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Assess Your Health Center’s Strengths and Challenges with Our Self-Assessment Tool

by Jenn Dix October 20, 2022October 21, 2022

Identifying and analyzing which health center operations work and which need to be adjusted is a critical step in strengthening your organization. Our STAR2 Center's updated "Workforce Self-Assessment Tool" includes questions on leadership investment, ...

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Explore Our Updated Health Center Comprehensive Workforce Plan Template

by Jenn Dix October 20, 2022October 21, 2022

ACU's STAR2 Center recently unveiled an updated Health Center Comprehensive Workforce Plan to help meet changing workforce needs and more fully integrate justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. Previously the "Retention & Recruitment ...

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Webinar: Alliance Building as a Means Toward Health Equity

by Jenn Dix October 12, 2022April 15, 2023

Originally Presented on Thursday, November 3: 11 a.m.-12 p.m. ET The struggle to achieve health equity takes many forms, and the alliances necessary to support these initiatives include a variety of ...

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ACU Policy & Advocacy Update: What the Continuing Resolution Means for the NHSC & CHCs—And What We Can Do

by Rick Brown October 11, 2022October 11, 2022

A Narrowly Averted Government Shutdown and a Chance for NHSC Advocacy On September 30, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law a continuing resolution (CR) that prevented a government shutdown just hours ...

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New Webinar Series: Retention & Recruitment of Specific Populations

by Jenn Dix October 11, 2022October 25, 2022

Held on Oct. 13 & Oct. 24 Join the ACU STAR² Center for a two-part series focused on the retention and recruitment of specific workforce populations that highlight experts from ...

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Webinar: Simple Steps to Help Save Lives: Practical Suicide Prevention Strategies for Primary Care Professionals in Training

by Rick Brown October 5, 2022February 27, 2023

Originally Presented on Tuesday, October 25, 2022: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. ET Suicide is a growing public health crisis, and medical students and other clinicians in training who will ...

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New Guide for Clinicians in Training Provides Strategies to Integrate Suicide Prevention in Primary Care

by Rick Brown October 5, 2022October 5, 2022

Healthcare professionals in training who will be entering primary care settings are likely to encounter patients at risk for suicide: nearly half of all individuals who end their lives by ...

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ACU Joins Coalition in Sending Recommendations on How HHS Can Strengthen Civic Participation

by Rick Brown September 20, 2022

On September 19, 2022, the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved joined the Healthy Democracy Healthy People coalition, along with leaders across the public health, healthcare, and civic engagement sectors, ...

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Albany Area Primary Health Care: Building Healthier Communities in Southwest Georgia

by Jenn Dix September 19, 2022

Albany, Georgia, a city of roughly 70,000, sits on the banks of the Flint River in the southern portion of Georgia’s Southern Rivers Region. The eighth-largest city in the state, ...

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New Eyes on Access Webinar Explores What it Takes to Operationalize Vision Services in Health Centers

by Jenn Dix September 15, 2022

November 2: 3-4:30 p.m. ET ACU in partnership with Prevent Blindness and the National Association of Community Health Centers is co-hosting a webinar exploring the feasibility of opening optometry services ...

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