The looming funding pressures organizations, within the Health Center Program, to demonstrate the value generated with federal grants and other funding sources. Health center, PCA, and HCCN representatives will share their experiences demonstrating this value to key decision makers. This session will emphasize speakers’ experiences collecting and sharing data, navigating partnerships, and messaging findings to the right audience.  

Health centers secure funding from many sources, including private funders, to enhance operations with special programs and capital development projects. Urban centers have access to more potential donors and foundations, but face more competition from myriad community entities fighting for the same dollars. Rural centers often have fewer resources available, difficulty getting the attention of donors, and often face challenges related to funders being more familiar with urban issues. However, rural areas are getting increasingly more attention from the foundation and private philanthropy communities as they face issues around high addiction rates, lack of transportation to care, and generational poverty. This session will highlight the unique challenges of health centers in urban and rural settings, and how these health centers can find funding to support necessary projects and secure resources for their communities.   

HRSA's Bureau of Health Workforce will provide an overview of the national update of auto-HPSA (Health Professional Shortage Area) scores, and how they will impact health centers' eligibility to recruit National Health Service Corps (NHSC) providers. HRSA and NACHC experts will discuss policy, programmatic, and funding issues involving the NHSC and Teaching Health Centers (THCs).

Health care has become the most targeted industry for breaches, surpassing financial services and retail. One of the questions that arises is what happens to the data that is compromised from these breaches? Often, it is sold on the cyber black market, known as the dark web. In this session, we will discuss what the dark web is (and isn't) as well as some best practices to mitigate your organization's and your personal risks.