Make a meaningful impact with Laurel Health as an Outpient Family Medicine Physician. This role offers the opportunity to practice full scope family medicine in a patient centered environment, with loan repayment opportunities available.
Explore this opportunity: https://ow.ly/y6TK50YISm4
📣 Advocates, there's just ONE day left to urge your Senators to support funding for the National Health Service Corps and Nurse Corps! Email now in <1 minute: bit.ly/4tDdLWE
In 2025 alone, these vital programs made care possible for over 21 million patients. Your voice can help protect this care!
For Ashley Colwell, MS, FACU, growing up in a rural community would inspire a 20-year career of helping CHCs better care for underserved communities. Learn about her work as VP of Clinical Services & Workforce Development at the Illinois Primary Health Care Association: 🔗 https://ow.ly/bg4v50YH8Go
We're excited to release our 2025 Annual Report highlighting a year of momentous evolution for ACU—one in which we transformed as our members have, walking beside our network to keep advancing access to quality care for all. Read our recap of workforce, clinical, and advocacy impact: bit.ly/4tTePG8
Join us for our upcoming Recruitment & Retention of Mental Health Staff Community of Practice. ACU’s STAR² Center team will provide a focused look at the most pertinent topics affecting the successful recruitment & retention of mental health providers. Learn more and apply: https://ow.ly/4rlM50YIQFZ
Step into stronger leadership in a changing health care landscape: join us on Apr. 27 for a full-day Pre-Conference Session at NCHC's 2026 Workforce Conference. Learn from case studies and engage in guided planning at this session. Register today and save your spot: https://ow.ly/q2cy50YIoHO
In honor of National Public Health Week, we asked our team what public health means to them. Dr. Michelle Fernández Gabilondo reflects on the importance of public health in supporting mental health & ensuring communities have access to care grounded in research & responsive to their needs. #NPHW
📣 Calling all advocates! Urge your Senators to sign a new appropriations letter supporting strong FY2027 funding for the National Health Service Corps & Nurse Corps. These vital programs make care possible for over 21M patients.
🔗 Call or email in <2 minutes to urge them to sign on: bit.ly/4tDdLWE
Starting next week! Join ACU’s STAR² Center and NACHC on Apr. 14 for the first webinar in a two-part series featuring health centers that have effectively implemented well-being strategies to address staff needs with intentional, data-driven workforce investments!
➡️ Register now: bit.ly/4cjtFi1
Bring purpose into practice at ACU’s Workforce Leadership Lab on Apr. 29. Join an interactive session on Infusing Mission, Vision, and the “Why” in Your Team’s Daily Work to gain practical strategies to align your team and strengthen a mission-driven culture.
✅ Sign up: https://ow.ly/eSGW50YF6vf
During #NationalPublicHealthWeek, we’re taking a moment to reflect on the shared responsibility we all have in supporting healthier communities. Tanya Philip, Associate Director of the National Health Workforce Collaborative at ACU, reminds us that public health is about more than individual care.
Learn strategies to expand children's access to school-based eye care with community partnerships in our webinar with the School-Based Health Alliance & Prevent Blindness. Join us on Apr. 23 to hear real-world approaches to building effective services: 🔗 https://ow.ly/JirY50YCvgV
Despite a partial shutdown, federal FY2027 budget discussions are already underway, & Congress is moving swiftly. So are ACU's advocates. Read our policy and advocacy update for a recap of emerging legislation, our work on the Hill for the National Health Service Corps, and more: bit.ly/41eS5E7 👇
We’re proud to feature Hari Krishna Nallapaneni, Chief Medical Officer at CareSTL Health, in our latest Five Questions With… ACU Member spotlight. 🌟 Read more about his journey and perspective: https://ow.ly/vrRa50YClRt
#ACUMembers #CommunityHealth #Leadership #CliniciansForTheUnderserved
This #NationalDoctorsDay, we’re proud to celebrate physicians who lead with compassion, purpose, and commitment to serving their patients. Through our Five Questions With… series, we’re honored to highlight leaders such as Dr. Blanca Toso and Dr. Hari Krishna Nallapaneni: bit.ly/4texnQB
“Someone gave me a chance, and now it is my time to give back.”
That’s how Shelley Spires, CEO of Albany Area Primary Health Care, answered when asked why she chose to focus on caring for underserved communities, and it speaks to the heart of her leadership. Read more: bit.ly/4tbTBTi
Join ACU’s STAR² Center & NACHC for a two-part webinar featuring health centers that have effectively implemented well-being strategies to address staff needs with intentional, data-driven investments in their workforce! ✅ Register for the sessions: https://ow.ly/KAVw50YyP7L
📣 Now Hiring: AbsoluteCare is seeking a mission-driven Lead Physician to provide patient-centered care, lead interdisciplinary teams, and advance population health outcomes for medically complex patients. $300K+ potential compensation.
Apply today at ACUs Career Center: https://ow.ly/LuXw50Yya8P
It’s #WorldOralHealthDay! Strong oral healthcare starts with strong teams. Learn more about best practices to retain and recruit a powerful oral health workforce to enhance care for patients in medically underserved communities with resources from our STAR² Center: https://ow.ly/8IIE50Yx1wF
We’re proud to highlight Shelley Spires, CEO of Albany Area Primary Health Care, in our new member spotlight. Shelley reflects on the experiences that shaped her commitment to community health and why ensuring access to care in rural communities remains vital.
➡️ Read more: https://ow.ly/prwS50Ys1zf
We’re just days away from the 2026 ACU Workforce Symposium in Nashville! With a full house ahead, we’re grateful to our sponsors, Mission Mobile Medical, The Inline Group, and Aledade, for helping bring this event to life and for supporting the leaders and ideas shaping the future of care.
Happening this week! Join us March 19 from 2–3 p.m. ET for "Clearer Futures: Identifying Eye Care Needs in School-Age Children," the first session in our School & Vision Health webinar series with Prevent Blindness and the School-Based Health Alliance. Register now:🔗bit.ly/4sPeTG8
What does ACU's upcoming Annual Conference mean to our attendees? Allow them to show you. 👇
Don't miss Early Bird registration for #ACUConf! Sign up now for up to 35% off your ticket to four days of innovation, learning, and fellowship in community health in D.C. on July 26-29: 🔗 bit.ly/40EeUki
During #PatientSafetyAwarenessWeek, ACU recognizes the providers, care teams, and community partners working every day to make health care safer for communities they serve. We’re proud to stand with our members who lead this work and continue advancing practices that put patient safety first.
Thank you to our sponsors for the 2026 ACU Workforce Symposium. We’re grateful to Mission Mobile Medical, the Inline Group, and Aledade for their support of our event. We’re excited to convene a full house as the Symposium is sold out!
It's time to envision eye care at every community health center. 👁️
With support from the Lavelle Fund For The Blind, ACU's new initiative is analyzing the landscape of organizations working to expand access to vision care at CHCs—and setting the stage for a national coalition. 🔗 bit.ly/4up9s2n
ACU urged Congress to take swift action to build a strong, sustainable, & integrated healthcare workforce in a letter calling on increased investment in the National Health Service Corps and CHCs, protecting Medicaid, & more.
➡️ Read our letter, our policy recap, & more in our update: bit.ly/40kvFkr
Join the Connected Communities Health Initiative (CCHI) for the latest installment in a webinar series leveraging insights from recent reports to explore Understanding and Addressing the Childhood Chronic Disease Crisis: Prevention and Action in Primary Care Practice: 🔗 https://ow.ly/g9ky50YrOnO
Join ACU’s Workforce Leadership Lab on Wednesday, March 18, at 3-4 p.m. ET to explore practical strategies for Resolving Conflict Among Team Members. Register today to learn how to foster a more collaborative team environment: https://ow.ly/HX5k50Yo9s6
Join ACU on March 11 at 3 pm ET as we explore best practices for measurement-based care in the third webinar in our transdisciplinary behavioral health series featuring national expert Dr. Virna Little of Concert Health.
➡️ Sign up now for this and other presentations in our series: bit.ly/4tDI4gS
