The need for mission-driven mental health providers is a challenge faced by all health centers nationwide. The STAR² Center brings you two micro-learning online courses to help workforce professionals gain foundational knowledge about the best ways to effectively retain and recruit mental health providers at health centers. To access the STAR² Center learning management system (LMS), users are required to create a login but each online course is free of use, open to all, approximately 15 minutes in length, and offers an optional certificate of completion. 

While telehealth and other virtual care technology is not new to health centers, the spike in its use in response to COVID-19 has impacted clinician engagement both positively and negatively. Earlier this summer, the STAR² Center team released a paper reviewing these impacts in the health center setting.

The Data Profile Dashboards produced annually by the STAR² Center team have been updated to include the latest data available. Each health center CEO is able to log in to review their secure Data Profile Dashboard through our website. Please contact Mariah Blake to resend or reset login information or to ask any questions about the resource.

PCA teams have the opportunity to access Data Profile Dashboards and State Aggregate Reports from health centers in their state. Interested PCA staff should contact Mariah Blake to complete an updated Data Use Agreement to access the updated resource.

Join the STAR² Center team and our expert guests for conversations on meeting the evolving workforce needs of the changing health center environment through episodes of our podcast, STAR² Center Talks Workforce Success. Tune in to engaging and informative chats with health center leaders and workforce experts from around the nation. All 10 episodes and transcripts are available now!

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Join us in Washington, D.C.'s Mandarin Oriental Hotel and virtually on Oct. 31-Nov. 2 for ACU's Conference, "Mission: Health Equity! Celebrating 25 years of ACU, the symposium will explore strategies to eliminate health disparities by addressing systemic practices contributing to poor health in Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, LGBTQIA, and other minority and intersectional groups. The CME-accredited event will offer informative trainings for clinicians, administrators, and advocates alike, in addition to exciting keynote addresses and an in-person 25th Anniversary Reception & Award Ceremony. 

Save the dates to join the STAR² Center on November 3 & 4 in Washington, DC for this engaging workshop! Extend your stay for the ACU conference or join us just for the workshop.

Having an engaged and thriving workforce requires careful planning and the execution of effective retention and recruitment efforts. This two-day interactive training will jump-start health centers’ creation of their Retention & Recruitment Plan. With each day dedicated to one of these focus areas, health center staff will gain specific knowledge needed to start working on or revamping their health centers’ Retention & Recruitment Plan. Being able to achieve these results will help ensure a health center’s long-term sustainability, improve business operations, and increase the ability to continue offering mission-driven, patient-centered healthcare for all.

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.