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Deadline Reminder: Service Area Competition Applications for April 1 and May 1 Starts

Fiscal year (FY) 2024 Service Area Competition (SAC) applications for April 1 starts (HRSA-24-069) are due in HRSA’s Electronic Handbooks (EHBs) on Wednesday, October 18, by 5:00 p.m. ET.

FY 2024 SAC applications for service areas with a May 1 period of performance start date (HRSA-24-070) are due in:

• Grants.gov: Monday, October 16, by 11:59 p.m. ET.
• EHBs: Wednesday, November 15, by 5:00 p.m. ET.

TA materials are available on the SAC TA webpage.

HRSA Health Center COVID-19 Response Team Receives the Secretary's Award for Meritorious Service

Above: Members of HRSA’s Health Center COVID-19 Response Team pose with HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and HRSA Administrator Carole Johnson (at center). The team received the Secretary's Award for Meritorious Service for their work, especially on the HRSA Health Center COVID-19 Vaccine Program. This is the second highest honor award granted by the Department.

TODAY: 2023 Uniform Data System Reporting Webinar Series Our TA webinar series will help you submit accurate, timely, and complete 2023 Uniform Data System (UDS) reports. See our training flyer (PDF) for details and registration for all sessions. October sessions explain UDS reporting requirements, across all clinical tables, related to three areas of clinical quality measures: TODAY: UDS Clinical Tables Part 1: Screening and Preventive Care Measures 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET Registration page UDS Clinical Tables Part 2: Maternal Care and Children’s Health Wednesday, October 11 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET Registration page UDS Clinical Tables Part 3: Chronic Disease Management Thursday, October 26 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET Registration page

Recording and Data Brief Available: 2022 UDS Trends Webinar

Thank you to those who joined our webinar last month. The recording and slides are available on the UDS Data webpage. Also available is the 2022 UDS Trends Data Brief (PDF), a companion product to the webinar that summarizes key 2022 data trends.

GeoCare Navigator Coming in Early 2024

HRSA is launching an enhanced Health Center Program GeoCare Navigator in early 2024 on data.hrsa.gov. We will sunset the UDS Mapper at the end of March 2024. There will be no gap in access to a mapping tool.

You can use the UDS Mapper through March 2024 to generate service area maps for funding applications, change in scope requests, and other applications. You can access user guides and recorded webinars on the UDS Mapper Tutorials and Resources webpage until we sunset the tool.

Policy Tip: Scope of Project Webpage We include everything you need to know about scope of project on our Scope of Project webpage: Check out our Welcome to Health Center Scope of Project 101 video (also available in Spanish) to learn the five areas that make up scope of project. Explore how to maintain an accurate scope of project and correctly document it in the proper forms. Dive into the list of informational resources included in the Scope of Project Resources page. If you have a question that these resources don’t answer, submit it via the BPHC Contact Form.

Preventing Gender-Based and Intimate Partner Violence

View and download HRSA’s newly released Implementation Framework for Preventing and Responding to IPV. Learn about HRSA and HHS programs that address gender-based and intimate partner violence (IPV) at HRSA’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month webinar.

Thursday, October 12
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Registration page

Vaccination Coverage and Hesitancy Among Pregnant Women

CDC’s most recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report concludes: Efforts to improve vaccination coverage among pregnant women, such as provider recommendations for vaccination and informative conversations with patients to address vaccine hesitancy, could reduce adverse maternal and infant illness and death from vaccine-preventable diseases.

Workforce

Empowering Comprehensive Care: Recruiting & Retaining the Integrated Care Team Webinar Series

Health centers are vital in offering holistic care to patients, including and beyond medical treatment, to encompass a diverse range of services. This two-part webinar series, hosted by the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved’s (ACU) STAR² Center, will feature presenters from two NTTAPs: the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnerships (NCMLP) and the National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA). The series will provide a unique opportunity for health center professionals to explore innovative ways of building and maintaining transdisciplinary health care teams.

Tuesday, October 24,
and Tuesday, October 31
3:00-4:00 p.m. ET
Registration page

NTTAP Learning Collaboratives

Visit the registration pages for dates, times, and more information:

• The Role of Identifying the Social Drivers of Health in Advancing Health Equity
  Renaye James Healthcare Advisors (RJHA) will cover how to assess disparities in health outcomes and barriers experienced within different communities. Trainings will focus on evidence-based health-risk assessment tools and how to use a team-based approach to incorporate these tools into patient care. Register by Wednesday, October 11.
  
  
• Language Access
  Join the National Center for Farmworker Health to focus on reducing health disparities and the gaps in language access to improve clinical quality delivery for the migratory and seasonal agricultural worker population. You’ll gain effective strategies to provide culturally responsive care and reduce barriers to care. Speakers will use the National CLAS Standards to assess the cultural appropriateness of staff and health center language access services. Registration page.

State Health Workforce Toolkit

The National Governors Association’s (NGA) new web-based toolkit provides actionable resources to states working to address health care workforce issues. HRSA’s National Organizations of State and Local Officials cooperative agreement provided support for this NGA toolkit.

Additional Resources

The Joint Commission’s 2023 Ambulatory Accreditation Essentials and 2023 Environment of Care

The Joint Commission's 2023 Ambulatory Accreditation Essentials and the 2023 EC/LSC for Ambulatory Care Conference on-demand programs are available to all HRSA partners online and offer Continuing Education credit:

• The 2023 Ambulatory Care Accreditation Essentials (ANCC: 13.5; ACHE: 13.5)
• The 2023 EC/LSC for Ambulatory Care Conference (ACHE: 12.5)

Enroll by visiting this website and entering subscribe key “HRSA” within the registration form.

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Training Calendar

Visit our online calendar for details on these and all scheduled events.

Through October 10

School Based Service Expansion Post-Award Q&A
Tuesday, October 3
1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
Registration page

UDS Clinical Tables Part 1: Screening and Preventive Care Measures
Tuesday, October 3
1:00-2:30 p.m. ET
Registration page

Leadership Training for Clinical Staff – Leading a Diverse Staff
Hosted by ACU’s STAR² Center
Thursday, October 5
2:00-3:15 p.m. ET
Registration page

HRSA-CDC Bridge Access Program
Thursday, October 5
4:00-5:00 p.m. ET
Join the day of the session
Join by phone: 833-568-8864
Webinar ID: 160 959 1980

Getting Back on Track: How to Reach Pediatric Patients for Preventive Needs Using Population Health Tools and Mobile Van Service to Aid in This Effort
Hosted by RJHA
Friday, October 6
Noon-1:15 p.m. ET
Registration page

COVID-19 Response Program Office Hours
Tuesday, October 10
1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
Join the day of the session

Effective Recruitment Strategies for Nurse Practitioner and Physician Associate Postgraduate Training Programs
Hosted by Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC)
Tuesday, October 10
2:30-3:30 p.m. ET
Registration page
**CE available**

Upcoming

UDS Clinical Tables Part 2: Maternal Care and Children’s Health
Wednesday, October 11
1:00-2:30 p.m. ET
Registration page

Health Center Preparedness and Response Forum: Infectious and Vector-borne Diseases
Hosted by multiple NTTAPs
Thursday, October 12
1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
Registration page

Preventing Gender-Based and Intimate Partner Violence
Thursday, October 12
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Registration page

Today with Macrae: Health Center Program Updates
Tuesday, October 17
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Join the day of the session
Join by phone: 833-568-8864
Webinar ID: 161 225 0183

HITEQ Highlights: Using your Health Center Data to Manage the Business of Value-Based Care
Hosted by the Health Information Technology, Evaluation, and Quality (HITEQ) Center
Tuesday, October 17
2:00-3:30 p.m. ET
Registration page

Promoting Resilient Workforces: Workplace Strategies to Address Impacts of Trauma and Domestic Violence
Hosted by Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation
Wednesday, October 18
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Registration page

Increasing Access to Comprehensive Care: The Crucial Role of the Community Health Worker
Hosted by CHC
Wednesday, October 18
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Registration page
**CE available**

Acting on Climate Change for a Healthier Future: The Role of Health Centers
Hosted by the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium and the National Center for Health in Public Housing
Wednesday, October 18,
and Wednesday, October 25
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Registration page

At the Intersection of HIV and HCV: Part 1: Prevention Frameworks and Strategies
Hosted by the Corporation for Supportive Housing
Wednesday, October 18
2:00-3:30 p.m. ET
Registration page

Expanding Access to Oral Health Care for Veterans
Hosted by NNOHA
Thursday, October 19
1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
Registration page
**1.0 CDE is available**

Improving Diabetes with Population Health Tools
Hosted by RJHA
Friday, October 20
1:00-2:15 p.m. ET
Registration page

Empowering Comprehensive Care: Recruiting & Retaining the Integrated Care Team Webinar Series
Hosted by the ACU’s STAR² Center and featuring NCMLP and NNOHA
Tuesday, October 24,
and Tuesday, October 31
3:00-4:00 p.m. ET
Registration page

Enhancing Access to Comprehensive Care: A Hands-On Guide to Implementing Standing Orders
Hosted by CHC
Thursday, October 26
Noon-1:00 p.m. ET
Registration page
**CE available**

UDS Clinical Tables Part 3: Chronic Disease Management
Thursday, October 26
1:00-2:30 p.m. ET
Registration page

Reporting UDS Financial and Operational Tables
Tuesday, November 7
1:00-2:30 p.m. ET
Registration page

Webinars are hosted by HRSA unless otherwise noted.