 HRSA Administrator Carole Johnson and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) visited with officials atHRSA-funded Gifford Health Care in Randolph, VT on Friday, August 26. Earlier in the day, the Administrator appeared on a roundtable at the University of Vermont to discuss the agency's health care workforce programs. On Saturday, August 27, the Administrator visited Fenway Health in Boston, home of the HRSA-funded Fenway Institute -- supported by the HIV/AIDS Bureau as a Technical Assistance center focused on developing new approaches to helping people live with the virus. Fenway is also a participant in the HRSA Monkeypox Vaccine Distribution Initiative. On Monday, August 29, Administrator Johnson announced over $20 million in maternal health awards at the Stephens Memorial Hospital, a MaineHealth critical access facility. She also participated at a round table to highlight theRural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies (RMOMS) Program and reaffirm our commitment to expandingaccess to obstetrics and maternal care in underserved rural communities View our Twitter thread. |
 Funding Supports Community-based Doulas, Rural Obstetric Care, New State Task Forces to Tackle Maternal Health Disparities, and Investments in Infant Health Equity. August 29 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced investments of over $20 million to improve maternal and infant health and implement theWhite House Blueprint for Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis- PDF. Funding aims to help reduce disparities in maternal and birth outcomes, expand and diversify the workforce caring for pregnant and postpartum individuals, increase access to obstetrics care in rural communities, and support states in tackling inequities in maternal and infant health. Read the press release. |
 The funding will expand HIV prevention, testing, and treatment services at health centers nationwide. August 23 - At the National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care and Treatment, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra announced more than $20 million in funding to expand HIV prevention, testing, and treatment services at health centers nationwide. The funding awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to 64 health centers is part of HHSEnding the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE)initiative, which aims to reduce the number of new HIV infections in the U.S. by 90 percent by 2030. Read the press release. |
 More than 8,600 HRSA grantrecipients, subrecipients, stakeholders, providers, planning body members, federal staff, and people with lived experience participated in the 2022 National Ryan White Conferencefrom August 23-26. The conference had over 160 workshops, four plenary sessions, nearly 100 interactive poster presentations, and almost40 virtual exhibits. |
 HRSA Regional Administrator Cheryl Donald (third from right) visited Corporacion SANOS (PR). She toured the mobile clinic. During National Health Center Week 2022, HRSA leadership and staff were thrilled to join communities in celebrating the incredible work of our nations health centers. HRSA representatives had a chance to meet with health center patients and providers across the country while they toured health centers, celebrated staff appreciation days, attended community events, and spoke at ribbon-cutting ceremonies. Watch and share HRSAs new Heart of a Health Center video, and keep spreading the word about the life-changing and life-saving work of health centers! |
 Join our live Virtual Job Fair on Wednesday, September 14,6-9:30 p.m. ET, where we'll connect health care professionals with representatives from health care facilities across the country. Registerto learn more about hundreds of open positions, hear details about benefit packages, and find out how you can help underserved communities. |
 Our Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) will host two webinars for researchers and public health professionals. Both webinars are part of the MCHBEngaging Research Innovations and Challenges(EnRICH) webinar series. EnRICH provides a national forum for researchers and practitioners to disseminate solutions to contemporary challenges in maternal and child health. |
 We are working with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) on a USCDI+ collaboration to support ourUDS reporting through the UDS Modernization Initiative. This work will align the UDS with interoperability standards and transition to patient-level reporting requirements with USCDI and other quality reporting efforts. Read the blog post. |
 The study explored opportunities for enhanced screening using telehealth and electronic patient-reported outcomes at five HRSA-funded Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program clinics in Alabama one of seven mostly rural states prioritized for the federal Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative. While there were concerns among survey respondents around lack of in-person interaction, the study revealed opportunities to expand technology use in rural areas. Read the article. |
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