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Making Convenient Care the Right Care for All: Improving State Oversight of Urgent Care Centers and Retail Health Clinics
This brief looks at oversight of "convenient care" clinics and considers whether they are serving a fair share of low-income or uninsured consumers and are providing an appropriate array of services, including urgent reproductive and sexual health care.
Leveraging Funds: Tools, Insights and Suggestions from Advocates and Funders to Support Your Work and Long(er)-Term Sustainability
This collection of Leveraging Funds tools offers insights and suggestions from both advocates who successfully used Health Justice Fund (HJF) grants to secure matching funds for their work as well as an interview with a Georgia funder.
Legislative Advocacy During COVID-19
This toolkit offers state examples of best practices around legislative advocacy during COVID-19.
The American Rescue Plan: A Prescription for Child Health and Stability During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The American Rescue Plan includes key provisions that will reduce child poverty in America and promote health through evidence-based solutions that respond to the current crisis and move our country forward to economic, racial, and social justice.
Protect Consumers from Medical Debt
Especially during a pandemic, when people’s care-seeking behavior affects not just themselves, but also their loved ones, co-workers and community, we must remove all barriers to accessing health care.
Press Release Distribution Guide
Media relations is critical to getting noticed by reporters and getting your news in front of the right audience. This toolkit can serve as a guide when developing a media outreach strategy.
Digital Channels Overview: Strategies, Tactics and Advertising Costs
A two-page guide for advocates covering high-level strategies and tactics for popular social and digital media channels, including advertising capabilities.
Policy Priorities: Unfinished Business
Second in a three-part policy series focused on actions the Biden-Harris administration must take to promote health equity.
Community Benefit and Economic Development
This fact sheet compares how “community benefit” is typically used in the economic development and healthcare contexts.
Hospital Financial Assistance Policies: A Quick Reference Guide
HFMA Resource: Best Practices for Resolution of Medical Accounts
Why Does Oral Health Matter?
Dental disease hurts more than our teeth. It’s tied to our overall health. Tooth decay can risk our physical, mental and economic wellbeing. It also strains state budgets.
Latest Comment Letter
Comment letter to the Senate Finance Committee in support of the nomination of Xavier Becerra for Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Community Catalyst comment letter to the Senate Finance Committee in support of the nomination of Attorney General Xavier Becerra for Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).