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TPCA Closed for Good Friday
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TPCA Closed for Memorial Day
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This publication is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $1,830,669, with 15 percent financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.
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Read about TPCA's participation in "The Big Payback" in the information below!
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Reminder: New Access Points Applications Due in EHBs Today
New Access Points (NAP) applications are due in HRSA's Electronic Handbooks (EHBs) by Thursday, April 11, at 5 p.m. (Eastern). Visit the
NAP Technical Assistance (TA) webpage
for TA resources, including animated videos with helpful tips for completing the EHBs application forms.
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Service Area Considerations Request for Information Available for Preview
These considerations include factors such as:
- parameters for unmet need;
- proximity;
- reasonable boundaries for the service area;
- consultation with other local providers;
- demonstrated capacity and performance in existing service area; and
- ensuring patient input/representation.
The Service Area RFI announcement will begin with a 30-day preview period. Instructions on how external stakeholders may submit feedback are forthcoming. Following the preview period, HRSA will accept public feedback for 60 days and plans to announce those details in a future
Primary Health Care Digest
newsletter.
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Health Center Funding
More commonly known as the “330 Grant,” funding for the Health Center Program comes from a combination of discretionary funding, appropriated by Congress each year, and mandatory funding from the Community Health Center Fund (CHCF).
(For more detailed information, visit
NACHC's federal funding webpage
.)
Discretionary Health Center Funding
Discretionary funding comprises $1.6 billion of Section 330 grant funding. NACHC has coordinated the circulation of “Dear Colleague” letters that Members of Congress can sign to show their support for CHC funding. Sixty-seven Senators and 278 Representatives co-signed bi-partisan letters led by Senators Wicker (R-MS) and Stabenow (D-MI), and Representatives DeGette (D-CO) and Bilirakis (R-FL). Tennessee Representatives Cohen (D-9) and Roe (R-1) signed on to the DeGette-Bilirakis letter, and Senator Blackburn signed on to the Wicker-Stabenow letter.
Mandatory Health Center Funding
Mandatory funding was extended for a two-year period in February 2018 and the funding will expire at the end of September 2019. Mandatory funding comprises $4.0 billion of Section 330 grant funding. Several pieces of legislation have been introduced in Congress to provide long-term, stable funding for community health centers.
Senator Alexander introduced
S. 192
, the Community and Public Health Programs Extension Act and Representative Cohen (D-9) is co-sponsoring
H.R. 1943
, the Community Health Center and Primary Care Workforce Expansion Act
.
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Auto-HPSA Score Update
Health centers should receive Round 5 of their Auto-HPSA preview scores during the week of April 15. If you have concerns about your score and suspect data may be incorrect, contact
patrick.lipford@tn.gov
at the State Primary Care Office. Please note that the date for the national update has not yet been determined, but HRSA anticipates that it will occur in the summer, rather than in the spring as they previously communicated.
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HRSA Site Visit Video
Do you have questions about your upcoming Operational Site Visit?
Click here
to view a recently released video from HRSA that provides answers to some of the most frequently asked questions.
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Promising Practices in Behavioral Health Workforce Planning
Experts from the University of Michigan, the University at Albany-SUNY, and the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU), a HRSA-funded National Cooperative Agreement (NCA), will share promising practices and resources focused on behavioral health workforce planning, recruitment, and retention. This webinar will share evidence-based research to improve and design strategic investment in behavioral health workforce planning.
Wednesday, May 8
3-4 p.m. (Eastern)
Call-in: 888-989-4389
Passcode: 5589163
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New Supplemental Funding Opportunity: FY 2019 Integrated Behavioral Health Services
Applications are due in EHBs by Monday, May 13, at 5 p.m. (Eastern)
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Join HRSA for the first of two upcoming live Question and Answer (Q&A) Sessions:
Monday, April 15
Noon-1:30 p.m. (Eastern)
Call-in: 888-233-9404
Passcode: 6747147
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Hardeman County Honors Longtime CEO
Hardeman County Community Health Center
honored retiring CEO Mary Heinzen at an event earlier this month that included community and health care leaders from throughout the area and across the state.
Heinzen joined HCCHC in May 1995.
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Connectus RN Nominated as Emerging Leader
Congratulations to Amber Anderson, RN, of
Connectus Health
. Anderson was nominated for a 2019 Geiger Gibson Emerging Leader Award at the NACHC 2019 Policy & Issues Forum in March. The Emerging Leader Award was established in 2007 "to highlight and shahre with the health center community the accomplishments of a new generation of health center leaders... The key qualities of leadership highlighted by this award are commitment, motivation, and professional achievement that together further the health center mission."
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Health Centers in the News
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TPCA Introduces Affiliate Membership Opportunity
Non-profit organizations may now join TPCA at the Affiliate Member level. Affiliate Membership allows access to TPCA's training opportunities throughout the year and includes a number of other benefits:
- Specified number of attendee training registrations (see chart below) at no charge. This includes any combination of trainings, with the exception of the Annual Leadership Conference, Uniform Data System training, and other trainings that may be subject to an additional charge.
- 50% discount off the non-member price for additional trainings
- Member pricing for the Annual Leadership Conference and TPCA's annual Uniform Data System training.
- Substantial discount on TPCA meeting space rental fees.
To learn more about TPCA Affiliate Membership,
click here
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Support TPCA Through "The Big Payback"
TPCA is proud to be participating in "The Big Payback" on Thursday, May 2! The Big Payback, hosted by The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, is an annual community-wide giving day that celebrates Middle Tennessee’s spirit of generosity and supports the life-changing work of area nonprofits.
Kicking off at midnight (Central) on Thursday, May 2, the 24-hour online giving day helps organizations like TPCA raise much-needed funds and bring awareness to pressing needs in the community. Since its inception in 2014, Middle Tennessee’s annual day of giving has raised more than $12.5 million for nearly 1,000 area nonprofits.
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