What's New
Health Center and Look-Alike Supplemental Award Quarterly Progress Reports Due This Week! Quarterly progress reports are due Thursday, October 14, for fiscal year (FY) 2021 American Rescue Plan supplemental awards (H8F and L2C), and FY 2020 COVID-19 awards with an extended project period (H8C, H8D, H8E, and L1C). Your quarterly progress reports are key to documenting your progress, successes and lessons learned, as well as any technical assistance (TA) needs.
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FY 2022 Ending the HIV Epidemic – Primary Care HIV Prevention Funding Now Available HRSA released the FY 2022 Ending the HIV Epidemic – Primary Care HIV Prevention (PCHP) Notice of Funding Opportunity (HRSA-22-104). See last week’s bulletin for more information. TA resources are available on the PCHP TA webpage.
FY 2022 PCHP applications are due in:
- Grants.gov: Tuesday, December 14
- HRSA’s Electronic Handbooks: Tuesday, January 18, 2022
HRSA will host a TA webinar for applicants:
Thursday, October 28 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET Join the day of the session If you prefer to join by phone: 833-568-8864 When prompted, enter meeting/webinar ID: 160 011 6977
Introducing Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation Futures Without Violence announces a name change for its HRSA-funded National Training and Technical Assistance Partner (NTTAP): Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation. The aim is to build meaningful partnerships between health centers and domestic violence and community-based advocacy programs. Visit the new website for webinars, learning collaboratives, and new resources.
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Recording and Resources: The Child Tax Credit If you missed our recent webinar on equitable implementation of the child tax credit, watch the recording. Persons using assistive technology may not be able to fully access information in this file. For assistance, please email HRSABPHCWebcasts@hrsa.gov.
Visit the White House site on the Child Tax Credit for information, FAQs, and a toolkit for helping to spread the word. Get CTC also provides helpful resources, including for navigators.
2020 National Survey of Children’s Health Data Data is now available from the 2020 National Survey of Children's Health. This is the largest national and state‐level survey on the health and well‐being of children, their families, and their communities. HRSA’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau funds and directs this survey.
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HHS Office of Civil Rights HHS enforces federal civil rights laws that protect the rights of individuals and entities from unlawful discrimination. If you believe that you have been discriminated against because of your race, color, national origin, disability, age, sex, or religion in programs or activities that HHS directly operates or to which HHS provides federal financial assistance, you may file a complaint with the HHS Office of Civil Rights. You may file a complaint for yourself or for someone else.
COVID-19
Boost the Message about Boosters Check out the We Can Do This site for one-pagers, social media, and other content to help you communicate to patients about COVID-19 vaccine boosters.
Due Today: Health Center COVID-19 Survey Just a reminder that the October 8 survey is due by 11:59 p.m. your local time today. If you have questions about how to complete the survey, check out the Survey User Guide.
Health centers across the nation have distinguished themselves in responding to the current pandemic. Here’s a recent example:
Promotoras Seek to Increase Vaccine Confidence in LA Communities Hard-Hit by COVID-19 Clínica Monsenor Oscar A. Romero, known as Clínica Romero, provides primary health care services to over 11,000 patients in Los Angeles, primarily in Latino communities. Their two delivery sites serve neighborhoods that have been hit hard by COVID-19.
Promotoras (Spanish-speaking community health workers) are knocking on doors in key neighborhoods to help educate residents, build trust, and create a bridge back to the health center. The health center’s 40 promotoras have been central to its strategy to increase confidence in COVID-19 vaccines and boost vaccination rates. While going door-to-door, they share their own positive personal experiences with the vaccine, pertinent facts, and information on opportunities to access the COVID-19 vaccine.
Additionally, the promotoras provide supplies, tools, and tips to help keep community members safe throughout the pandemic. For instance, they pass out hand sanitizer and personal protective equipment, including N95, surgical, and cloth masks, as well as gloves, and provide guidance on washing hands to stay healthy.
This past spring, Clínica Romero began participating in the HRSA Health Center COVID-19 Vaccine Program. “We’re a small but mighty health center, and we’re incredibly grateful for all the support that HRSA has provided to help sustain our work throughout the pandemic,” said Stephanie Lemus, Clínica Romero’s director of public policy and community affairs.
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Please share stories profiling the diverse ways your health center is addressing COVID-19. We are especially interested in hearing about creative, innovative efforts to:
- Administer booster shots and educate your community about them.
- Promote vaccinations for adolescents and young adults.
- Support equity in vaccine distribution and boost vaccine confidence.
Send your story to our Health Center Stories inbox and you may see your story featured in this newsletter, on Today with Macrae webcasts, or via HRSA social media. If sharing a photo, please include a high-resolution image along with the names of everyone in the picture and make sure each person has signed a HRSA Photo Release Form.
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These COVID-19 related items ran in previous communications from the Bureau of Primary Health Care.
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Reimbursement for Administering COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibody Therapeutics FDA has authorized several COVID-19 monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatments for emergency use. Health centers that provide mAb treatment directly, instead of referring patients to receive it, will be interested in the guidance on reimbursement we shared in last week’s Digest.
Weitzman ECHO Webinar Series on COVID-19 Join Community Health Center, Inc.’s, Weitzman Institute for an ECHO webinar series on COVID-19. Speakers will cover how organizations have shifted their workforce, vaccine boosters, and promising practices moving forward. They will share COVID-19 updates at the beginning of each session and answer your questions. Community Health Center, Inc. is a HRSA-funded NTTAP.
TODAY: Supporting Older LGBTQIA+ Adults during COVID-19 Discover strategies for engaging health center and community resources for supporting older LGBTQIA+ patients during a pandemic. Facilitators from The LGBTQIA+ Aging Project will discuss methods for connecting with communities, and best practices for attending to the mental health and social determinants of health (SDOH) needs of LGBTQIA+ older adults during COVID-19.
1:00-2:00 p.m. ET Register here
Hosted by The National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center, a HRSA-funded NTTAP.
Unique Challenges for MSAWs and Their Families See the announcement below.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Did You Get the Mammo? We’re hosting a webinar to discuss breast cancer screening challenges and successes experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Speakers will address how we can recover and sustain screening rates. They’ll review 2020 UDS data and answer your questions.
Thursday, October 14 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET Register here
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HIV
Ending the HIV Epidemic: National Clinical Webinar, HIV Prevention Strategies for Health Care Providers HRSA and the HRSA-funded National Clinician Consultation Center (NCCC) invite health center clinicians to learn about the NCCC’s approach for supporting your HIV prevention efforts. NCCC provides free, confidential, one-on-one teleconsultation to health care providers on key prevention tools, such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and harm reduction approaches to address HIV-associated risk behaviors. Based on real cases, we will review the nuts and bolts of HIV prevention and share ideas on overcoming clinical, informational, and cultural challenges in building prevention capacity.
Tuesday, October 26 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET Register here
Workforce
Diabetes in Special & Vulnerable Populations: National Learning Webinar Series To facilitate a national conversation around diabetes and health centers, 14 NTTAPs are presenting a four-part national learning series. Participants will increase foundational knowledge of effective strategies to prevent, treat, and manage diabetes among special and vulnerable populations. Learn more and register for the series, which starts next week.
Workforce Self-Care Resource Repository The Association of Clinicians for the Underserved’s (ACU) STAR2 Center is excited to share a new resource bundle focused on self-care for the health center workforce. It is important to remember the importance of organizational support, community care, accessibility, and cultural differences. This resource repository is meant to serve as a starting point for organizations to grow their support of self-care for their workforce. ACU is a HRSA-funded NTTAP.
Several HRSA-funded NTTAPs present learning collaboratives:
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Addressing Diabetes Risk Factors in Elementary School-Aged Children
The National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC) and the School-Based Health Alliance (SBHA) invite health centers, including school-based health centers, to learn about targeted interventions to prevent diabetes in elementary school-aged children with pre-diabetic indicators. Learn about evidence-based programs for in-person and telehealth intervention. Also consider how to best reach students by leveraging school and other community-based organization partnerships. 1.5 CE available for each module. Register here.
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Diabetes Prevention & Best Practices for Migrant and Seasonal Agriculture Workers
Hear lessons learned from health centers’ diabetes prevention efforts and about the use of culturally appropriate health educations tools. Participants will learn best practices and evidence-based diabetes prevention models, and discuss challenges in addressing diabetes prevention across the lifespan. Get more information or register.
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Unique Challenges for MSAWs and Their Families
Migrant Clinicians Network, Farmworker Justice, Health Outreach Partners, and MHP Salud invite health centers to explore the unique needs and challenges of serving migratory and seasonal agricultural workers (MSAWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Community health workers and other health center frontline staff who serve MSAW patients should join. This is an opportunity to highlight successes and to share lessons learned. Topics will include vaccine messaging, health center capacity and sustainability, and self-care for staff. Register now.
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Sealant Learning Communities Collaborative
The National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA) invites health centers to engage in activities that will improve their UDS Sealants Measure outcomes. Sessions will take place from January to June 2022. Apply by 8:00 p.m. ET, on Friday, October 29.
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National Center for Farmworker Health Learning Collaboratives
The National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH) offers health center staff opportunities to learn about diverse topics impacting MSAWs, including emergency preparedness, increasing access, screening for SDOH, and SDOH community partnerships.
New Workforce Projections Dashboard and Primary Care Data Report A new tool from HRSA’s National Center for Health Workforce Analysis lets users view projections of supply and demand for health care workers by occupation, geographic area, and year.
Join us for an informational session on the new dashboard and the recently released projections for 2018-2030.
Thursday, October 14 2:00-3:30 p.m. ET Register here
Additional Resources
The Health of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Patients Served at Health Centers: An Analysis of the 2019 UDS Data Access a new report and the recording of a related webinar that share analysis of 2019 UDS data on patient demographics, use of services, and chronic and infectious diseases, with a special focus on health centers that serve Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander patients. This report includes narratives from: HOPE Clinic, Kosrae Community Health Center, and Waimānalo Health Center. The Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, a HRSA-funded NTTAP, produced these resources.
Health Center Role in Housing Innovations: Pay for Success Models – Publication The trend towards measuring outcomes to understand successful social interventions has generated new models of investment. These models engage government, business, and social service sectors in activities addressing SDOH, including housing. Read a report from the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) to learn more about performance-based contracting, pay for success models, and the key roles for health centers participating in these models. CSH is a HRSA-funded NTTAP.
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New Learning Module: Social Risk Coding and Documentation Presented by SBHA, this online module discusses the importance of social risk coding and documentation, with a focus on the new Evaluation and Management (E/M) coding guidelines. Participants will learn to identify social risk and advance equity using the E/M coding guidelines and to identify ways in which social risk coding can help improve the care of patients and increase access to revenue.
Board Actions Combating Racism: Case Study of Lowell Community Health Center The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) shares a video case study showcasing the board of Lowell Community Health Center. Lowell CHC passed a board resolution declaring that racism is a public health crisis in its community. In the video, board members discuss the resolution and how the board is providing oversight of its implementation. Various discussion questions for boards are included at the end of the video, along with links to resources for additional learning. NACHC is a HRSA-funded NTTAP.
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