The annual update to the individual health center recruitment and retention Data Profile Dashboards is just around the corner! In the coming weeks, health center CEOs will receive information via email on how to log in and access their Data Profile Dashboard through a secure link on our site. Health center workforce staff are encouraged to work with their CEOs to review this resource to support data-informed recruitment and retention planning. PCA teams will have the opportunity to access Data Profile Dashboards and State Aggregate Reports from health centers in their state once they have signed an updated Data Use Agreement. Please contact Mariah Blake for more information on this step.

Did you or a team member miss our recent webinar focused on health center partnerships with health professions education and training programs? The session recording and slides have been archived and are now available for you to share or revisit on our site!

As burnout, compassion fatigue, and moral distress continue to affect the health center workforce, the latest season of the STAR² Center Talks Workforce Success podcast presents insights and lessons learned in navigating and overcoming the challenges of these issues from those working in the field. Tune in to hear first hand from experts about what self-care means to them and how they support their teams in bolstering their self-care practices for a sustainable workforce.

Research shows that playfulness can have an beneficial impact on a person's wellbeing and that it is a skill that can be developed in even the most serious adults. Read or listen to this article from Big Think about research on the skill of playfulness and how you can add it to your self-care toolbox.

Interested in creating or expanding a Health Professions Education & Training (HP-ET) program at your health center? Are you looking for a way to ramp up your recruiting of clinical care providers by partnering with teaching and training programs? Then join us on June 21 from 12-1pm ET and again on June 22 from 1-2pm ET for “Advancing Health Center Retention & Recruitment through HP-ET,” the final installments of our three-webinar series on building HP-ET programs at health centers. Each session will feature discussion on the challenges, solutions, and benefits of building an HP-ET program at your health center.

The STAR² Center team is getting ready to host the final session in this iteration of the PCA & HCCN Workforce Professional Development Webinar Series. Join us on June 14 at 2pm ET for a session focused on essential support staff. If we missed you on any of the previous sessions in this series, you can catch up and access the series archive on our site.

Make plans to join the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved at the 2022 Conference “Resilience & Transformation in Care,” on July 31-August 3! Taking place in Washington, D.C. at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel and virtually, this hybrid symposium will unite hundreds of clinicians, public health and industry leaders, advocates, and administrators from across the U.S. to explore strategies to support the healthcare workforce and bridge gaps for a more equitable, just, diverse, and inclusive post-pandemic healthcare system.

Join the National Academy of Medicine on Friday, June 24, from 11:00 am-12:00 pm ET for the release of the National Plan for health workforce well-being. The National Plan is intended to drive collective action to improve health workforce well-being and ultimately restore the health of the nation.

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.