The STAR² Center is proud to announce the definition of a comprehensive workforce plan to assist health center teams. This document provides a definition of a comprehensive workforce plan that has been reviewed and approved by the Bureau of Primary Health Care. The robust definition is followed by the essential components that health centers can use as part of their ongoing workforce planning efforts. This dynamic document should be revisited regularly by health center teams to address the evolving needs of the workforce, patients, and community.

Earlier this year the STAR² Center team released our collaboratively produced Building an Inclusive Organization Toolkit. The toolkit responds to common questions and needs of health center staff engaged in efforts to build a more inclusive organization by implementing policies that help to recruit and retain a workforce representative of the patients served, and building opportunities to learn and enhance cultural respect and humility in practice. 

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted the increased and widespread use of virtual health services, including telehealth, in health centers. Learn more about the effect that the rise in the use of this technology has had on clinician engagement through our white paper.

The STAR² Center team recently compiled a resource repository including websites, tools, webinars, and more all focused on Workforce Self-Care. This resource repository includes free resources to support self-care at the individual level as well as at the organizational level for ongoing team support.

Knowledge is the best defense against burnout, vicarious trauma, and compassion fatigue. Tune in to this archived STAR² Center webinar, Self-care is Quality Care, led by expert trainer on trauma-informed care, Matt Bennett, to go further than other self-care trainings by addressing the critical elements of health to enhance productivity and quality of work on both an individual and organizational level.

The STAR² Center's recent webinar series, presented by experts from Ainey Volion Consulting, is now archived and available for health center teams to revisit! Just complete a quick and free registration to view the series, Building Back Better: Utilizing Lessons Learned During COVID-19 for Inclusivity and Retention that provides viewers with information and tools to use for increased inclusivity in the workplace for people with physical disabilities, people that are d/Deaf, blind, and visually impaired, and neurodiverse people.

The STAR² Center team offers FREE technical assistance to health centers on their workforce needs. Where questions arise in reviewing the Data Profile Dashboards, completing our comprehensive Retention and Recruitment Plan Template, planning for employee engagement, or something else, our team of experts is here to help. The STAR² Center is available to offer phone or web-based assistance free of charge to health center staff.

The Health Center Resource Clearinghouse is designed as a one-stop online repository of training and technical assistance resources developed for health centers by the National Training and Technical Assistance Partners. Topics include finance, operations, workforce, quality improvement, capital development, HIT/data, governance and emerging issues.