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Community Health Centers: Resources
Featured Links
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Updated December 2011
Community Health Centers provide services to people who lack access to other health care, including those without insurance, residents of rural and underserved areas, and some Medicaid patients.
This page is intended to provide links to NCSL publications and other resources with information on health centers.
Topics include:
Resources
Community Health Centers
NCSL Resources:
Community Health Centers: A Primer for Legislators, Aug. 2011
Community Health Centers: An Overview for New Legislators [LegisBrief], Feb. 2011
Community Health Centers in the Economic Downturn [LegisBrief], Jan. 2010
State Funding for Community Health Centers [Postcard], June 2008
State Funding for Community Health Centers [LegisBrief], Feb. 2007
Community Health Centers: An Update [LegisBrief], Jan. 2005
Other Resources:
National Association of Community Health Centers
The National Association of Community Health Centers' (NACHC) web site includes legislative information as well as new funding and education opportunities for health centers.
Federally Qualified Health Center, April 2009
A Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services fact sheet publication.
National Association of Community Health Centers Fact Sheet, August 2008
Federal Community Health Centers and State Health Policy: A Primer for Policy Makers, June 2008
A National Academy for State Health Policy overview of the role of federally funded community health centers in state health care reform.
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Primary Care
NCSL Resources:
Saving Money and Improving Care by Integrating Health Care [LegisBrief], Feb. 2012
Primary Care in the Age of Reform [LegisBrief], Oct. 2011
Safety Net Providers [LegisBrief], August/September 2005
Other Resources:
Health Centers - America's Primary Care Safety Net: Reflections on Success 2002-2007. Bureau of Primary Health Care, 2008
Success stories from health centers from around the nation.
The Role of Community Health Centers in Delivering Primary Care to the Underserved, April-June 2007
A peer-reviewed publication from the USC Center for Community Health Studies.
HRSA Bureau of Primary Health Care
Home page for HRSA's Bureau of Primary Health Care.
State and Regional Primary Care Association Directory
The National Association for Community Health Centers provides a directory of state and regional primary care associations (PCAs), including contacts and web site information.
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Disparities in Health
NCSL Resources:
Health Disparities and the Affordable Care Act [LegisBrief], Oct. 2010
Chronic Health Conditions and Minority Youth [LegisBrief], May 2010
Improving the Odds [State Legislatures Magazine], Sept. 2009
This article highlights how dozens of states aim to help minorities and low-income residents receive better medical care and live healthier lives.
States Address Health Disparities [LegisBrief], July 2009
Disparities in Cardiovascular Health [LegisBrief], Feb. 2009
Disparities in Cardiovascular Health [Podcast], Feb. 2009
Other Resources:
Health Centers' Roles in Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities, May 2008
A National Association of Community Health Centers fact sheet on how community health centers help to reduce or even eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities among their patients.
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Workforce
NCSL Resources:
Strengthening the Health Care Safety Net Workforce Through Interagency Cooperation, Planning and Policy, Oct. 2009
Community Health Workers, Expanding the Scope of the Health Care Delivery System [LegisBrief], April 2008
Community Health Workers [LegisBrief], Feb. 2008
Other Resources:
National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network
3R Net is made up of state organizations such as State Offices of Rural Health, AHECs, Cooperative Agreement Agencies and State PCAs. These not-for-profit organizations help health professionals locate practice sites in rural areas throughout the country.
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Health Insurance Coverage
NCSL Resources:
Improving Coverage: Using Public Programs to Expand Health Insurance Coverage, June 2009
Improving Coverage: Strengthening the Health Care Safety Net, June 2009
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