships: Step by Step Strategies for Health and Housing Partnerships (2015). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This indepth resource guide explores the importance and value of partnering with supportive housing providers, partner perspectives and goals, how to assess your organization's and your partner organization's readiness, and how to make partnerships last. More Details...

Surviving Severe Weather: Tools to Promote Emergency Preparedness for People Experiencing Homelessness (2014). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This is a compendium of informational flyers meant to support trainings for people experiencing homelessness to endure various severe weather events, including hurricanes, floods, extreme heat, etc. More Details...

Integrating Homeless Service Providers and Clients in Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery: Issue Brief (2014). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This issue brief outlines strategies to integrate people experiencing homelessness into disaster preparedness and response, examines homeless individuals’ and service providers’ awareness and perception of targeted preparedness efforts, and offers recommendations for other communities looking to improve disaster assistance for people experiencing homelessness. More Details...

Becoming a Leader in Migrant Health (2014). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This training toolkit was developed by NCFH to increase the recruitment, orientation and successful integration of agricultural workers and other health center consumers into health center boards. It is designed to help health centers build capacity among patients and community members to for board membership. This unique resource also includes a leadership development component based on the needs of agricultural workers and other special populations. The toolkit includes all content, instructions and materials needed to be able to conduct this training in your community. More Details...

Plantilla de Notas de la Junta Directiva (2015). Resource Type: Template . Description: Plantilla de reunión para el registro de actas y notas de las reuniones de la junta directiva. More Details...

Joint Commission BPHC Strategies to Keep Health Center Employees Engaged (2018). Resource Type: Archived Webinar . Description: Research shows that health care organizations that routinely assess and achieve high employee satisfaction scores, have these 3 important factors: 1) leadership support, 2) a culture of open communication and 3) employee empowerment and initiative in providing the best possible care to patients. Combined, these factors result in job satisfaction and retention, increased self-confidence, better job performance, effective team relationships, and ultimately enhances the workplace environment and improves quality of care provided to patients. This webinar will provide an overview of these key factors and will discuss strategies to create an organizational culture of open communication, leadership, engagement and will include tips and tools to administer and assess staff satisfaction surveys on an on-going basis. Recommendations will be made regarding strategies for successful implementation of systems, practices, training, etc., with the ultimate outcome of improving staff engagement. More Details...

Importance of Multi-Disciplinary and Multi-Tier Succession Planning (2015). Resource Type: Archived Webinar . Description: To many, “Succession Planning” means one thing: “When is the boss retiring and how will subsequent changes in leadership affect the organization.” While top-level executive change is critical to the Migrant Health movement, given the age of the program and the significant number of Executives who have devoted their careers to running Migrant and Community Health Centers, real Succession Planning happens at all levels of the organizational structure, and is multidisciplinary in scope. This workshop will provide tools that can be useful at any level, and will encourage frank dialog about the risks associated with lack of a viable corporate succession plan. More Details...

Governing Boards: Recruitment Grid (2015). Resource Type: Template . Description: This tool provides governing boards with a quick view of current board members, their characteristics, number of terms, and skills. It also provides an easy way to assess the characteristics and skills needed for future board position openings. More Details...

Governing Board- Record of Health Center Policy Approval At-A-Glance (2016). Resource Type: n.a.. Description: Maintaining appropriate authority to oversee the operations of Federally Qualified Health Centers requires Governing Boards to comply with the PHS Section 330 Program Requirements, including establishing and periodically revising health center policies. The number of policies can be overwhelming and keeping policies current is challenging. This tool provides a non-exhaustive list of these policies and is intended to assist health centers and governing boards to keep track of needed updates and approvals. More Details...

Emergency Preparedness: Tabletop Exercises (43784). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) requires that health centers test their emergency preparedness plans annually. A tabletop exercise may be acceptable to satisfy this requirement if conducted every 2 years. More Details...

Emergency Preparedness Communications: Key Considerations (43524). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar describes key communication strategies for utilization by health centers before, during, and after an emergency and introduces an adaptable template to create an emergency preparedness communications plan. More Details...

Considerations for Serving Residents of Public Housing During Emergencies and Disasters: Staff and Patient Wellness (44174). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Hosted by the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium and the National Center for Health in Public Housing, this webinar discusses staff well-being and patient wellness during emergencies and disasters. This webinar provides health centers with guidance for developing tools and resources that enable the health center workforce and the patients they serve to navigate the practical and psychological after-effects of disaster events. 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...