Recruiting and retaining providers is a challenge for many health centers. Even with national improvements before COVID-19, studies indicate that provider shortages most dramatically and inequitably impact underserved communities. Moreover, given the increased challenges of a global pandemic, the Great Resignation, and a pending Great Retirement in healthcare, health...
STAR² Center 2021-2022 PCA & HCCN Workforce Professional Development Series
The STAR² Center team invites workforce staff from PCA and HCCN teams to participate in the upcoming workforce professional development series. Faculty and guest speakers will bring their expertise in all things workforce to share insight from the national, regional, and state levels with the learning cohort. This semi-monthly...
STAR² Center – Definition of a Comprehensive Workforce Plan
This document provides a definition of a comprehensive workforce plan that has been reviewed and approved by the Bureau of Primary Health Care. The robust definition is followed by the essential components that health centers can use as part of their ongoing workforce planning issues. This dynamic document should...
Recruitment Boot Camp: Mental Health Staff Edition Fall 2021 Learning Collaborative
Building on the success and content of our previous Mental Health Recruitment Boot Camp, this free learning collaborative will dive deeper into the special considerations needed to recruit a diverse, mission-driven, and patient-centered mental health workforce. This boot camp will leverage the STAR2 Center’s expertise in recruitment and retention...
Topics in Retention & Recruitment Planning and Implementation Two-Day Workshop
**This workshop was previously planned as an in-person event. The workshop will now be held virtually to ensure the greater accessibility to health center teams while adhering to public health precautions.** Having an engaged and thriving workforce requires careful planning and the execution of effective retention and recruitment efforts....
Building Back Better: Utilizing Lessons Learned During COVID-19 for Inclusivity and Retention
Join the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) STAR2 Center and experts from Ainey Volion Consulting for a webinar series on inclusivity in the workplace for people with physical disabilities, people that are d/Deaf, blind, and visually impaired, and neurodiverse people. According to Fortune, this autumn, 65 percent...
STAR² Center Manager Training Toolkit
The purpose of the Manager Training Toolkit is to provide a training and development resource for managers at health centers to equip them with skills and tools to lead their teams, increase engagement and reduce turnover. The toolkit is designed for anyone in a management or leadership role at...
Special Considerations for the Retention and Recruitment of Mental Health Providers Series
This three-part series produced by the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) STAR² Center and Community Health Center Inc./Weitzman Institute focuses on the Special Considerations for the Retention and Recruitment of Mental Health Providers. In this webinar series, presenters will speak to the importance of building a mental...
Managing in the Time of COVID-19 & Beyond Webinar Series
This three-part webinar series will focus on managers at health centers and the skills they need to have a positive impact on their workforce in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics covered will include increasing employee engagement, policies and procedures. Session 1: Increasing Employee Engagement at Your CHC...
Using Your Data Profile Dashboard Webinar Series
The STAR² Center invites health center and Primary Care Association workforce staff to participate in a three-part webinar series centered on our Data Profile Dashboards. Presenters will provide an overview of the annually updated resource, highlight changes in the data included in this year’s iteration, and walk through how...