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1 Health Center Advocacy Education Session Dorian A. Wanzer, MPA Grassroots Advocacy Manager, Outreach & Communications National Association of Community Health Centers

2 Agenda Health Center Funding Overview Mandatory Funding Discretionary Funding Building a Culture of Advocacy at your Health Center What is Advocacy? Best Practices Advocacy Programming 100K in 100 Days ACE Program National Health Center Week Contact Us

3 Who Uses Health Centers? Health Centers are the health care home for over 24 million Americans at about 9,000 service delivery sites in every state and territory. Health Centers save the health care system $24 billion annually in reduced emergency, hospital, and specialty care costs. 1 of 7 of the uninsured 1 of 5 the uninsured with low incomes 1 of 7 of those on Medicaid 1 of 3 of those living in poverty 1 of 4 of minorities living in poverty 1 of 7 of people living in rural areas 1 of 3 (or 923,400) of farmworkers 1 of 3 (1.1 million) of the homeless

4 Elected official decisions are important to CHCs and CHC patients Medicaid/CHIP 40% Other grants/contracts 13% Federal 21% Income Sources for Health Centers Medicare 6% State 7% Patient Self-Pay 6% Private thirdparty payers 7%

5 Laws Fund Specific Programs MANDATORY FUNDING It s law, so you d have to change the law to take away the funding The Affordable Care Act granted Health Centers 5 years of this funding - $9.5 billion HR 2 granted Health Centers $7.2 billion over 2 years

6 Federal Funding Every Year DISCRETIONARY FUNDING The process occurs every year Congress decides how much money to give certain programs We must advocate for this funding every year!

7 Fiscal Year vs. Calendar Year The Fiscal Year differs from the Calendar Year! 1 October September st quarter: 1 October December nd quarter: 1 January March rd quarter: 1 April June th quarter: 1 July September 2016

8 Health Center Funding in March 2015

9 Health Center Funding Now! Discretionary ACA HR 2

10 ACCESS TO HEALTH CENTERS IS THE ANSWER TO... CAPACITY Health Centers can provide high-quality, affordable access to care to the remaining uninsured and the newly uninsured Health Centers can provide high-quality, affordable access to care to the remaining uninsured and the newly uninsured SAVINGS Health Centers save money they save over $24 billion a year LOCAL Health Centers are governed locally by patient boards!

11 BUILD A CULTURE OF ADVOCACY AT YOUR HEALTH CENTER

12 What is Advocacy? Expressing your voice in support of a cause or mission, such as the Health Center mission, by spreading the word and taking action.

13 Why is Advocacy Important? True change rarely comes from the halls of Congress alone." Dr. Paula A. Johnson, CHI Gala 2015 Policy Decisions Do Not Happen in a Vacuum - Competing Priorities - Dueling Numbers - Health policy is about people Advocacy is Not Just Lobbying - Getting Policymakers to Pay Attention - Getting Legislators to Vote Yes (or No) Legislative Decisions ALWAYS Involve Politics - Good Policy Development is not enough - Sometimes votes matter more than relationships - What Good is Perfect Policy that Never Becomes Law?

14 Building a Culture of Advocacy In order to realize the full potential of our grassroots power it is critical that we create a culture of advocacy at the local, state and federal levels Building a culture of advocacy means: Changing the culture and attitude from within the health center, recognizing advocacy as a critical and mandatory component to our daily work and planning. Making a commitment to doing the work to build and organize our grassroots in order to fully realize the potential of our grassroots power. Growth and recognition of grassroots advocacy and effectiveness the same way other critical skills and programs are recognized for health center staff and boards.

15 Building a Culture of Advocacy 1. Develop a DREAM TEAM Assign individuals at your Health Center as "Advocacy Coordinators who can help ensure regular communications with all staff about important Action Alerts and policy updates. This is a volunteer role and the ideal candidate is someone who has an interest in politics.

16 Building a Culture of Advocacy 2. Create and Execute a Plan Educate yourself on the issues, then make sure others know WHY they should care! Identify what needs to happen to make change and establish a plan. Use the plan to stay on target by establishing advocacy goals and priorities.

17 Establish Advocacy Goals To win To positively Impact Advocacy Targets To build an Ongoing Capability To involve your board and staff To involve the community

18 Establish Advocacy Metrics Can someone get the target on the phone? Can you get the target to your center & how often? How often is the center in the media? How many local organizations/elected officials do something CONCRETE to support you? How many grassroots advocates do you have? How active are they? How many voters have you registered? Do they vote? How much of what you ask your targets for do you get?

19 Building a Culture of Advocacy 3. Intertwine Advocacy in Everything Advocacy should be a priority. If there is a monthly/weekly staff meeting, make sure that is a standing item. An advocacy coordinator can share status updates, calls to action, and progress with the broader team. Don t wait until there is a crisis or a major opportunity. Remember advocacy is linked to finances- and you can t operate with out MONEY!

20 Tactics for Building A Culture of Advocacy Community Education events Group sign-on letters to targets and the media Joint Meetings with targets Joint Press Events and Editorial Boards Direct Actions Activation of group members

21 THINK ABOUT YOUR PATIENT DEMOGRAPHICS Comfort with technology Language and dialect Origin Immigration status Isolation and migratory pattern Political environment

22 It s a Process Ask leadership to make the commitment Create a space for comments and suggestions from the community Decide on your goals (and your potential challenges) Decide on a plan of action. Think about... How to spread the word How people can make the commitment to be an advocate How to involve the more motivated advocates

23 Social Media With creativity, persistence social media is a tremendous tool for engaging legislators and influencing support of the Health Center movement. Think about it 100% of the Senate is active on Facebook or Twitter 97% of the House is active on Facebook or Twitter More than 75% of Congressional staffers "agree" or "strongly agree" with the statement "social media enabled us to have more meaningful interactions with constituents."

24 Best Practices for Building an Advocacy Culture: Salud Family Health Centers Health Best Practices Engaging the board with advocacy activities- reporting advocacy statistics in quarterly meetings Sent action alerts to update supporters on the status of health center funding Advocacy registration as part of new staff onboarding process Competitions among health centers (petition signatures) Providing training and education Engaging alternative staff Information on advocacy is visible and accessible at health centers. Understand what your elected officials will relate to. CELEBRATE by rewarding advocates for participation and achievement

25 Best Practices for Building an Advocacy Culture: Family HealthCare Network FHCN Stats-Access is the Answer 16,744 signatures 1,042 advocates Best Practices Start from the top Education, education, education Understanding the why Less gloom and doom and more focus on celebrating the legacy and future of health centers Active relationship building, reaching out to elected officials regularly as opposed to during times of crisis Things to Consider Make advocacy a priority Set goals and report back to staff Don t make advocacy more complicated than it needs to be Intertwine advocacy in everything that you

26 100K in 100 Days At 80,000 advocates, we are within reach of a major milestone for the Health Center Advocacy Network and we need your help to increase he number of advocates to 100, 000 over the next 100 days! Join the Movement:

27 100K in 100 Days CFAHC Advocacy Flier (English y español) edit this flier to include your health center s information and pass it out at community events. Advocate Sign-up Sheet (English y español) use this sign-up sheet to recruit new advocates and send copies to grassroots@nachc.com. Advocate Sign-up Sheet- Excel version Social Media Tools -- Use our social media sample posts, images, and Twibbon to share the 100K for 100 Days movement and encourage others to sign up.

28 100K in 100 Days

29 ADVOCACY CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (ACE) PROGRAM Is your Health Center an ACE? Coming soon: PROGAM TO LAUNCH IN LATE FEB.! ACEs are HCs that exemplify advocacy excellence by achieving measures of advocacy success, demonstrate ongoing commitment to advocacy ACEs receive national recognition and other benefits for their advocacy efforts NACHC partners with PCAs to support ACEs in each state Three achievement levels: bronze, silver, and

30 ADVOCACY CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (ACE) PROGRAM Is your Health Center an ACE? ACEs are CHCs that have achieved certain measures of advocacy success and demonstrate ongoing commitment to advocacy ACEs receive national recognition and other benefits for their advocacy efforts NACHC partners with PCAs to support ACEs in each state Three achievement levels: bronze, silver, and gold complete the ACE checklist to apply! For more information: saveourchcs.org/ace.cfm

31 National Health Center Week

32 Contact us!

33 QUESTIONS?

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