Author: Mayra Soto

Members of Congress have begun to work on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Appropriations. During the Federal Appropriations process, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committees hold hearings to create appropriations bills to fund the federal government. The appropriations bills must pass the House and Senate and then be signed by the President. We need your help to urge our Members of Congress to support $1.8 billion in discretionary funding for Community Health Centers (CHCs) in the FY23 appropriations bill.   Increased discretionary funding will allow us to: · Hire additional culturally diverse providers to continue providing high quality care to our patients as COVID-19 cases continue to persist. · Invest in care coordination and innovative...

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Representative Pramila Jayapal introduced The Lifting Immigrant Families through Benefits Access Restoration Act (LIFT the BAR Act, HR 5227). The LIFT the Bar Act will restore access to programs like Medicaid, CHIP, and SNAP, by removing the five-year bar that denies critical care and aid to “green card” holders, and other types of immigrants who have been lawfully-present in the United States for at least five years. We need your help to send our Members of Congress a message urging them to co-sponsor the LIFT the Bar Act today!   At NEVHC, over 80% of our patients identify their language as a language other than English. It is our mission to provide quality health care to all in a manner...

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Governor Gavin Newsom released his fiscal year (FY) 2022-23 proposed state budget in January. The Governor’s budget proposal makes significant investments to healthcare initiatives such as: COVID-19 Response and Recovery, workforce investment programs and the expansion of Medi-Cal for all income eligible adults, regardless of their immigration status. Unfortunately, Governor Gavin Newsom’s efforts fall short of protecting community health centers (CHCs). We need your help to send a message to Governor Newsom urging him to augment the 340B Drug Discount Programs’ Supplemental Payment Pool (SPP) fund by $50 million, using state budget funds which will be matched by the federal government.   Governor Newsom’s Executive Order (N-01-19) transitioned all pharmacy services from Medi-Cal Managed Care to Fee-For-Service. The transition will...

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The U.S. House of Representatives passed their version of the $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act (BBB) in November and sent the bill to the U.S Senate for a vote. The Senate is expected to make changes to the BBB which may reduce the amount of spending for certain provisions such as child tax credits, climate protections and healthcare. We need your help to urge our U.S. Senators to vote in favor of the BBB and provisions that support our patients and staff.   Some of the provisions in the BBB which support CHCs include: · $2 billion in capital infrastructure funding for CHCs, which would help us expand and modernize our health centers allowing us to meet the growing...

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