Safety Net Clinic Week 2014 "Toolkit"

Celebrate Safety Net Clinic Week 2014!

CLINIC “TOOLKIT”

In an effort to celebrate, support and raise awareness of Colorado's health care safety net, we encourage your clinic to participate in the fifth annual Safety Net Clinic Week, August 18-22, 2014. Sponsored by ClinicNET & the Colorado Rural Health Center, with support provided by COPIC and Kaiser Permanente, the week is devoted to educating the public, policymakers and other community leaders about Colorado’s Community Safety Net Clinics (CSNCs) and federally certified Rural Health Clinics (RHCs).

We have created a “toolkit” to help clinics participate in Safety Net Clinic Week 2014. We encourage you to use the resources included in the toolkit to have the most successful Safety Net Clinic Week 2014 as possible! Included in the “toolkit” are many easily customizable documents. Click on each item listed below to open:

• Short Overview of Safety Net Clinic Week
• Safety Net Clinic Week 2014 Logo (use as content for your website, blogs, social media, newsletters, email signatures, etc.) 
• Sample Letter to the Editor (for submission to your local media)
• Governmental Proclamation or Resolution (request a proclamation from your city and/or county)
• Safety Net Clinic Week Invitation (consider inviting your city and/or county public officials, and local business and community leaders to visit your clinic during Safety Net Clinic Week. *see helpful links below)
• Open House Invitation template (consider hosting an open house so folks can see and hear firsthand about the important work you are doing!)
• Safety Net Clinic Week Fact Sheet (include with any invitation you extend and use, in addition to specific information about your clinic, as speaking points during Safety Net Clinic Week)
• Safety Net Clinic Week Press Release (submit to your local media) 
• Social Media Guidelines
• List of all Community Safety Net Clinics and Rural Health Clinics 

ClinicNET and the Colorado Rural Health Center have requested a Proclamation of Safety Net Clinic Week 2014 from the Governor and we will be disseminating a statewide press release announcing Safety Net Clinic Week 2014. Additionally, we will be extending invitations to the Governor, Colorado’s Congressional Delegation, and all State Legislators and major party candidates for office to visit clinics in their district during Safety Net Clinic Week. We will contact you directly if they are interested in visiting your  clinic!

Our Safety Net Clinic Week 2014 Project Coordinator, Tom Crowe, is available to help you with Safety Net Clinic Week 2014 activities. Please let him know if you utilize any part of the toolkit above or if you need help in doing so! He can be reached at 720-863-7805 and thomas.crowe@clinicnet.org.

*Links to identify your local Elected Officials:
Identify your County Commissioners
Identify the members of your local government municipalities