A new radio ad campaign sponsored by the GNYHA-1199 SEIU Healthcare Education Project and narrated by state DOH Commissioner Dr. Nirav Shah urges New Yorkers to get their flu shots and avoid unnecessary emergency room visits. The ads will run Jan. 12-18 on nearly 50 radio stations statewide. Click here to listen.
On Wednesday, January 9, 2013, Governor Cuomo delivered his third State of the State address. The agenda the Governor set forth included strengthening New York’s public education system as well as its emergency response capacity, including upgrades to harden New York’s infrastructure and ensuring the resiliency of its healthcare facilities.. He
CHCANYS Awarded HRSA Health Center Controlled Network Grant CHCANYS is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a 3-year HRSA grant to create the New York Statewide Health Center Controlled Network (NYS-HCCN). Thirty-three FQHCs throughout the State joined CHCANYS in this application which provides funding for technical assistance in implementation and
The New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) has awarded six grants totaling $600,000 to expand the capacity of community health centers in five medically underserved regions of the state. The funding will allow the centers to expand services, serve more patients, and in some cases, add sites. Projects were selected through a competitive RFP process and
The House passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 on January 1st, thus avoiding the fiscal cliff and delaying potential across-the-board spending cuts for two months. Click here to read NACHC’s overview of this tax bill and how it affects the Health Centers Program.
It's time to start making plans to attend CHCANYS' Annual Community Health Center Grassroots Advocacy Day, scheduled for March 4, 2013 at the the Empire State Plaza in Albany. There is no registration fee and we'll provide breakfast and lunch that day, but we need you to make a firm commitment to attend by signing up here. A strong showing of numbers is
On December 17, 2012, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced awards of more than $5 million to 17 school-based health center programs across New York State, made possible by the Affordable Care Act. This funding will allow school-based health centers to serve more students and continue the expansion of preventive and primary
Health centers are invited to submit letters of support for an application by the NYU School of Medicine to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to fund a CHCANYS quality improvement program designed to reduce risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and improve CVD-related outcomes. In brief, the project objectives are to:
improve performance on