What's New
New FAQ: Recording Street Medicine in Scope
You can provide in-scope services through street medicine to your patients and other residents of your service area at locations outside your health center, such as homeless encampments, parks, and under bridges. Visit our compliance FAQ page for a new FAQ on how to document these services in your health center’s HRSA-approved scope of project. For more information on scope of project, review the Scope of Project webpage. Submit questions via the BPHC Contact Form (Program Monitoring H80 > Change in Scope).
New Look-Alike Initial Designation Instructions
We published updated instructions for Look-Alike Initial Designation (LAL-ID) applications (PDF). They include an overview of changes made from the previous version. We will continue to add TA resources to the LAL-ID TA webpage.
- If you are submitting an LAL-ID application, be sure to carefully read the new instructions.
- If you submitted an LAL-ID application between September 6 and December 13, we will review it based on these updated instructions.
Submit questions via the BPHC Contact Form (Look-Alike Designation > Initial Designation (LAL-ID)).
Adding Transitional Care in Carceral Setting Locations in EHBs to Your Scope of Project
You can now request to add transitional care in carceral setting locations to your scope of project through the Scope Module in EHBs. See the announcement in last week’s Digest for resources.
Behavioral Health
Join a Community of Practice
Come together with experts and peers to boost your behavioral health efforts. Behavioral health professionals may earn CME for attending sessions. Get individualized support during the 30-minute office hour that follows each session. Visit the registration pages for dates, times, and more details.
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A Behavioral Health Integration Primer for Health Centers
New to behavioral health integration or need a refresher? Experts will help you implement and sustain effective integrated care models for their care settings. Visit the registration page.
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Strategies to Support School-Based Youth Behavioral Health
This opportunity is for school-based health center staff. Join to gain resources and learn about approaches you can use to build safe and affirming environments, train staff, enhance collaboration with community organizations, and promote positive peer relationships. Visit the registration page.
A Systems Approach to Sustainable Integrated Behavioral Health
Join us to gain practical insights for creating long-term impact in integrated care settings. Speakers will examine strategies across five system levels and learn how identity shifts contribute to fostering a sustainable culture. You will learn actionable steps to build and maintain integrated care practices.
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
Registration page
**1.0 behavioral health CME available**
Advising People on Using 988 Versus 911: Practical Approaches for Healthcare Providers
SAMHSA’s new guide (PDF) can help you educate your community on which service is best for a given situation. It offers clear explanations, real-world scenarios, and common concerns, preparing people and their trusted networks to make informed decisions.
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HRSA Graduate Psychology Education Program
HRSA’s Graduate Psychology Education Program trains doctoral health service psychology students, interns, and postdoctoral residents in integrated, interdisciplinary behavioral health. The program also supports faculty development in health service psychology. HRSA will award approximately $22.8 million to up to 50 grantees over a period of three years through this funding opportunity. Visit HRSA’s Graduate Psychology Education Program webpage to learn more and apply by 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.
HIV
BLUPrInt PrEP Patient Tracker
The Building, Learning, and Understanding Prevention Interventions for HIV (BLUPrInt) website offers data-driven tools and resources to help clinics build or enhance their pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) program. The newest feature is a patient tracker that you can use to track patient appointments, reminder calls, and medication assistance program applications. The National Institute of Mental Health funds this resource.
Ryan White Program 2030 Letter
Last week, HRSA published a program letter sharing a framework designed to sustain high-quality care and treatment for people currently receiving services through the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program while expanding efforts to identify and engage individuals with HIV who are undiagnosed or out-of-care. Visit HRSA’s website to learn more and access the letter.
Workforce
NTTAP Learning Collaboratives
See the application pages for dates, times, and more information about these opportunities:
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Improving Health Center Cybersecurity: Risk Assessment, Breach Defense, Mitigation, and Response Learning Collaborative
The Health Information Technology, Evaluation and Quality (HITEQ) Center invites you to join experts and colleagues to discuss breach mitigation and cybersecurity, implications of generative artificial intelligence, and incident response planning from a cybersecurity perspective. Visit HITEQ’s application page to apply by Friday, January 17, 2025.
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Trauma-Informed Motivational Interviewing
Health Outreach Partners invites you to boost your ability to have difficult conversations about health behavior change with patients. You will learn the basics of motivational interviewing, why a trauma-informed approach is important, and strategies for applying what you have learned. Visit the application page.
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Health Professions Student Training
Join Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) for a roadmap, resources, and coaching support on implementing an effective and sustainable health professions student training program. Sessions leaders will provide guidance and support as you create a playbook for your program and present models to train the next generation. Visit CHC’s website to download the syllabus or apply by Monday, January 20, 2025.
HRSA Graduate Psychology Education Program
See the announcement above.
Oral Health
Enhancing Oral Health Care Access with Community Health Workers
The National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA) and MHP Salud will partner on a webinar discussing community health workers (CHWs) in dental programs. Speakers include CHWs who engage with health centers to support oral health care in their community.
Thursday, January 23, 2025
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Registration page
**1.0 CDE available**
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