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  • Who We Are
    • Our Mission
      • Annual Reports
        • 2025 Report
    • Boards & Committees
    • Staff & Careers
    • Advisory Council
  • What We Do
    • Workforce: ACU National Center
      • What We Offer
      • 2026 Workforce Symposium
      • Monthly Leadership Labs
      • The STAR² Center
    • Programs
      • Behavioral Health
      • Centers of Excellence
      • Community-Based Doula Training
      • Eye Health and Vision Care
      • Suicide Safer Care
        • Resource Repository
    • Career Center
  • Policy & Advocacy
    • Become an Advocate
    • Strengthen the NHSC
      • Share Your Story
    • Our Policy and Advocacy Priorities
    • Partners & Coalitions
  • News
    • ACU Newsletter: Clinician & Community
    • Allying for Health Access Blog
      • News Archive
    • Statements & Press Releases
      • Press Center
    • Purpose in Practice Podcast
    • STAR² Center Talks Workforce Success
  • Trainings
    • 2026 Annual Conference
      • Registration
      • Call for Abstracts
      • Sponsorships
      • Exhibitors
    • 2026 Workforce Symposium
      • Agenda
    • Webinars
    • Past Conferences & Symposia
  • Get Involved
    • Membership
      • Member Spotlights
    • Fellowship of ACU
    • Corporate Allies
      • Corporate Transcendence
      • The Inline Group
    • ACU Store
    • Donate
    • Contact Us

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ACU 2025 Annual Report

Read ACU’s 2025 Annual Report: Transforming Clinicians & Care to Meet the Moment

by Rick Brown April 15, 2026April 15, 2026
29 years ago, the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU)’s membership network arose from clinicians who recognized that their unique work—caring for and meeting the needs of highly complex ...
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What the FY2027 HHS Budget Proposal Means for Our Community

Policy & Advocacy Update: What the FY2027 HHS Budget Proposal Means for Our Community

by Rick Brown April 15, 2026April 15, 2026
In early April, the Trump Administration released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 HHS budget proposal. This document outlines the Administration’s policy and spending priorities, but it does not bind Congress. ...
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Ashley Colwell, ACU Board Member and VP at Illinois Primary Health Care Association

ACU Member Spotlight: Five Questions With Ashley Colwell, MS, FACU

by Aisha Ali April 10, 2026April 14, 2026
Five Questions With Ashley Colwell, MS, FACU Highlighting ACU Members Advancing Care in Underserved Communities As part of ACU’s Five Questions With… spotlight series, we’re highlighting the dedicated ACU Members ...
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Advocacy Alert: Urge Your Senators to Sign Onto a New Letter to Enhance Funding for the NHSC & Nurse Corps by April 17

by Aisha Ali April 9, 2026
Please Urge Your Senators to Sign Onto a New Letter to Enhance Funding for the NHSC & Nurse Corps by April 17 Call or Email Your Senators in Mere Minutes ...
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New STAR2 Center Community of Practice on Recruiting and Retaining Mental Health Staff

Apply for Our New STAR² Center Community of Practice: Recruitment & Retention of Mental Health Staff

by Aisha Ali April 6, 2026April 8, 2026
ACU STAR² Center Recruitment & Retention of Mental Health Staff Community of Practice Join the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) for our upcoming Recruitment & Retention of Mental ...
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Policy & Advocacy Update: Setting the Stage for FY2027 Funding Advocacy for the NHSC and Beyond

Policy & Advocacy Update: Advancing FY2027 Funding Advocacy for the NHSC and Beyond

by Aisha Ali April 1, 2026April 2, 2026
Where Things Stand: The Congressional Landscape Despite a partial government shutdown—the Department of Homeland Security has been shuttered for over 40 days with TSA workers only recently seeing payment, airport ...
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Hari Krishna Nallapaneni, MD, MBA, CPE, FACHE

ACU Member Spotlight: Five Questions With Hari Krishna Nallapaneni, MD, MBA, CPE, FACHE

by Rick Brown March 27, 2026April 1, 2026
Five Questions With Hari Krishna Nallapaneni, MD, MBA, CPE, FACHE Highlighting ACU Members Advancing Care in Underserved Communities As part of ACU’s Five Questions With… spotlight series, we’re highlighting the ...
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Five Questions Featuring Shelley Spires.

ACU Member Spotlight: Five Questions With Shelley Spires, CEO of Albany Area Primary Health Care

by Aisha Ali March 10, 2026April 1, 2026
Five Questions With Shelley Spires Highlighting ACU Members Advancing Care in Underserved Communities As part of ACU’s Five Questions With… spotlight series, we’re highlighting the dedicated ACU Members whose leadership ...
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A cohesive medical team, such as the one enabled by the National Health Service Corps, which ACU is making strategic recommendations to strengthen.

New ACU Column Features Strategic Recommendations to Enhance the National Health Service Corps

by Rick Brown March 5, 2026March 5, 2026
For more than half a century, the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) has made a profound impact by offering loan repayment assistance to incentivize clinicians to serve in Health Professional ...
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ACU 2026 Letter to Congress

ACU Policy & Advocacy Update: Outlining Our Workforce Priorities to Congress & More

by Aisha Ali March 3, 2026March 9, 2026
Where Things Stand: The Federal Landscape On February 24, President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union Address. The speech focused primarily on economic growth, immigration enforcement, trade policy, ...
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  • Read ACU’s 2025 Annual Report: Transforming Clinicians & Care to Meet the Moment
  • Policy & Advocacy Update: What the FY2027 HHS Budget Proposal Means for Our Community
  • ACU Member Spotlight: Five Questions With Ashley Colwell, MS, FACU
  • Advocacy Alert: Urge Your Senators to Sign Onto a New Letter to Enhance Funding for the NHSC & Nurse Corps by April 17
  • Apply for Our New STAR² Center Community of Practice: Recruitment & Retention of Mental Health Staff

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