1. How Can My Health Center Become an ACE?
NACHC Advocacy Webinar
December 8, 2016

2. Today’s Agenda What is the ACE Program?
How can my Health Center achieve advocacy excellence?
The checklist & supporting materials
Best practices from current Gold ACEs
Questions

3. What is the ACE Program?
Incorporating advocacy as an element of operational excellence
Establishes a standardized framework for building a solid advocacy foundation
Allows Health Centers to demonstrate commitment to advocacy as an organizational priority
Tiered to encourage participation and reward improvement and increased engagement (bronze, silver, gold)
NACHC partners with PCAs to support ACEs

4. How can my CHC achieve excellence?
Demonstrate ongoing commitment to advocacy through the creation of advocacy infrastructure
Consistent engagement in advocacy via:
Response to calls to action
Advocacy recruitment
Advocacy training and education
Social media presence
Involvement with your state’s PCA
Work with NACHC advocacy staff to track participation and engagement

5. The checklist and other resources
Only 8 easy items to complete to achieve bronze status!
Silver and gold focus on outcomes, response rates, creativity and innovation in advocacy
Online form, templates, and sample materials available to make applying easier

6. Hear from our current Gold ACEs
Rich Napolitano & Gia Angluin
Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Massachusetts
Gloria Brown
Piedmont Health Services, North Carolina
Jennifer Morse
Salud Family Health Centers, Colorado

7. Hear from our current Gold ACEs
Rich Napolitano & Gia Angluin
Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Massachusetts
Gloria Brown
Piedmont Health Services, North Carolina
Jennifer Morse
Salud Family Health Centers, Colorado

8. Hear from our current Gold ACEs
Rich Napolitano & Gia Angluin
Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Massachusetts
Gloria Brown
Piedmont Health Services, North Carolina
Jennifer Morse
Salud Family Health Centers, Colorado

9. Win one of two fantastic prizes!
ACE Perk Alert!
Win one of two fantastic prizes!
2017 NACHC P&I Conference Registration or
2017 Advocacy Leadership Program Registration
To be entered into the raffle for these prizes, your Health Center must be certified as an ACE (any tier!) by December 31, 2016.
Winners will be announced on January 2, 2017.

10. Questions?
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