The Senate passed a spending package 75-22, raising annual funding to $4.4B for health centers, along with workforce programs to train the next generation of primary care teams! 🎉
📅 Next up: discretionary (short-term) funding expires March 22. Be ready for #ValueCHCs advocacy!
Great news! A bipartisan House bill including funding for CHCs has been introduced. Let's keep advocating to get it across the finish line by March 8! Please retweet, contact your Members of Congress, and share with others to do the same! #ValueCHCs
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T-minus 6 days until the 2022 IPHCA Leadership Conference! Don’t miss out on topics like workforce development, healthcare transformation, health equality and more. See the full agenda and register today! https://t.co/TzmLBGQtSu
#IllinoisALC#iphcaleadershipconference2022
Looking forward to seeing everyone at NACHC CHI! We're at booth #1210 - please stop by for pens, candy, and conversation! (We'll be masked when you come by) #NACHCevents
For more ideas, check out this Healing Through Policy: Creating Pathways to Racial Justice resource from APHA, the de Beaumont Foundation, and the National Collaborative for Health Equity. https://t.co/p7W66jdUqg
It's #NationalPublicHealthWeek!
Each day this week, the American Public Health Association and public health professionals around the country will be celebrating as well as focusing on a particular public health topic or theme.
Today's topic: racism as a public health crisis.
What are things you can do to transform our systems and dismantle systemic racism? You can support:
➡️ Voting rights protection
➡️ Equitable transportation access
➡️ School integration
➡️ Immigrant-friendly policies
➡️ Participatory budgeting practices
➡️ Raising the minimum wage
Rachel Sacks, President of @LHFsolutions, shares 10 key mistakes every nonprofit should be sure to avoid on any grant application. 😵 https://t.co/6Do5CocnFs
Happy 56th birthday, Medicaid! 🎂Today is a virtual celebration and call to action to keep our social safety net strong! We're celebrating the long history of these vital programs & advocating our Federal representatives to preserve, protect, & improve them. #HBDMedicaid
More than 60% of American adults have received their first #COVID19 vaccine. Have you? Do your part to help defeat this virus so we can get back to spending time with the ones we love. #WeCanDoThis
New report! In the last 10 years, Community Health Centers have expanded their capacity and reach substantially, providing care to more patients each year.
https://t.co/ah5EEEx2fg
#ValueCHCs
Today, everyone over 16 is eligible for a #COVIDVaccine! If you're a health center in need of resources to help you manage the vaccine rollout, our COVID page is a good place to start: https://t.co/t3rmap8tiK
#ThisIsOurShot#VaccineReady
It's National Public Health Week! We celebrate the #publichealth workers at Community Health Centers who go beyond the traditional "four walls of medicine" to treat their patients holistically. Learn more about who health centers serve:
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#NPHW#ValueCHCs
So excited to share that LHF's president, @RachelSacksMPH , was recently highlighted by @LeahHealth in her Monthly Public Health Consultant Spotlight. Check in out and learn about Rachel's journey, favorite types of projects, and more!
Join LHF President @RachelSacksMPH on Thursday, March 25 at the Virtual Summit for Nonprofit Changemakers where she'll be demystifying the grants lifecycle and sharing some of her favorite tips! Register here using promocode SAVE50BUCKS: https://t.co/ywkq5LBXdM