Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center begins a year-long 55th Anniversary Celebration!

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Tennessee General Assembly Updates

Governor Lee signed SB1/HB1 into law as Public Chapter 1, effective July 1, 2023. The legislation, sponsored by Senator Jack Johnson (R-Franklin) and Representative Lamberth (R-Portland), prohibits gender affirming care for minors. 

TPCA Member Days on the Hill: Cherokee Health System

During the state legislative session, TPCA is hosting Days on the Hill for community health centers to meet with legislators and advocate for health center priorities. Last week, Joel Hornberger, Chief Strategy Officer with Cherokee Health Systems visited the capitol to advocate for Safety Net funding and share information about the impact Cherokee has on its communities.

Haven't scheduled your day on the Hill? Reach out to Emily.Waitt@tnpca.org to learn how!

Family & Children's Service's TennCare Renewals Webinar

March 21, 2023 | 1:00 PM Central

Family & Children’s Service is holding a webinar, Preparing for TennCare Renewals: What to Know and How We Can Work Together on March 21 at 1 PM Central. Join Family & Children's Service Get Covered TN ACA Navigators for a webinar on what to expect for TennCare Unwinding and how we can collaborate.

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ACU's Getting Ready for the Unwinding Webinar

March 22, 2023 | 1:00 PM Eastern

The Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) is offering a webinar, Getting Ready for the 'Unwinding': Best Practices and Lessons Learned for Medicaid Redetermination at 1 PM (Eastern) on Wednesday, March 22 to discuss best practices for preparing for the Medicaid unwinding. The Neighborhood Outreach Access to Health (NOAH) in Phoenix, Arizona, and Albany Area Primary Health Care (AAPHC) in Albany, Georgia will share how their health centers have been preparing for redeterminations and the unwinding. 

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Senate HELP Committee Hearing on Community Health Centers

Last week, the Senate Health Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, chaired by Senator Bernie Sanders (VT-I) held a hearing entitled, Community Health Centers: Savings Lives, Saving Money. During the hearing, members of the committee heard from Ben Harvey, CEO of Indiana PCA and Sue Veer, President and CEO of Carolina Health Centers and member of NACHC Executive Committee. The hearing covered a range of topics including community health center funding, the health center workforce and the 340B drug pricing program. 

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NACHC Learning Collaborative

to Harness Electronic Health Records for HIV Care and Prevention

This valuable learning collaborative will bring together health center organizations from different backgrounds serving different populations to explore how HIV services are being provided. Participants will engage in data aggregation activities, and collectively analyze outcomes.

Target Audience: Quality improvement staff, HIV program staff, CIOs, CMIOs, CMOs, CNOs, others interested in data driven quality improvement. 

Sessions: 

• Understanding Your Local Data Within the Larger US HIV Epidemic 
• How to Use Social Needs Data to Drive Programmatic Change for HIV 
• PrEP Data: Rethinking PrEP Uptake and Exploring Care Gaps 
• Final Presentations 

Session Dates: March 29, April 12, April 26, and May 10, 2023 from 2:00-3:00 PM ET

Learn more and register here >>>

School-Based Funding Opportunity

The Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) released a Notice of Funding Opportunity to fund 70 new or expanded school-based service sites. Awardees will be required to provide both primary and mental health services at the funded sites. 

New sites are eligible to receive up to $350,000 per year and existing sites are eligible for up to $250,000 per year. Community health centers grantees are eligible to apply.  

Applications are due in grants.gov by Friday, March 31, and in EHB by Monday, May 1

National Health Service Corps Applications Due by April 25

The application portal is open for National Health Service Corps (NHSC) loan repayment programs. In exchange for serving at a NHSC facility, clinicians providing primary medical, dental, or behavioral health care may qualify for loan repayment up to $50,000 with an NHSC Loan Repayment Program award, up to $75,000 for the NHSC Substance Use Disorder Workforce Loan Repayment Program, and up to $100,000 for the NHSC Rural Community Loan Repayment Program.  

Applications are due April 25th >>>

Community Health Worker

Training Program

Meharry Medical College, in collaboration with Baptist Health Sciences University, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Rural Health Association of Tennessee, and community partners, is expanding the HealthWorks CHW training and recruiting persons who want to participate.

To learn more and enroll, contact Mr. Rafael Santiago at rsantiago@mmc.edu.

View the announcement here >>>