Volume 2021-03-18

CHI TIPbits

Timely Information and Points (TIP) for public health community providers from the Center for Health Innovation, New Mexico's Public Health Institute.

Greetings from the Center for Health Innovation (CHI), New Mexico's Public Health Institute. You've been recognized as one of the leading public health professionals in our state, which is why you have been sent our newest publication TIPbits. Every month, we will be sending out timely information and points to aid your efforts to foster better public health in the state. Feel free to share them with your networks and community. Thanks for all you do for New Mexico, and let us lend you a helping hand with TIPbits!

Sustainability & Funding The American Heart Association (AHA) plans to invest more than $230 million in the next 4 years to support initiatives addressing social determinants and removing barriers to equitable health. Click here. The U.S. HHS Office of Minority Health is investing $250 million to expand COVID-19 safety and vaccination among underserved populations. Grants for Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19 due April 20. Con Alma Health Foundation’s and Northern New Mexico Health Grants 2021grant cycle is open and will close April 30, 2021. For more information, check the Grantmaking and For Grant Seekers pages.

Professional Development & Webinars

Change Lab Solutions is accepting applications until 4:00 pm MST, April 9, 2021, to be part of the Housing Solutions Collaborative!, a one-year, cross-sector, peer learning collective to network, problem solve, and build capacity to use equitable laws/policies to address the housing crisis.

Check the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021: What It Does and Does Not Do for High-Skilled Immigration Reform. President Joe Biden’s proposed immigration reform legislation is the most comprehensive since the 2013 Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act. Provisions would significantly affect high-skilled legal immigration of foreign workers, a necessary step in reform.

REGISTER HERE for a free, NonProfit Quarterly webinar on Strengthening Your Organizational Anti-Racist Practice, on March 25 from 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. MST.

Tune in to the Association of Pedestrian & Bicycle Professionals’ 2021 active transportation webinar series the third Wednesday of every month at 1 p.m. MST. Learn more and register.

There is a free, virtual LGBTQ Community Forum on March 22 to share resources, information and needs to improve services.

Mother Lab Black Maternal Health Conference: Centering the Role of Doulas in Addressing Maternal Health Disparities, a free virtual forum 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. MDT, April 9, shows how doulas provide community support and care for Black mothers, and ways to improve minority maternal health.

The Healthline and Prevention Institute Stronger Scholarship program seeks college juniors/seniors (as of Fall 2021) of color with leadership and health equity experience. Deadline to apply is April 20.

The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) holds the Tackling America’s Mental Health and Addiction Crisis Through Primary Care Integration webinar from 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. MDT, March 31.

Resources

Read about whether small businesses will recover from COVID-19 economic pressures.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s new data brief shows that more hospitals are integrating data into Electronic Health Records.

Policy makers have failed to adopt a comprehensive, equitable oral health policy agenda. Read the Health Affairs Blog, An Oral Health Equity Agenda For The Biden Administration, to see how the Biden Administration is addressing this.

The National Alliance to Impact the Social Determinants of Health offers the Multi-Sectoral Alliance Resource Compendium, which contains resources like guidance documents, best practices, case studies, and tools to help develop and optimize alliances and their community impacts.

Trust for America’s Health’s Ready or Not 2021: Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism, measures states’ readiness for all kinds of health emergencies. The report calls for $4.5 billion annually to rebuild the public health workforce and invest in public health infrastructure nationwide.

Public Health Practitioners: Join APHA in endorsing the call to #StandWithPublicHealth. The U.S. needs a strong public health system. Challenges must be met with science, community engagement, collaboration and a commitment to equity. It’s time for all to come together to support the critical work of public health. Endorse the Call to Action now.

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