The STAR² Center team is excited to announce the upcoming release of the third season of our podcast, STAR² Center Talks Workforce Success! This season will explore how those in the field are engaging in successful, sustainable, organizationally-supported self-care and the impact that has on retention and recruitment.

The online self-paced courses offered through the STAR² Center received an upgrade over the holidays. Start off the new year by enrolling in (or catching up on) our free courses on key recruitment and retention topics in their new and improved format!

Self-care is important for health center teams to maintain balance and continue providing important support for their communities. Health Outreach Partners created the resource, "Self-Care: Taking Care of Ourselves So We Can Take Care of Others", with input from the field to share self-care strategies and their benefits with health center teams.

While some organizations are conducting staff satisfaction surveys, many could use support to get started or improve their process. Health center teams are invited to apply to join the cohort for this five-part learning collaborative to gain an understanding of and action steps for how best to conduct and follow up on staff satisfaction surveys.

Recruiting and retaining providers is a challenge for many health centers and given the increased challenges of a global pandemic, the Great Resignation, and a pending Great Retirement in healthcare, health centers now, more than ever, must approach workforce development and “grow-your-own” efforts strategically. This Learning Collaborative, conducted in collaboration between the STAR² Center and Wipfli, will provide health centers an opportunity to develop a Strategic Workforce Plan focusing on Health Professions Education & Training (HP-ET) strategies to enhance capabilities to recruit, develop, and retain their provider workforce.

The SDOH Academy invites health center staff to participate in the 2022 SDOH Academy Innovations Showcase Competition: Helping Health Centers Build Healthier Communities, an interactive training opportunity that incorporates an element of competition. Utilize this unique opportunity to inform a national audience of how your innovative SDOH interventions have been successful.

The STAR² Center team invites workforce staff from PCA and HCCN teams to participate in the latest iteration of our workforce professional development series. This "train the trainer" series will bolster workforce efforts internally and help teams to provide a robust support system for recruitment and retention at their health centers.

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.