March 11 - As part of President Biden’s commitment to ensure the nation’s underserved communities and those disproportionately affected by COVID-19 are equitably vaccinated, this week the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is announcing that an additional 700 HRSA-supported health centers will be invited to join the Health Center COVID-19 Vaccine Program. These health centers will have the opportunity to join the program over the next six weeks, increasing the total number of invited health center participants to 950.
View a list of the health centers participating in or invited to join the program.
Read the release.
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March 10 was National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. In honor of this observance, HRSA's Office of Women's Health (OWH) and HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) invites you to join a webinar March 25, 1-2 p.m. EDT: Addressing the Unique Needs of Black Women with HIV.
HIV disproportionately impacts Black women in the United States, and they often face stigmas related to HIV status, gender, race and ethnicity. In this second installment of OWH's Women's Health Leadership Series, speakers will:
- Highlight data and findings from a HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau Technical Expert Panel focused on improving HIV prevention and treatment services for Black women;
- Share stories from the perspective of the lived experience; and
- Discuss interventions for Black women with HIV developed through the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part F Special Projects of National Significance program.
Register for the webinar or reach out for more information about the Women's Health Leadership Series.
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Every quarter, the HRSA-funded Rural Health Information Hub features a new Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) grantee in their online Rural Monitor publication. This quarter’s Grants in Motion story highlights St. Charles Madras, a Critical Access Hospital in Oregon, who used their FORHP Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program grant to improve cultural competency to better serve its diverse patients.
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 HRSA’s Office of Regional Operations Region 1, in partnership with the New England Rural Health Association, invites you to join an interactive, facilitated federal panel discussion on March 25th at Noon EDT. Dr. Marcia Brand, former HRSA Deputy Administrator, will lead and moderate an engaging opportunity to learn about government resources, current priorities, and new and exciting initiatives on the horizon.
We will be joined by federal partners from the Administration for Community Living, the CDC, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the HHS Office of Civil Rights. The event will include informal breakout sessions with panelists. It is free and open to all.
Learn more and register.
A recent study led by HRSA’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau and published in Academic Pediatrics found that there are significant opportunities to improve young children’s readiness to start school.
The new study examines school readiness, including a new measure called “Healthy and Ready to Learn,” (HRL) as well as sociodemographic, health, family and neighborhood factors. The HRL measure evaluates how well children ages 3 to 5 are prepared for kindergarten based on parent-reported information gathered through HRSA’s 2016 National Survey of Children’s Health. School readiness factors incorporated into the HRL measure include early learning skills, social-emotional development, self-regulation, physical well-being and motor development. Students fall into one of three categories: on-track, needs support and at risk. Overall, the study found that only about four in 10 children are fully on-track in the HRL measure.
Read more about the study, Healthy and Ready to Learn: Prevalence and Correlates of School Readiness among US Preschoolers
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To align with recent CMS payment rate updates, the HRSA Uninsured Program almost doubled the reimbursement rate for providers administering the COVID-19 vaccine to uninsured individuals. More specifically, providers can now expect a reimbursement rate of $40 (up from $28) for the administration of single-dose vaccines, and an increase from approximately $45 to $80 for the administration of COVID-19 vaccines requiring two doses. This update became effective on March 15, 2021. Learn more about the Uninsured Program and find weekly updates on providers being reimbursed through the program.
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