Health Center Week 
More than 21.7 million people of all ages rely on health centers for high quality, affordable health care. Most (93 percent) live at or below 200 percent of poverty and 35 percent are uninsured.
In the past 5 years, health centers have added more than 5 million new patients. Health centers are in every U.S. state, D.C., Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Pacific Basin. They employ more than 156,000 staff. Learn more about the Health Center Program during National Health Center Week and join us in Celebrating America's Health Centers. Looking Ahead: Specialty Physician, Advanced Practice Nurse & Physician Assistant Workforce What will the national supply of physicians, advanced practice nurses and physician assistants in non-primary care specialty and subspecialty fields look like in 2025? HRSA's just-published health workforce brief projects - Increased physician supply,
- Growth in the supply of advanced practice nurses that outpaces that of physicians, and
- Growth in the supply of physician assistants that outpaces that of physicians, but is not as rapid as the growth of the supply of advanced practice nurses.
Read the brief: Projecting the Supply of Non-Primary Care Specialty and Subspecialty Clinicians: 2010-2015 | News HHS Awards $106.7 million to Support State Home Visiting Programs HHS awards $54.6 million in Affordable Care Act mental health services funding HHS announces availability of $11 million to better integrate HIV services into community health centers Webcasts Navigating the Health Center Program: An Introduction for American Indian/Alaska Native Communities, Thursday, August 14, 1 to 2:30 pm ET Self-Auditing to Avoid Duplicate Discount in the 340B Program, Wednesday, August 27, 3 to 4 pm ET Funding Opportunities HRSA-15-016 Affordable Care Act New Access Points | Apply at Grants.gov by August 20 HRSA-15-003 Ryan White Part A HIV Emergency Relief Grant Program | Apply at Grants.gov by September 19 HRSA-15-002 Maternal & Child Health State Systems Development Initiative Grant Program | Apply at Grants.gov by September 2 HRSA-15-018 Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program | Apply at Grants.gov by September 5 View All Funding Opportunities Job Opportunities Deputy Associate Administrator: HRSA Bureau of Health Workforce | Apply at USAJobs by August 22 Director, Office of Workforce Development and Analysis: HRSA Bureau of Health Workforce | Apply at USAJobs by August 30 |
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