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Urgent: Contact Your Senators Now & Ask Them to Support the NHSC

by Rick Brown April 4, 2023April 5, 2023
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) continues to face a devastating funding cliff in a matter of days. As you may know, the NHSC serves more than 23 million people in our ...
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Senator Durbin (D-IL) Calls for Bipartisan Efforts to Renew National Health Service Corps Funding

by Rick Brown April 4, 2023April 4, 2023
On March 30, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) spoke in the U.S. Senate calling for bipartisan work to help address the U.S. healthcare workforce shortage by passing legislation to preserve funding ...
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Thank You, Advocates: You Garnered Support in the House, Now Let’s Push for the Senate!

by Jenn Dix March 23, 2023April 4, 2023
Update: Contact Your Senators Now & Ask Them to Support the NHSCThis effort has now moved to the Senate! Let's keep up the momentum.The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) continues to ...
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ACU Endorses NHSC Funding Bill

ACU Commends Bipartisan Initiative to Fund the National Health Service Corps

by Rick Brown March 16, 2023April 4, 2023
The Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) applauds the introduction of the Restoring America’s Health Care Workforce and Readiness Act, a bipartisan bill being led by Senators Durbin (D-IL) and Rubio ...
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FY24 Presidential Budget Request and the Healthcare Workforce

ACU Policy & Advocacy Update: The President’s FY24 Budget and the Healthcare Workforce

by Rick Brown March 14, 2023
The President's FY24 Budget and the Healthcare Workforce Last Thursday, President Joe Biden released his Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Budget outlining his Administration's chief fiscal priorities and requests for funding, including those ...
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NHSC Funding Ends in 204 Days

ACU Policy & Advocacy Update: National Health Service Corps Funding Ends in 204 Days!

by Rick Brown March 10, 2023
The future of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC), health centers, and other vital programs for medically underserved communities is at risk. We need your voice to help us protect and expand ...
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ACU Pears Kelly Senate Testimony on Value of Community Health Centers

Investing in CHCs Saves Lives and Money: ACU Executive Director Testifies at Senate Hearing

by Rick Brown March 2, 2023March 2, 2023
With nearly a third of Americans lacking access to primary care, the work of community health centers (CHCs) is more crucial than ever. Yet health centers are facing unprecedented challenges: ...
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Senate Committee Hearing and ACU Testimony from Amanda Pears Kelly

ACU Policy & Advocacy Update: ACU Executive Director to Testify at U.S. Senate HELP Committee Hearing, “Community Health Centers: Saving Lives, Saving Money”

by Rick Brown March 1, 2023March 1, 2023
Tomorrow, March 2, at 10 a.m. ET, ACU Executive Director and Advocates for Community Health CEO Amanda Pears Kelly will join Ben Harvey, Chief Executive Officer of our member Indiana ...
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ACU Policy & Advocacy Update: A Looming End to the Public Health Emergency and the Beginning of Medicaid Unwinding

by Rick Brown February 9, 2023October 19, 2023
As the Public Health Emergency Comes to an End, Medicaid Unwinding Begins: What This Means for Health Centers On January 31, 2020, the Trump Administration declared a Public Health Emergency ...
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COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and Health Centers

ACU Policy & Advocacy Update: COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Extended to April 11, 2023

by Rick Brown January 25, 2023
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) was extended on January 11th and will remain in place at least through April 11, 2023. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will provide ...
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Registration is now open for our 2024 Workforce Symposium – Inclusive Innovation: Putting People First! Join our STAR² Center on April 29-30 in Nashville, TN, to explore innovative workforce recruitment and retention practices, advocacy and federal updates, and more. Join us for this and our separate Comprehensive Workforce Plan Workshop: Choose Your Own Workforce Adventure on May 1-2. Learn more and register now.

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