Capital Link

Is your health center anticipating undergoing a capital project in the next one to five years? Our Capital Development Learning Collaborative - Early Project Planning Stages, beginning in January 2025, will provide practical direction and tools needed for planning, financing, and completing your capital project. Apply here: https://ow.ly/kQvf50UsYrp

There's still time to register for Thursday's webinar, "The Early Project Planning Phases of a Capital Development Project." This is a great opportunity for health centers looking to begin a capital project in the next 1-5 years and want to know where to start. Register here: https://ow.ly/sjO750Um5sO

We hope you'll join us next Thursday, Dec. 12, for "The Early Project Planning Phases of a Capital Development Project" webinar to learn the foundational steps for developing facilities that provide access to comprehensive, affordable health services tailored to meet the cultural and linguistic needs of your diverse health center communities. Register here: https://ow.ly/sjO750Um5sO

We are thrilled to welcome Ann Marie Grimberg, M.Ed, to Capital Link’s Project Consulting Team, where she brings nearly 20 years of experience working with health systems. Ann Marie joins us from Heartland Alliance Health, an FQHC and Community Mental Health Center in Chicago, where she most recently served as the Chief Operating Officer. Having spent the majority of her career in the social services arena and specializing in mobile health and working with the homeless population, Ann Marie helped build a Coordinated Care Entity for vulnerable individuals with multiple chronic health conditions in Illinois. “I understand the various systems that impact the vulnerable populations that CHCs serve outside of healthcare. I recognize the intersection and access to these systems can significantly strengthen the care provided by CHCs, and I'm looking forward to sharing this knowledge when it comes to operational and facility planning work.” In her new role as Operations and Facilities Planner, Ann Marie will support health centers with facility and strategic planning and integrating primary care with behavioral health care and other social supports. Please reach out to Ann Marie for your strategic and space planning needs at agrimberg@caplink.org.

Congratulations to Community Health Development Inc. (CHDI), in Uvalde, TX, for closing their $10 million New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) project on Nov. 13, 2024. The project is located in Leakey, TX, a rural community about 40 miles from Uvalde where CHDI operates a growing health clinic operation in a leased facility. CHDI’s new state-of-the-art facility will serve as a source of pride for the community and will greatly assist CHDI in recruiting and retaining professional staff to provide services to Real County residents. When completed, the new and expanded services will enhance the health and well-being of the residents of Leakey and the surrounding region as well as provide significant economic impact with the new positions created by CHDI’s expanded operations. Capital Link is proud to have supported CHDI with capital planning assistance for this project, including physical space and operational planning, market analysis, and financing assistance services that included NMTCs. Financing partners for this project included TransPecos Development Corp and US Bank. The project has been underway since early last spring and will be completed in early 2025. #CHCs #FQHCs #UvaldeTX #LeakeyTX

Today we celebrate National Rural Health Day (NRHD) with the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) to raise awareness of the critical efforts of rural healthcare providers, especially community health centers, in addressing the healthcare needs of rural America. An important part of our mission at Capital Link includes providing advisory services and capital planning training and technical assistance to rurally-located health centers. We have also developed a library of resources on current trends and rising issues affecting rural centers, which are available on our website here: https://ow.ly/9TrW50Ub6GX Thank you to all the community health centers providing care for rural America every day! #PowerofRural #NRHD #CHCs #RuralHealthCenters #RuralAmerica

Yesterday, we were proud to present at the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) Partner Conference in Seattle alongside speakers from NACHC, JSI, and Northwest Regional Primary Care Association. The session, "Building Climate-Resilient Health Centers: Harnessing PCA Resources, Health IT, and Solar Microgrids" was a timely conversation on the role of PCAs, NTTAPs, and partners in supporting health centers in emergency response situations. Our CEO, Becky Regan, spoke about the CHARGE Solar Partnership and its mission to ensure health center resiliency through solar power. #CHCs #solarandstorage #CHARGEpartnership #communityhealthcenters

We're looking forward to next week's National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) Partner Conference in Seattle! Make sure to join the education session, "Building Climate-Resilient Health Centers: Harnessing PCA Resources, Health IT, and Solar Microgrids" on Monday, featuring Capital Link CEO Becky Regan. Speakers also include Molly Rafferty (JSI), Nye Day (JSI), Seth Doyle (Northwest Regional Primary Care Association), and moderators Jessica Hinshaw (NACHC) and Julia Dempsey (NACHC). During this session, PCA, NTTAP, and partners of choice will explore their role in supporting health centers to identify and protect impacted populations with the aid of health IT tools. #chcs #NTTAPs #partnerconference #climateresilience #communityhealthcenters

This week, we honor all of the incredible nurse practitioners who make a difference in the health of our communities every single day. Thank you! #nursepractionerweek #nationalnpweek #communityhealthcenters #CHCs #healthcare