Materials for Outreach to Justice-Involved Individuals Now Available

“The Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition (CCJRC) is now taking orders from community-based organizations (CBOs) for free materials that can be used for outreach and education of criminal-justice involved individuals and their families via the Take Care Health Matters project. The resources include a palm card, a poster, and a small pocket-size brochure. Please contact Terri Hurst (terri@ccjrc.org) for more information or to order materials for your organization.” [Source: CCJRC]

Upcoming Colorado Health Foundation Applicant Info Webinars & NEW Funding Opportunity Calendar

“The Colorado Health Foundation is excited to announce a new Funding Opportunity Calendar. The Funding Opportunity Calendar aims to enable you to plan and make comparative decisions about which funding opportunities may best align with your organizational work and priorities. The calendar provides a three-year view into the Foundation's approved and anticipated funding opportunities, allowing you to proactively identify those which you would like to pursue.

TCHF is offering Applicant Information webinars by outcome area to provide participants with a more comprehensive overview of work underway and planned funding opportunities within Healthy Living, Health Coverage and Health Care. Register now for the following upcoming live Applicant Information webinars:

Sept. 14, 2015 at 11 a.m. - Applicant Information Webinar: Healthy Living
This webinar gives representatives from nonprofit organizations a chance to learn about the Foundation's grantmaking program, including specific funding opportunities in the Healthy Living outcome area. Hear from Foundation staff and receive a concise overview of the application process.

Sept. 14, 2015 at 12 p.m. - Applicant Information Webinar: Health Care and Health Coverage
This webinar gives representatives from nonprofit organizations a chance to learn about the Foundation's grantmaking program, including specific funding opportunities in the Health Care and Health Coverage outcome areas. Hear from Foundation staff and receive a concise overview of the application process.

All live webinars are recorded and archived for viewing on www.ColoradoHealth.org. Live webinars require advanced registration, but participation is not a required part of the application process.” [Source: TCHF]

Clinica Colorado is seeking a Patient Coordinator

Clinica Colorado is looking for a Patient Coordinator to work with patients on referrals and specialty care. This position will also work with staff on programmatic data entry, back up the medical reception staff and more. Bilingual applicants only! Click here to view the position description or visit www.connectingcolorado.com for a full listing of the position (Job #6248140). Resumes can be sent to Sandy Rangel at srangel@clinicacolorado.org. [Source: Clinica Colorado]

Articles & Publications and new resources

2015 Colorado Health Access Survey: Health Insurance Reaches Record High
September 1, 2015 – Colorado Health Institute

Without a Net: Understanding the Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Colorado’s Oral Health Safety Net
August 2015 – The Colorado Health Institute

Colorado’s Health Care Safety Net Primer
August 2015 – The Colorado Health Institute

Managing the Growing Pains: Medicaid Expansion and Colorado’s Safety Net
August 2015 – The Colorado Health Institute

Health Elevations – Unlocking Health Access
August 2015 – The Colorado Health Foundation

Capturing Social and Behavioral Domains and Measures in Electronic Health Records
November 2014 – Institute of Medicine

We’ve also added new resources to our website, including:

• Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment funding opportunities
• SIRUM is a program that allows clinics to create and share a formulary of medications needed. They connect clinics with a network of institutional medicine donors that have unused expired medications, coordinating shipment directly from the donor to clinic.
• Project Angel Heart prepares and delivers free, nutritionally appropriate meals to people living with both a diagnosed life-threatening illness and side effects from their medical condition/treatment and/or physical and/or mental disability that restricts the client from obtaining and preparing a nutritious meal.

Check out upcoming events:

• Rocky Mountain Youth Clinic’s Healthy Start Breakfast Symposium, Sept. 24
• Building Better Health Conference, Sept. 28-29
• Colorado Health Literacy Conference, Oct. 2nd

Visit the ClinicNET website for more Articles and Publications and Resources.

The Colorado Commission on Affordable Health Care Needs to Hear from You!

The Colorado Commission on Affordable Health Care (CCAHC) is looking to gather input from you in order to help inform them on the various aspects you think are affecting cost within the health care system. Help start a larger dialogue about health care delivery by providing commissioners with responses to the following questions; responses will be posted on the CCAHC website.

1. What do you think are the fundamental cost drivers and why?
2. What are the barriers to reducing cost?
3. Can you list up to three things that you are doing to address cost that are unique?
4. Is there any supporting data that demonstrates a reduction in cost?
5. Where do you see waste in the system?
6. What are the principal barriers to transparency?
7. What would you change to make things better related to cost?

In order to help facilitate a coordinated response, ClinicNET has created an online survey for our affiliates. We will consolidate the responses and respond to the Cost Commission’s request on your behalf. If you have input on any (or all!) of the questions above, please complete the following survey (or any part of the survey) by Wednesday, September 9: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JGVRDM2. Any and all feedback is greatly appreciated so we can accurately represent Colorado's Community Safety Net Clinics! In your responses, we encourage you to keep in mind (and share) your innovative care delivery systems, the importance of community connections, and how essential it is to address social determinants of health.

You are welcome to submit your own separate independent comments to the Cost Commission by going to the CCAHC website.

Interested in the possibility of free medication donations? Complete this survey!

“The nonprofit organization SIRUM is interested in knowing the prescription drug needs among Colorado’s Community Safety Net Clinics via this very brief survey by Friday, September 4th: link.sirum.org/clinicNET. SIRUM’s program allows clinic to create and share a formulary of medications needed. They connect clinics with a network of institutional medicine donors that have unused expired medications, coordinating shipment directly from the donor to clinic.

ClinicNET affiliate TLC Pharmacy in Colorado Springs and SIRUM have partnered to help other ClinicNET affiliate clinics gain easy access to the cost-saving benefits of donated medicine. Would your clinic be interested in receiving pre-packaged shipments of donated medications? Complete this very brief survey: link.sirum.org/clinicNET by Friday, September 4th. Contact Amy Chen, manager at SIRUM, at amy@sirum.org or 650.488.7434 for more information.

Additionally, there is a one-time opportunity to receive the following drugs in bulk from SIRUM: Buproprion 75mg, 100mg (expiring 2/2016) and Venlafaxine 25mg, 37.5mg, 50mg, 75mg, 100mg (expiring between 1-4/2016). SIRUM recently obtained grant funding to cover the processing costs of delivering these drugs in 30-count pre-packaged vials. If you are interested in receiving this donation, email Amy (amy@sirum.org) with your requested drug names, strengths, and quantities. Orders are filled on a first come, first serve basis.” [Source: SIRUM]

Reflections on Safety Net Clinic Week 2015

Safety Net Clinic Week 2015 was a great success! There were 10 individual clinic site-visits with elected officials, 7 open houses, 9 proclamations of SNCW15 and a full house at our SNCW15 Kickoff Celebration at Clinica Tepeyac!

In the latest ClinicNET Conversations blog post, Sharon Adams reflects on the essential services Community Safety Net Clinics provide, the challenges for both patients and clinics, and the compassion staff and volunteers at CSNCs display. "During Safety Net Clinic Week, Aug. 17-21, 2015, we recognize CSNCs that continue to meet the needs of the communities across our state. We celebrate doctors, nurses, other health care professionals, and the countless volunteers who selflessly work to ensure all people have access to health care." Click here to read more!

Cheers to a great Safety Net Clinic Week 2015! We are extremely grateful to COPIC and Kaiser Permanente for their generous support, as well as the participants of Safety Net Clinic Week 2015!   "Thank you to everyone who supported and participated in Safety Net Clinic Week 2015, for being innovators and for being an inspiration to me personally and to ClinicNET as a centralized voice for the safety net. I’m already looking forward to next year!" - Sharon Adams, Executive Director of ClinicNET.

Don't forget to check out our Facebook page to see pictures from the week!