 JUNE 2009
Welcome to Workforce Resource!
Welcome to the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers' inaugural edition of Workforce Resource, a monthly electronic newsletter that will examine health care workforce issues, highlight the roles of employees across the health center network (Who's Who) and keep you informed about League workforce programs and policy development (What's New). In addition, we hope to provide you with information that can help you in your day-to-day job (Good to Know, Green Hints, Workforce Calendar).
We hope that you will take advantage of this publication to learn more about what the League and other health centers are doing to meet these challenges, and to stay up to date with the emerging trends and issues in Workforce Development.
Sincerely,
James W. Hunt, Jr., President & CEO
Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
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Who's Who - Felicita Sepulveda Felicita Sepulveda has been working at the Brockton Neighborhood Health Center for five years. She began as a way-station clerk and is now the primary registrar at the front desk. She greets everyone that comes into the health center, patients and staff, and knows them all. Felicita moved to the United States from Puerto Rico 13 years ago and recently organized a Puerto Rican presentation and lunch for the health center staff where she cooked traditional food and danced a traditional dance called Plena. She also preformed this dance at the health center's recent World AIDS Day celebration. Felicita, who is extremely active in her community as well as a single mother of six children, says,"I love the center, and I love the employees. I am so happy to get up and come to work here every day."
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What's New
Provider Loan Repayment Program Update
The League is pleased to announce that another 10 health center providers have been awarded loan repayment as of this January. Since April 2007, 92 awards have been made to physicians and nurse practitioners working at community health centers across Massachusetts. The next application deadline is September 1, 2009.Click here for more information
New Video Promotes Loan Repayment Program
The League recently developed a video promoting the benefits of the Loan Repayment Program from the perspective of recipients and their patients.Click here to view the video
CHC Special Project Grants
The Community Health Center Special Project Grants -- rolled out in January 2009 -- were developed to enhance retention of providers at League member health centers. The grants support funded projects that match the clinical or career interest of selected providers and the programmatic needs of their health centers. The funding made available by these grants will assist community health centers in offering paid protected time for primary care providers undertaking approved projects. Requests for proposals for the 2010 grant cycle will be posted in November.
2009 Grant Recipients
Alison May, MD et. al.
Boston HealthCare for the Homeless Program
Web-based Training Curriculum for Medical Learners
Holly J. Oh, MD
The Dimock Center
Dimock Oral Health Initiative
Lana Sargent, FNP-c, GNP-BC
Family Health Center of Worcester
Family Nurse Practitioner Residency Program
NHSC Applications Accepted Beginning June 2
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) loan repayment applications, using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds, will be accepted beginning June 2, 2009. All eligible applications with Health Profession Shortage Area (HPSA) scores ranging from the highest to the lowest score of zero (0) will be funded in each cycle until funds are exhausted. For this reason, applicants are encouraged to apply early. The Applicant Information Bulletin which explains all the requirements of the loan repayment process can be found by clicking here. Please note:The NHSC website has been revamped. Any bookmarks you may have saved in the past will not work and should be replaced by http://nhsc.hrsa.gov. Please take some time to peruse the new website -- it is greatly improved!
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| Workforce Calendar: June & July
June 5: League's Annual Awards Gala
July 12: Integration of Behavioral Health and Primary Care: Evidence on Best Practices' Conference
July 14: MLCHC/Suffolk Certificate Program in Community Health and Community Health Center Management Graduation
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