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Why is workforce investment crucial to #ValueCHCs?👩‍⚕️💬 "Our CHCs are a gateway to filling skill gaps & career goals." "Patients need services...in an excellent environment." "Finding talent from the communities where we see patients is important for that workplace of the future."

DYK 🧠 about the bipartisan Workforce Innovation Act? Congress introduced the bill 🏛️ to address workforce shortages faced by health centers. A new blog highlights successful CHC-led workforce development programs ✨📖 nachc.org/bipartisan-health-… #ValueCHCs youtube.com/watch?v=FXyG2uX5…

Voting in the #NHCW24 video & sticker design contest is open through August 29: 📹 Video contest: woobox.com/fybjq3 🖼️ Sticker contest: woobox.com/r2hepv 🏆 Top 3️⃣ videos win a prize and the winning sticker design will be featured at #PIForum25! #ValueCHCs #CHIexpo24

National Health Center Week 2024 was a resounding success! NACHC board members & staff celebrated with PCAs & health centers from coast to coast. Check out the highlights from our visits to roundtables, health fairs, and tours with elected officials! 🥳️💖🏥 #NHCW24 #ValueCHCs

Health centers ensure their neighbors have care no matter their ability to pay. Today, we celebrate the innovative ways health centers provide care for people experiencing homelessness. Our mission = stronger, healthier communities. #NHCW24 #ValueCHCs @NatlHCHCouncil 💚

🎵"Clap along if you love serving your community!"🎶 We are "Happy" to reshare @Primary1Health's winning submission from last year's NHCW video contest. #ValueCHCs Learn about submitting your own #NHCW24 contest entries: healthcenterweek.org/activit… youtube.com/watch?v=avVF7hZn…

"When you need us, we're going to be the health center that's here for you!" We would walk 500 miles to celebrate @Crescent_CHC, who submitted a winning video last year. Learn about submitting #NHCW24 contest entries: healthcenterweek.org/activit… #ValueCHCs youtube.com/watch?v=Qnhc9Mm0…

Go on a journey with @MedLinkGA! Their winning video from 2023 toured primary care locations with dental, behavioral health, on-site pharmacy, and school-based clinics. Learn about submitting #NHCW24 contest entries: healthcenterweek.org/activit… #ValueCHCs youtube.com/watch?v=sDfr6kjI…

Check out @Clinica_1971, one of 2023's National Health Center Week video contest winners! They included patient testimonials, community partners, and their own CHC services. Find video rules & more #NHCW24 activities: healthcenterweek.org/activit… #ValueCHCs youtu.be/kv6IBv4xgAY

Health centers made their voices heard on Capitol Hill! Thanks to fly-in advocates, and everyone who boosted the effort with calls, Congress learned what CHCs need to continue providing cost-efficient, accessible, comprehensive primary care to the patients they serve. #ValueCHCs

"Together let us raise our voices and ensure that FQHCs continue to thrive, delivering care and compassion to those who need it most." #ValueCHCs ☎️ Ready for the June 5 Call-In Day of Action?🔗 hcadvocacy.quorum.us/campaig… Thank you LaShanda from Medical Associates Plus (GA)!

"#AANHPIHeritageMonth gives us a time to reflect on the strength and resilience of our community; to honor our diverse staff providing health care services in 14 Asian languages; and shaping community programming that reflects the diversity of our patients' culture!" #ValueCHCs

Community Health Centers offer compassionate, patient-centered care for every phase of life. Providing team-based primary care in one place encourages parents and their newborns to receive all the services they need, regardless of their ability to pay. #ValueCHCs 👩‍🍼

"I myself was an agricultural worker," and Community Health Centers "ensure that agricultural workers are informed, educated, and they feel welcome to receive the services they deserve." Thank you, Rocio, from @amplahealth, for sharing at #AgWorker24! #ValueCHCs

"Advocating for CHCs is important to me because I know the hardship that farmworkers endure in getting healthcare...I was a migrant farmworker. Not only did I become a board member, I became an elected official so that I could advocate for legislation." #AgWorker24 #ValueCHCs

Community Health Centers save the lives of black mothers and babies by meeting them where they are, providing primary & postpartum care, and addressing social determinants of health. Share your programs that are helping this effort! #BlackMaternalHealthWeek #BMHW24 #ValueCHCs

"Health centers are lifelines offering inclusive care to all." During National Minority Health Month, we know that #ValueCHCs can #BeTheSource of culturally competent care to reduce disparities and improve health outcomes. Together, we help end health care inequities! #NMHM2024

"Health centers are the cornerstone of the American health care safety net," whose mission of public health goes beyond access to primary care. Communities are helped to flourish by addressing social drivers like nutrition, housing, and environmental factors. #ValueCHCs #NPHW