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Advancing Health Center Retention & Recruitment through HP-ET (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Interested in creating or expanding a Health Professions Education & Training (HPET) program at your health center? Are you looking for a way to ramp up your recruiting of clinical care providers by partnering with teaching and training programs? Then join ACU’s STAR² Center on for “Advancing Health Center Retention & Recruitment through HP-ET,” Part Two of our three-webinar series on building HPET programs at health centers. Hear from NEW Health, a community health center located in rural northeast Washington State, serving rural and frontier communities who, as a result of implementing a strategic workforce initiative, has more qualified applicants than they can hire! More Details...

Implementation Tools and Resources for Enhancing Equity-Focused PrEP Services - Part 4 (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Using Data to Enhance and Inform PrEP Practice - The final session focused on strategies for using both process and outcome metrics for program monitoring and improvement. We focused on methods for operationalizing health equity metrics, and the importance of examining disaggregated program data to understand differential access and engagement by highest priority. More Details...

Developing Your Financial Playbook for Sound Governance Decision Making (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar provides a playbook for financial decision making for governing board members as it relates to expansion of service area, delivery of service lines and other significant investments needed to navigate our recovery from the Pandemic. More Details...

Affirming Health Care for LGBTQIA+ People during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This panel-style presentation will feature a diverse group of providers in mental health, nursing, and medicine with expertise in LGBTQIA+ health, providing their unique perspectives on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected patient care for LGBTQIA+ people. Participants will learn strategies to support LGBTQIA+ patients accessing healthcare and how to provide affirming treatment and referrals to address the lasting mental health effects of COVID-19, including increased levels of anxiety, substance use, and depression triggered by social isolation, bereavement, fear, or loss of income. More Details...

Body Image, Perception, and Health Support for Older LGBTQIA+ Adults (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center and the National Center for Equitable Care for Elders (NCECE) webinar will examine the relationship between body image, perception, and healthy movement for overall health and diabetes prevention, particularly for older LGBTQIA+ adults. Expert panelists will present approaches for supporting LGBTQIA+ patients with their health goals as they age, provide strategies for developing LGBTQIA+ and body-affirming and inclusive environments for older adults, and share best practices for connecting older LGBTQIA+ patients to appropriate and affirming services aimed at improving health outcomes. More Details...

HHS Issues Guidance on HIPAA and Audio-Only Telehealth (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: In June 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR), issued guidance on how covered health care providers and health plans can use remote communication technologies to provide audio-only telehealth services when such communications are conducted in a manner that is consistent with the applicable requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules, including when OCR’s Notification of Enforcement Discretion for Telehealth. More Details...

Telehealth Office Hours: Remote Self-Monitoring Blood Pressure Program (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: NACHC offers monthly Telehealth Office Hours for health center, PCA, and HCCN staff who have questions or want to share information about telehealth related policy and operational activities. In addition to updates and Q&A, each session will focus on a specific topic of concern. More Details...

Implementation Tools and Resources for Enhancing Equity-Focused PrEP Services - Part 3 (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Progress and Pitfalls - In this session, participants reported back on their progress on achieving the SMART goal articulate in session 2 and discussed what went smoothly and what did not. Participants shared strategies for overcoming common pitfalls and roadblocks, and the facilitators reviewed the ways in which additional BLUPrInt resources might be useful in these circumstances. More Details...

Health Centers Are Addressing America's Mental Health Crisis (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This factsheet summarizes health centers’ behavioral health services. It highlights data from UDS that shows growth in patients and staff over the last decade, as well as the variety of behavioral health professionals and services offered at health centers. We discuss the growth in telehealth use to continue behavioral health services during the pandemic. Finally, policy suggestions to support behavioral health services at health centers are presented. More Details...

Eyes on Access: Steps for Integrating Comprehensive Eye Health and Vision Services into Health Centers (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This is a Part 2 archive of a 2-part webinar series in Spring 2022 that reviewed the operational activities necessary to implement or enhance vision services in a health center. Learners reviewed planning factors such as provider configuration, cost, volume and supervision. More Details...

National Health Center Training and Technical Assistance Needs Assessment (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This report summarizes the key findings of the national training and technical assistance needs assessment fielded to all health centers August-October 2021. Response rate was 36% of all health centers and close to 1500 individual staff responses. More Details...

Affirming Reproductive Health Care for LGBTQIA+ People (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar is designed to help health centers understand the unique needs of LGBTQIA+ people when seeking reproductive health care. Participants will explore the unique barriers to reproductive health care for LGBTQIA+ people and discover promising practices for providing affirming pre-conception counseling and OBGYN and reproductive health care, including strategies for health navigation, and considerations for LGBTQIA+ patients who seek to raise children. More Details...

Issue Brief: The Impact of Language on Health Care Accessibility (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This issue briefs informs service providers about policies and recommendations to promote language access for Limited English Proficient (LEP) patients. More Details...

Developing MSW Field Education Partnerships: A Guide for Community Health Centers (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This guide serves as a resource for Directors of community health centers (CHCs) who are seeking to develop and enhance field training or internship partnerships with accredited Master of Social Work (MSW) programs in California. More Details...

Health Center Partnerships for HPET Development (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Interested in creating or expanding a Health Professions Education & Training (HPET) program at your health center? Are you looking for a way to ramp up your recruiting of clinical care providers by partnering with teaching and training programs? Then join ACU’s STAR² Center for “Health Center Partnerships for Pathway Development,” part of our webinar series on building HPET programs at health centers. More Details...

Training the Next Generation within Primary Care (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar discussed the various avenues of workforce development including: • training non-clinical roles • the value of an administrative fellowship • the key questions to ask before establishing a fellowship at your agency The discussion referenced CHC Chief Operating Officer Meredith Johnson and CHC Project Manager Megan Coffinbargar’s publication “Establishing an Administrative Fellowship Program: A Practical Toolkit to Support and Develop Future Community Health Center Leaders” for the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC). More Details...

Two Years On: What the Data Says about COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Efforts at Health Care for the Homeless Health Centers (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to put a strain on communities across the country, health center data will play a central role in measuring its impact in 2022 and beyond. Health center data from the past two years points to the types of data that should be prioritized in order to obtain a clear picture of prevalence, impact, equity and adequate response to the COVID-19 pandemic. More Details...

Street Medicine and Outreach: Bringing Care to People Where They Are: Healing Hands (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This issue is an exploration of street medicine and outreach care. After considering the spectrum of services and forms of service delivery that are encompassed by the term “outreach,” attention will be given to several programs that illustrate the different forms that medical outreach can take, including: A street medicine program, an urban street outreach program, a rural outreach initiative, and outreach care delivered through emergency services personnel. Best practices and considerations for agencies hoping to develop or expand medical outreach services, through in-person on-site services as well as telehealth delivery, will also be presented. More Details...

Rebuilding Systems: Adapting Housing Assessments to Prioritize Health, Equity, and Belonging (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This document is designed to provide a framework communities can use to create equity within their CE process. There is no one tool that can accommodate the unique resources of all communities but applying this guidance will help achieve equity in the process. More Details...

Key Provisions in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: A Summary for the HCH Community (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: On June 25, 2022, The President signed into law the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the first major piece of gun legislation since the 1994 Gun Violence Prevention Act. While the law covers domestic violence offenders, expanded background checks, and red flag laws, it also increases funding for mental health services, school safety, crisis intervention programs, and violence prevention measures. This fact sheet summarizes the service expansions and related provisions that will likely impact the HCH community. More Details...