What's New
Fact Sheet: End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
HHS released this Fact Sheet with an update on how COVID-19-related flexibilities are impacted by the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.
Health Center Workforce Well-being Survey: Preliminary Reports
Did your health center participate in HRSA’s Health Center Workforce Well-being Survey? Last month, we sent the main points of contact for the survey a preliminary data report. If they cannot locate that email or have questions about the report, contact our contractor, JSI, for assistance: email workforce_survey_help@jsi.com or call 833-408-3322. Submit questions for HRSA through the BPHC Contact Form (General/Other HRSA > Other Topics, then enter “Workforce Well-being Survey” in the description with your questions).
Thank you again to everyone who participated in the survey! We expect to share national data later this year. Our Health Center Workforce Well-being Initiative webpage contains more information and technical assistance (TA) resources for all health centers.
Updated Service Area Status Scores Now Available
Visit HRSA’s website for updated Service Area Status (SAS) scores based on 2021 Uniform Data System (UDS) patient data. The SAS score describes the health, social, and economic status of a health center's existing service area using a standardized methodology and public data sources. Obtain SAS scores for HRSA-funded health centers and look-alikes through the SAS Workbook. The ZIP code-configurable workbook allows those outside the Health Center Program to obtain SAS scores for ZIP codes within a proposed service area.
Policy Tip: Clinical Staffing
Credentialing requirements apply to other clinical staff. “Other clinical staff” are clinical staff positions that do not require licensure or certification by the health center’s state, territory, or jurisdiction. Examples of other clinical staff could include Medical Assistants or Community Health Workers. Learn more and find answers to other questions on HRSA’s Health Center Program Compliance FAQs webpage.
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National Maternal Mental Health Hotline Webinar
As mentioned at the recent Today with Macrae webcast*, HRSA-funded health centers will soon receive promotional materials to help you spread the word about this valuable resource. Join HRSA’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Associate Administrator Dr. Michael Warren and others to learn how the hotline can help you assist pregnant persons during and after pregnancy.
Monday, May 22
1:00-1:45 p.m. ET
Registration page
The hotline celebrated its first anniversary this past weekend. See the press release on HHS’ website. They also introduced an easier-to-remember number: 833-TLC-MAMA. (The old number will continue working for a year.)
*If you missed our webcast, watch the recording or see the slides on our website.
National Advisory Council on Migrant Health Meeting
The National Advisory Council on Migrant Health (NACMH) will hold an in-person meeting in Lutz, Florida, May 24-25. The event is open to the public and will include an option to attend virtually. Visit the NACMH webpage to view the agenda and learn more.
NACMH advises and makes recommendations to the HHS Secretary on policy, program development, and other topics related to migrant health centers and other organizations that serve migratory and seasonal agricultural workers and their families.
April in Brief
In April, HRSA Administrator Carole Johnson testified before the U.S. House of Representatives on HRSA programs and priorities, and HRSA observed Black Maternal Health Week and celebrated staff who have recently joined the Senior Executive Service. Read more on HRSA’s website.
HRSA Healthy Grants Workshop
This series will help award recipients successfully manage their HRSA award. See the Healthy Grants Workshop webpage to access a schedule and registration page.
Mental Health Awareness Month
Fact Sheet: Celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month 2023
HHS knows how essential mental health is to overall health and well-being. This fact sheet serves as a snapshot of the department’s efforts over the past year.
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In Your Words: What’s the Value of Behavioral Health TA?
We offer free TA to HRSA-funded health centers to support your behavioral health and primary care integration efforts. We asked some participants, “What’s the value of these activities?”:
Being able to discuss our challenges with someone who has an objective perspective and can provide insights and actionable advice for improvement. –One-on-one coaching attendee
Tips for program implementation provided a good guideline. –Site visit attendee
Just the organic conversation that came out of the presentations and the generosity of those presenting to share their real-life experiences of the model. –Webinar attendee
Opened up my eyes to the need for integrating behavioral and oral health. –Brown bag attendee
As you can see above, we deliver this TA through multiple modalities. Many activities offer CE credits. Visit the BPHC Behavioral Health TA Portal to get the support you need.
Hepatitis Awareness Month
COVID-19
ECHOing Support to Health Centers on Long COVID
To advance the Biden-Harris Administration's priority to combat long COVID, HRSA posted a solicitation for a contract to provide training and TA to 100 health centers to diagnose, treat, and combat long COVID and related chronic conditions. Visit Sam.gov to see the solicitation. Applications are due Monday, May 22, and we expect to award the contract by the end of June.
The contractor will use a Project Extension for Community Health Outcomes (ECHO)-like model. This approach will engage clinicians and specialists in a virtual community to foster continuous learning, peer support, and guidance and feedback for long COVID management and treatment among underserved communities.
Improving Vaccine and Healthcare Access Among Residents of Supportive Housing: Lessons Learned From COVID-19
Many studies have sought to understand issues relating to vaccine uptake. Visit the Corporation for Supportive Housing’s website to download a report that compiles some of them. The report connects to focus groups of residents and providers of supportive housing to share their experiences. It also presents recommendations for housing providers and health centers to support and inform patients to have agency in their own health and medical decisions.
Behavioral Health
Communities of Practice for Behavioral Health Integration
Take a deep dive into these critical topics through a series of eight 1.5-hour sessions. Visit the registration pages for dates and times.
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Addressing Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) in Behavioral Health and Primary Care
Learn about the SDOH that affect behavioral health outcomes and strategies for identifying and mitigating these impacts in an integrated care setting. Registration page.
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Improving Postpartum Outcomes with Behavioral Health Integration
Join subject matter experts and peers for discussion on identifying and mitigating the impact of risk factors for maternal health, especially those associated with behavioral health disorders that contribute to morbidity and mortality in the fourth trimester. Registration page.
Mental Health Care for Transgender Youth
Learn about LGBTQIA+ health disparities, demographics, terminology, and key strategies for providing high quality care for transgender youth who are patients at health centers. The session will include discussions of inclusive care environments and the intersections among transgender health, population health, and team-based care.
Wednesday, May 24
1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
Registration page
**1.0 CE available**
Bring your questions to a follow-up discussion from 1:00-3:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 31 (registration page).
Responding to Staff Exposure to Highly Stressful Events and Traumatic Patient Experiences
Our behavioral health and substance use disorder TA provides timely information on strategies health center leadership and staff can use to respond to stressful and traumatic events. Visit the BPHC Behavioral Health TA Portal for a short pre-recorded webinar that provides information on critical incident stress debriefing and stress management. You can also request further TA on this topic there.
SAMHSA and FDA Letter Promotes the Medication First Model
SAMHSA and FDA’s letter (PDF) emphasizes that counseling and other services should not be prerequisites for a patient to receive medications for opioid use disorder. Practitioners must work collaboratively with patients, meeting them where they are, to create supportive and tailored treatment plans.
HIV
QuizTime for CME – Ending the HIV Epidemic with Antiretroviral Therapy
Providers at HRSA-funded health centers can access CME about HIV treatment through their phones. Register for daily (weekdays only) questions. Eligible clinicians will receive CME for answering within 24 hours. Visit the Southeast AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC)’s website for details and to register.
Homecoming: Life After Incarceration
HUD’s multimedia project highlights the challenges people experience as they re-enter society after incarceration. It has a secondary focus on the connection between HIV and incarceration and highlights the challenges and opportunities that exist in addressing the housing and health needs of people with HIV exiting jails and prisons. It consists of documentary style video episodes with accompanying written chapters that dive deeply into key topics and related resources. Visit HUD’s website to access.
Hypertension
Updated Toolkit Available
The Self-Measured Blood Pressure (SMBP) Monitoring Implementation Toolkit (PDF) helps organizations integrate SMBP monitoring into care processes and workflows. This update adds a section to help a care team identify best uses of SMBP for patients based on their blood pressure readings and risk factors. This workflow is courtesy of Health Federation of Philadelphia, a HRSA-funded Health Center Controlled Network (HCCN). NACHC developed the toolkit for CDC’s Million Hearts initiative.
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Workforce
Screening for the SDOH: An Epidemiological Perspective
This learning collaborative from the National Center for Health in Public Housing (NCHPH) will present the SDOH as an epidemiological framework that maximizes the patient and health center experience. They will examine the research and review screening tools that provide the best benefit. Registration page.
Additional Resources
AgWorker Health 102: Supporting Agricultural Worker Health
Join the Farmworker Health Network (FHN, a group of six HRSA-funded NTTAPs) to hear about the most relevant current agricultural worker policy issues and explore effective service delivery models. Presenters will also highlight training and TA opportunities and share resources and promising practices.
Tuesday, May 23
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Registration page
“Be the Change” Youth Training Program
Registration is open for the School-Based Health Alliance’s “Be the Change” Youth Training Program on June 26-28 in Washington, D.C. Participants will meet like-minded peers and attend various workshops to learn about school-based health care. Visit the registration page to submit a scholarship application by Friday, May 19.
Partnership for the Future: Health Centers and Maternal Child Health Home Visiting Opportunities
Join the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC) and NCHPH for a three-part webinar series focused on improving maternal and child health equity with home visiting program partnerships and health centers. This series explores opportunities for health centers to develop partnerships with home visiting programs shown to improve maternal and child health outcomes, promote health equity, and reduce health disparities. Visit the registration page for dates and times.
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