CPCA Goes Virtual
and Restructures Workforce amid
COVID-19
While the California Primary Care Association (CPCA) is no stranger to responding to crises, such as the most recent devastating wildfires, the arrival of COVID-19 raised our emergency response efforts to another level, resulting in the need to transition our entire staff to be a virtual workforce. We also determined that a reorganization of our work was necessary to best meet the needs of our members.
CPCA Welcomes New Team Members
This year CPCA has added two new members to our growing team!
COVID-19 Rapid Response Grants Support the Safety Net
The California Primary Care Association (CPCA) is heartened by the foundation response and support given to CPCA, regional clinic associations and community health centers in light of the COVID-19 emergency. Foundations, such as the California Health Care Foundation, The California Wellness Foundation, and The California Endowment, mobilized quickly to make rapid response grant funds available to support the clinic safety net in California.
CPCA Addresses Social
Determinants of Health (SDOH)
to Improve Health Outcomes
and Increase Health Equity
amid COVID-19
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and continuous efforts to promote health equity, the California Primary Care Association (CPCA) is addressing the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) that exacerbate health outcomes, which have been compounded by the pandemic, by offering resources that equip health centers to address the social needs in their communities.
COVID-19 Focused Training & Technical Assistance
COVID-19 dealt the health care delivery system an unexpected and swift blow; a mandate to care for incredibly sick patients without immediate access to financial resources, needed safety equipment, and unknown treatments. Despite CPCA going 100% virtual a full week before Governor Newsom gave the March 19 Stay At Home Order, CPCA staff quickly began reaching out to members to identify where the most significant concerns and knowledge gaps existed – and then we got to work.
“A New Day Dawns” for CPCA Events
In navigating the challenges of COVID-19, CPCA has had to look at new ways to be able to continue to offer the most up-to-date educational content and valuable networking opportunities to our members, while also prioritizing the health and safety of our attendees, staff and exhibitors.
Trauma-Informed and Resilience-Oriented Training - Needed Now and Always
In January, California’s Office of the Surgeon General and the Department of Health Care Services launched ACEs Aware, an initiative aimed at giving Medi-Cal providers training, clinical protocols, and payment for screening children and adults for Adverse Childhood Experiences or ACEs.
CPCA Expands Partnerships: New, Innovative Solutions to Help Health Centers Thrive
Since 2013, CPCA has offered a menu of discounted programs and services to enhance and transform the operational, financial, leadership, workforce, clinical and quality capacity of California’s community health centers (CHCs).
CPCA Navigates 2020 Census Environment
The 2020 Census is well underway. As of Wednesday June 24th, 62.8 % of California households have self-responded to the Census. It is vital that all Californians are counted this Census 2020 as Census data will decide how billions of federal dollars are allocated for California schools, infrastructure, health services, child care, emergency services and many other programs. In addition, Census data will determine the number of California’s Congressional members and Electoral College votes.
Immigration Update: Covid-19 Compounds ‘The Chilling Effect’
The anti-immigrant policies put in place by the federal administration has created an increased atmosphere of fear in our immigrant communities.