October 20, 2015
NATIONAL DENTAL HYGIENE MONTH
October is National Dental Hygiene Month! Schedule your next dental visit today. Click here to find a Community Health Center near you.
Announcements
The Disparities Leadership Program (DLP) is now accepting applications for the 2016-2017 program year. The DLP is a year-long, hands-on executive education program focused exclusively on helping health care leaders achieve equity in quality. The program is designed to help you translate the latest understanding of the problem of disparities into realistic solutions you can adopt within your organization. There are limited scholarships available for health centers. For more information and to apply, click here . A recommended Intent to Apply is due on November 20, 2015.
Call for Workshop Proposals: Deadline December 4, 2015
National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership Summit: April 6-8, 2016 The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership seeks workshop proposals for its 11th annual Medical Legal Partnership (MLP) Summit on April 6-8, 2016, in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Summit is an annual conference that brings together hundreds of leaders from government, law, medicine, nursing, public health and social work to share how integrating legal care into health care can help combat health-harming social conditions. Read more about MLP in NACHC’s Community Health Forum magazine. Eighty FQHCs currently have MLPs, and HRSA now considers legal aid to be an enabling service. Click here to review the call for workshops and submit a proposal.
CHCACT is Hiring. Check our job bank for opportunities to work at CHCACT or Federally Qualified Health Centers in Connecticut.
Project ECHO, is looking for participants! Project ECHO is a video based intervention that joins primary care medical and behavioral health providers and specialist to discuss cases and brief didactics to improve health outcomes for patients with complex conditions. Click here to learn more.
AmeriCares is looking for Arabic and Farsi speaking nurses and doctors who are willing to volunteer to help with the Syrian humanitarian crisis. AmeriCares will cover all costs associated with travel to and from Lesbos, lodging, food and incidentals while on the island, and will coordinate all logistics. AmeriCares is seeking people who can making at least a 2 week commitment; 3 weeks or more is ideal. Please contact Garrett Ingoglia at gingoglia@americares.org or 202.487.4484 for more information.
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Trainings, Webinars & Conferences
Please check our Calendar of Events for upcoming trainings!
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Funding Opportunities
Check out the new CHCACT Funding Opportunities page here!
The State of Connecticut Department of Corrections is seeking proposals for community-based non-residential behavioral health programs for approximately 700 offenders in Greater Waterbury and the Bristol/Plainville area. The deadline to apply is October 21, 2015. Learn more!
The RGK Foundation awards grants to nonprofit organizations in the general areas of education, community and health/medicine. These grants are not geographically-restricted and are awarded on an ongoing basis. Learn more!
The Cigna World of Difference Grants Program looks for nonprofits with which to collaborate on projects to overcome barriers to their health and well-being. Learn more!
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Ask CHCACT!
“Ask CHCACT” features Outreach & Enrollment and other questions from health center staff, answered by your favorite CHCACT staff members! Send your questions to ask@chcact.org!
Deb Polun answers this week’s question:
Q: Are people aware of and using the free preventive services available under HUSKY and commercial insurance since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act?
A: Unfortunately, many people are not. A recent survey of Connecticut residents showed that many people are not accessing preventive services, like mammograms and diabetes screenings – and of those who didn’t get screenings, many were worried about cost. As a reminder, adults and children can access many preventive care like well visits and screenings at no cost. Here is the list.
So, after you have enrolled consumers in HUSKY or an Access Health CT plan, it’s a great idea to remind them of the benefits available. Most are provided at health centers across the state!
Upcoming CHCACT Meetings
Community Health Emergency Response Network (CHERN). The quarterly CHERN meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 21st at 1:00PM – 2:30PM . To join, please call 1-888-994-2509, passcode 519603#. Please contact Claudine Constant for more information.
Coffee & EnRolls. Coffee & EnRolls will be held on Tuesday, November 3rd at 9:00 am. To join, please call: 866-670-8282, passcode 240 419 3770#. Please contact Deb Polun for information
All CHCACT Staff can be reached by calling 860.667.7820.
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This Week in Health Policy News
Here is a sampling of health policy news from around the state. If you see something in your local newspaper that you would like featured here in future weeks, please contact Deb Polun at dpolun@chcact.org. Check out all the Health Policy News from the past month here!
Featured Stories
10.17.15 New Haven Register: Fair Haven Health Center Opens Satellite Facility
10.16.15 New Haven Independent: Fair Haven Community Health Center Goes Grand
State Health News
10.19.15 CT Mirror: Mental Health Funding Trade-Off Draws Criticism, Praise
ACA/Health Reform News
10.19.15 Hartford Business Journal: Policy Shift Allows Mid-Sized Businesses to Keep Health Plans
10.15.15 CT Mirror: Access Health CT Says Uninsured Rate Lower than Census Figures
National/Other Health News
10.20.15 Kaiser Health News: North Carolina Experiment – One State Tries to Reshape Medicaid
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Resources
CHCACT maintains and regularly updates resources on clinical issues, human resources, HIPAA, SNAP and more! Click here to check out CHCACT’s Resources!*
2014 UDS data for FQHCs are available here!
The TB Toolkit for CHCs/FQHCs is a web-based product that includes tools that can be used by community providers as well as TB programs and health departments for outreach to community health centers. Tools include existing resources that have been developed by the Global TB Institute, the other RTMCCs and CDC. The toolkit is meant to be a dynamic product which can be continually updated based on the availability of new information and user feedback. The first draft of the toolkit is posted at: http://globaltb.njms.rutgers.edu/educationalmaterials/tookitfqhc.html.
The Connecticut Department of Public Health has new resources, including data, for chronic diseases on its web site. Check out the information here!
Weekly Outreach & Enrollment Newsletter. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) produce the CMS Weekly Assister Newsletter. This weekly Newsletter is the best resource for O/E staff to stay up-to-date on information on health insurance marketplace changes, frequently asked questions, and general advice. To sign up, email CACQuestions@cms.hhs.gov with the subject line: “Add to listserv”
Scope of Project Webpage: HRSA has released a new “Scope of Project” Page on the BPHC website. This page provides a “one-stop-shop” for Health Center Program Scope of Project and Change-in-Scope policy, process, and resources. View the new Scope of Project webpage.
Capital Link Publications. As part of their assistance to health centers, Capital Link has developed a collection of resource publications to assist health centers in accomplishing specific tasks related to the capital development process. These publications are provided to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Primary Care Associations (PCAs) free of charge. Their resources, including publications, reports, and past webinars are available here.
* Some Resources are password-protected. If you would like a password for www.chcact.org, please contact Tasheenah Brown.
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Events/Educational Opportunities
Click here to view our full events calendar. Click here for NACHC Seminars/Conferences/Webcasts.
Welcome to our events calendar! The calendar is updated on a regular basis with upcoming events, webinars, educational opportunities, outreach activities and more. You can sort the calendar by category and subscribe to calendar updates by clicking here.
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