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COVID-19 Financial and Operational Recovery Resources (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: These webinar sessions, including: Leveraging ARP Funding - Capital Planning and Supplemental Financing Options - Oct. 27, 2021; Surviving COVID: Charting a Post-Pandemic Path for California\'s Community Health Centers - Aug. 11, 2021; and The Quest to Build Financially and Operationally Resilient Health Centers: Lessons Learned from the Pandemic - May 11, 2021, provide insight for health centers looking for financial and operational recovery resources in response to COVID-19. More Details...

Interim Lessons Learn from the Pandemic: COVID-19 & the HCH Community (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: COVID-19 continues to be an international pandemic and the experiences over the past 18 months have shown there are more effective ways to provide care to vulnerable people. The challenge now is to extend these improvements to all communities and make them permanent. While the pandemic is not yet over, this issue brief outlines five “lessons learned” (and related strategies) that have improved systems of care and heightened public health interventions for people experiencing homelessness. More Details...

Organizational and Human Resources Policies for an LGBTQIA+ Workforce (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This training is aimed at increasing the ability of health centers to improve recruitment, hiring and retention of LGBTQIA+ staff and providers. Participants will learn about the integration of staff into professional and clinical teams, the development of affirming and inclusive HR forms, practices and policies, and the importance of an affirming work culture in the retention of an LGBTQIA+ workforce. More Details...

Engaging the Families of Transgender and Gender Diverse Children (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication engages pediatric primary care providers, mental health providers, health center administrators and support staff in learning how to actively engage families in the support of their transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) children, with the aim of improving the health outcomes for TGD youth. More Details...

Supporting Implementation of Smoking Cessation Programs in Public Housing Primary Care Settings Learning Collaborative (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This learning collaborative discussed group and individual strategies and best practices to help health center patients to quit smoking. Topics such as stress management, relapse, and quitting strategies for people with substance use disorders and behavioral health issues were addressed. More Details...

Outreach and Enrollment Job Description Templates (2021). Resource Type: Template. Description: Customizable Job Description Templates for Health Center Insurance Navigators, Outreach and Enrollment Coordinators, Managers, or Specialists. More Details...

Aprendizaje Colaborativo de Teleodontología: Guía para el usuario de Teleodontología (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: La National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA) ha trabajado con centros de salud desde la primavera del 2020 para desarrollar y probar diversas estrategias que presten servicios de salud oral y dental a través de la teleodontología síncrona como una consecuencia de la pandemia de COVID-19. Los centros de salud participantes utilizaron la teleodontología para la priorización de emergencias, pero también descubrieron varias aplicaciones innovadoras en la práctica de teleodontología incluida la prestación de servicios dentales preventivos para niños, la provisión de apoyo en el autocuidado y el establecimiento de metas para la salud oral de los pacientes, así como consultas previas a la cirugía y seguimientos postoperatorios, aumentando así el acceso para poblaciones desatendidas o de acceso difícil. More Details...

Using American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funds to Build Health Center Value Based Payment (VBP) Capability (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This document provides guidance on ways that FQHCs can utilize American Rescue Plan Act funds to develop and expand their VBP capabilities. Areas of focus for short-term investments include improving data and IT, integrating services, and improving access and health equity. More Details...

OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard:: Clinical, Operational, and Compliance Impact for Health Centers (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Please join NACHC and Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell, LLP (FTLF) for an overview of the ETS and a discussion on COVID-19 safety precautions that recognize workforce fatigue. NACHC will provide insight on finding the appropriate balance between regulatory requirements and workforce capacity. More Details...

Hot Shots: What’s the Deal with Delta? (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In conjunction with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), NCHPH co-hosted a webinar on how to collaborate with public housing agencies and other community organizations to support safe COVID-19 vaccination, masking, and social distancing practices in your community to help stop the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant. More Details...

Pharmacy Operations Troubleshooting Guide Topic: Mitigating Manufacturer Actions Impacting 340B Financial Savings to Health Centers (2021). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This publication identifies a number of promising practices or actions that health centers can take to mitigate the negative financial impact due to manufacturer actions on health center patients and health center 340B savings. More Details...

HITEQ Highlights: Is Zero Burnout Possible in Primary Care? Insights from Recently Published Findings Among 715 Practices (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Drawing on recently published research from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s EvidenceNOW initiative, Dr. Samuel Edwards shared insights for primary care practices seeking to assess and address provider burnout. More Details...

The Role of Dental Providers in Vaccine Delivery (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This NEW NNOHA publication describes COVID-19 vaccine delivery strategies developed by health centers in states across the country that are utilizing dental providers for vaccine administration. It also highlights policy opportunities to consider for the future that support medical/dental integration and whole-person care in health centers. More Details...

Regional Stream Forum Impact Report 2021: Impact Report: 2021 Virtual Forum for Migrant and Community Health (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The 2021 Regional Stream Forum Impact Report offer summaries of the three annual Regional Stream Forum training events including the conference programs, participant demographics, conference sponsors, planning committee members and conference highlights. More Details...

Medical Respite Standards (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Medical Respite Care is acute and post-acute recuperative care for people experiencing homelessness who are ready for hospital discharge but too frail to recover on the streets or in shelters. This resource constitutes the first and only national standards for medical respite care. They are meant to improve quality and consistency across a range of medical respite programs and to improve opportunities for research and federal funding. More Details...

Foundations of LGBTQIA+ Health, Part 2: For Non-Clinical Staff (2021). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: This module builds upon Foundations of LGBTQIA+ Health, Part 1 by offering specific information for non-clinical staff, including: effective communication with LGBTQIA+ patients and collecting sexual orientation and gender identity data. More Details...

Foundations of LGBTQIA+ Health, Part 2: For Administrators (2021). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: This module builds upon Foundations of LGBTQIA+ Health, Part 1 by offering specific information for health care administrators, including: strategies for making health care settings more welcoming for LGBTQIA+ people, and collecting sexual orientation and gender identity data. More Details...

Where Does Homelessness Happen?: Understanding the Definitions of Homelessness (2021). Resource Type: Other. Description: This infographic succinctly depicts the various shelter arrangements that constitute the breadth of homelessness, distinguishing major differences between federal definitions, with considerations for screening. More Details...

Understanding and Applying SDOH Screening Data to Address Barriers to Health: Webinar (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Health centers provide high-quality primary and preventive care to diverse populations in special and vulnerable populations in underserved communities. Health centers also provide a host of enabling services – non-clinical services that aim to increase access to health care and improve population health outcomes. The ability to track and evaluate these services is an important tool for health centers to demonstrate their value in addressing patients’ social determinants of health; of equal importance is the ability to make this data actionable in order to address patients’ barriers to access. More Details...

Health Care for the Homeless Health Center During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Fact Sheet (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This factsheet follows data submitted by health centers that have been tracking their testing, positivity, and vaccination rates. For research and advocacy concerns, this factsheet highlights affected demographics by COVID-19 by denoting rates of transmission during April 2020-March 2021. More Details...