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# ![](media/image2.jpeg){width="0.26319444444444445in" height="0.25in"} Late Breaking News {#late-breaking-news .CAP-Head-1}

Greetings CAPpers! Hope you and yours are safe and well during this
challenging time. A few program updates:

**RE-DESIGN**: The deadline for application to the Clinical Re-Design
Initiative is rapidly approaching. There are a wide variety of re-design
options available including one-day workshops, on-site visits, and the
collaborative. This initiative is an important opportunity for CAP
collaboratives and you are encouraged to take advantage of it. **All
applications must be in no later than Nov. 23** (yes, the day after
Thanksgiving). You will receive an email confirmation that your
application has been received. As a reminder, all expenses for Re-Design
activities are covered by the CAP Central Office, including workshops,
travel, and materials. *There is no fiscal charge to your grant.* A copy
of the application can be found at www.capcommunity.hrsa.gov or by
emailing me. Please contact me at asmolkin@hrsa.gov with any questions
or concerns.

**TA REQUESTS**: In response to many questions I've received on
accessing additional funds for technical assistance, I have attached a
copy of the TA request form. Please submit your requests by email to me
and/or your field office project officer and we will work to accommodate
your needs. Recent TA requests have included travel dollars to other
communities, Rx consultants, media help, and legal issues.

**QUARTERLY REPORTS:** Just a reminder that quarterly status updates are
due Nov. 30. Visit www.capcommunity.hrsa.gov and select the link to
program requirements and due dates for additional information. Please be
sure to select the appropriate program requirements document.
Requirements are listed according to the month and year your CAP
Community was initially funded. Contact your field office project
officer to further discuss the format of your status update.

**SIX MONTH PROJECT UPDATES:** Within the next month we anticipate
forwarding Six Month Project Update documents and instructions to CAP
Communities initially funding in September 2000 and March 2001. The
reporting period for these documents will include March 2001 through
August 2001. Please visit www.capcommunity.hrsa.gov during the week of
November 26^th^ for additional information. You may also contact Teresa
Brown (tbrown@hrsa.gov) with any questions or concerns you may have.

**OUTSTANDING COMPENDIUM TEMPLATES:** The deadline for September 2001
grantees to submit templates for the CAP Compendium passed on October
31, 2001. However, several templates remain outstanding. Visit
www.capcommuniy.hrsa.gov to download a copy of the compendium template.
If you have difficulty downloading the template or answering the
questions on the form, please contact Christine Ayman
(cayman@synthesisps.com) with Synthesis Professional Services. Completed
templates may also be emailed to cayman@synthesisps.com and should be
submitted by November 16^th^.

**OTHER GOOD STUFF:** Just a reminder, please contact me for copies of
the request and offer document that was created at the recent conference
or if you want to join one of the following listservs: MIS, evaluation,
clinical, or pharmacy.

Thanks, Audrey

Audrey Smolkin

215-861-4794

asmolkin@hrsa.gov

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**Emergency and Bioterrorism Response Plans**

During a Technical Assistance Call on November 6, 2001, grantees were
asked to submit examples of effective emergency and bioterrorism
response plans to the Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC). There is
particular interest in plans relevant to rural and semi-rural areas. If
you have knowledge of such a plan, please send information to Audrey
Smolkin at asmolkin@hrsa.gov so that she may forward it as appropriate.
We will honor requests for confidentiality. The BPHC hopes to eventually
compile a set of appropriate examples for distribution.

**CDC Establishes New Emergency Phone Number**

In response to increased call volume following the September 11^th^
attacks, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) has established a
toll-free Public Response Hotline to answer public questions and
concerns. All English-speaking residents may now call 888-246-2675 for
public health and safety information. Spanish speakers can call
888-246-2857. The CDC hopes the new lines will make important
information more accessible to a greater number of people.

Public callers should be referred to these numbers from now on as a
useful resource for obtaining important public health and safety
information from the CDC.

**Free Program On Anthrax**

AudioNet International, in conjunction with the Patient Education
Institute, is providing a free Web-based education program on anthrax
for both health care staff and the public at large. The program explains
the causes and types of anthrax and reviews the symptoms, diagnosis,
treatment, and prevention of the illness through vaccination and
awareness. The program can be accessed at http://www.audionetintl.com/
by clicking on the bioterrorism image on the first page. The program
requires a Flash plug-in and is best viewed with Internet Explorer 5 (or
higher) or Netscape 4.7 (or higher).

**Emergency Preparedness Resource**

The National Health Policy Forum (NHPF) of The George Washington
University is offering an extensive online resource on emergency
preparedness and bioterrorism, located at
http://www.nhpf.org/bioterror_links.htm. A remarkably comprehensive list
of Internet links is available on the site along with an NHPF background
paper entitled \"Emergency Preparedness from a Health Perspective:
Preparing for Bioterrorism at the Federal, State, and Local Levels\".

The NHPF is a nonpartisan education and information exchange program.
For more information on its mission or to download other issue briefs
and background papers, please visit their website at
http://www.nhpf.org.

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## Technical Assistance Calls {#technical-assistance-calls .CAP-Head-2}

Technical assistance calls for grantees continue to be held every other
Tuesday from 2 to 3 PM EST. The schedule for November and December
appears below. To register for the calls, please contact Angelique
Raptakis at 301-468-6006 Ext. 501 or at araptakis@mac1988.com with your
name and contact information at least one week prior to the call.

Shortly after you register, you will receive a call-in number and an
access code. If you do not receive this call-in information by the
Monday before the call, please contact Angelique. Agendas and related
materials for TA calls will be emailed in advance of the call.

Please note: We may be having an MIS technical assistance call on
December 18^th^ and further information will be forthcoming. Following
the December call(s), there will be a brief winter break. TA calls will
resume Tuesday, January 8, 2002.

With the exception of calls related to legal issues, all TA calls are
summarized and posted on the CAP website (www.capcommunity.hrsa.gov).
Legal issue briefs are posted on the site under legal issues and require
a password, which may be obtained by emailing asmolkin@hrsa.gov. You may
also request an audiotape copy of any previous calls by contacting
Audrey.

# ![](media/image2.jpeg){width="0.26319444444444445in" height="0.25in"} Grant Opportunities and awards {#grant-opportunities-and-awards .CAP-Head-1}

**Peter F. Drucker Award Accepting Submissions**

The Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management is currently
accepting applications for the 2002 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit
Innovation.

The award is given each year to a nonprofit organization that has made a
difference in the lives of the people it serves. The award is
accompanied by a prize of \$25,000 and a short video documentary of the
winning project or program. Applications must be submitted by the
501(c)(3) nonprofit organization responsible for the program. The
submission deadline is July 7, 2002.

For complete guidelines and to download an application, visit the
Drucker Foundation Web site at http://www.drucker.org/award/index.html.
Interested parties may also contact the Foundation via the following:

Peter F. Drucker Foundation for

Nonprofit Management

320 Park Ave., 3rd Floor

New York, NY 10022 USA

Tel: (212) 224-1174

Fax: (212) 224-2508

E-mail: info@pfdf.org

**Immunization Funds Available**

The National Asian Women's Health Organization (NAWHO) has announced the
availability of funds through the "Promoting Prevention for Healthy
Communities: the National Asian American Immunization Project", a
cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).

NAWHO will award funds ranging from \$10,000 to \$25,000 to a maximum of
eight community-based minority organizations. The funds may be used to
conduct immunization education activities in 2002. Applications may be
requested by email (nawho@nawho.org), by calling 415-989-9747, or
downloaded at http://www.nawho.org/partnership/immunization.html.
Submissions must be received no later than December 7, 2001.

**HHS Announces \$6.3 Million Initiative for Delta Region**

On October 31, 2001, the Human Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) announced a new \$6.3 million initiative that will help improve
the health status of Mississippi Delta region residents. The region
includes 205 counties in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Tennessee \-- an area characterized
by poverty, high unemployment rates and a lack of health care resources.
The initiative will provide grants to create networks that improve
access to primary care services and to help small rural hospitals
improve their operations and financial performance. More than half of
all small rural hospitals in the Delta region are financially troubled.
Approximately 80 of these hospitals will receive assistance as a result
of this initiative.

Congratulations go out to CAP grantee Aaron E. Henry Community Health
Services Center, one of the Delta grant recipients!

To learn more about this exciting initiative, please visit
http://www.hrsa.gov/newsroom/releases/2001%20Releases/deltagrants.htm.

**Telecommunications Funds Available**

Rural CAP communities can benefit from the Rural Health Care Division
(RHCD) of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), "a
universal service support mechanism authorized by Congress and designed
by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide reduced rates
to rural Health Care Providers (HCPs) for telecommunication services
related to the use of telemedicine and telehealth."

Funds are generated by the Universal Service fee collected on each and
every phone bill. They may be used to support telemedicine,
teleradiology or even T1 Internet lines. Several CAP communities already
benefit from this program. For more information, please contact William
England at wengland@universalservice.org. The RHCD website can be found
at http://www.rhc.universalservice.org/overview.

**HHS Announces New Grants To Expand Access To Care**

On October 22, 2001, HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced the award
of 35 grants totaling \$10.6 million to improve access to health care in
underserved areas in Alaska and across the United States. The breakdown
of the grant awards is as follows:

-   12 awards totaling more than \$6.4 million under the Alaska Frontier
    Health Project

-   10 grants totaling almost \$3.5 million in Community and Migrant
    Health Center New Start/Expansion grants

-   13 grants totaling \$639,900 under the Healthy Schools/Healthy
    Communities (HSHC) Program

For more information on the grants or to see a detailed recipient list,
please visit:
http://www.hrsa.gov/Newsroom/releases/2001%20Releases/alaska.htm.

**Health Leadership Program Invites Nominations**

The Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Program is currently
accepting nominations for 2002. Each year, the Program honors 10
outstanding individuals who assist in expanding access to health care
and social services for underserved residents in communities across the
country. Each honoree is awarded \$100,000, 95 percent of which goes for
program support. Eligible recipients include community-based health
providers and advocates who have created or significantly improved
health programs in communities where health care and social service
needs had been previously neglected. Nominations are welcome from any
individual who has been inspired by someone working to provide better
community health services.

For complete eligibility and guidelines information, please visit the
Program's website at http://www.communityhealthleaders.org. The Program
may also be contacted via email (info@communityhealthleaders.org), phone
(617-426-9772), or mail: 30 Winter Street, Suite 920, Boston, MA 02108.

# ![](media/image2.jpeg){width="0.26319444444444445in" height="0.25in"} Conferences, programs, and other news {#conferences-programs-and-other-news .CAP-Head-1}

**Pre-Application Workshops for Special Populations Health Centers**

Pre-Application Workshops sponsored by HRSA's Bureau of Primary Health
Care (BPHC) will be held throughout the country between November 2001
and March 2002. The goal of the workshops is "to successfully create or
significantly expand 130-150 Health Center access points for special
populations in the multi-year Presidential Initiative (FY 2002 to FY
2006)."

For more information or to register for a workshop, please visit
https://www.psava.com/Internet/register/.  Click the \"View All
Conferences\" link and then \"Pre-Application Workshops for Health
Centers Serving Special Populations.\" Additional information may also
be obtained from Lora Robinson, Professional & Scientific Associates, at
703-852-2953 or by email at L_Robinson@psava.com.

**CCN Conference Update**

Additional information is now available for the 7^th^ Annual Community
Care Networking Conference, "Accent On Results", taking place November
29 -- December 1 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Conference is sponsored
by the Health Research and Educational Trust (HRET) of the American
Hospital Association. It is designed for representatives of hospitals,
community health center networks, and public health and other social
service organizations who wish to meet their colleagues and share
lessons learned.

For discounts on travel arrangements, contact Rosenbluth Travel at
312-422-2174. Go to http://www.aha.org/hret to print the brochure and
mail or fax the registration form. For additional information, please
call 312-422-2615, or visit the CCN website at
http://www.communitycare.org.

**Grantmakers In Health Webcast**

Two of the sessions from Grantmakers In Health's (GIH) Washington
Briefing, "Breaking Down Barriers: Granting Access to Better Health
Care?" are currently archived online by the Kaiser Network at
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/healthcast/gih/nov01. The two sessions
available are entitled "Future Shock: Meeting the Complex Needs of an
Aging Population" and "100 Percent Access and 0 Disparities? Straight
Talk About What It Will Take to Get to There From Here." Both sessions
are available as video or audio files. Support documents are also
provided in Adobe Acrobat format.

For more information about this and other GIH meetings, please visit
their website at: http://www.gih.org.

**New Clinical Institutes Program**

The Clinical Institutes are new, intensive training programs for
clinicians at school-based health centers (SBHCs). The Institutes
provide opportunity for clinicians to advance their knowledge of
specialized clinical service areas, gain important and practical
training, share best practices and available resources, and network with
colleagues. Two days of training will focus on four specialized content
areas:

-   HIV/STD\'s Risk Assessment and Intervention

-   Comprehensive Risk Assessment and Intervention Strategies

-   Mental Health Screening and Substance Abuse

-   Asthma

The Institutes will be available across the country from January --
April, 2002. For information and online registration, please visit
http://www.clinicalmeetings.com. Additional information may also be
obtained by calling 888-889-6177 or sending an email to
skerin@jwallc.com.

**Healthy Communities Network Meeting**

The Coalition for Healthier Cities and Communities (CHCC) has announced
the first annual meeting of the Healthy Communities Network (HCN), which
will take place on November 28 and 29 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The
meetings will take place as part of the Community Care Network's 7^th^
Annual Conference.

The meeting will focus on "The New Stage of the Civic Sector", a
phenomenon described by HCN as "a set of dynamics and resources that are
beginning to spontaneously converge in communities across America which
are enabling healthy community initiatives and other community based
initiatives to seriously effect community transformation and lay the
groundwork for a much higher quality public policy."

To register for this event or to become an HCN member, please visit
http://www.healthycommunities.org, or contact Coalition Coordinator Roz
Hansen at r_hansen@woodburycorp.com or 801-485-7770.

**Vendor Offers HIPAA Services**

***The following is provided as information only; the services have not
been evaluated by HRSA staff nor is this posting an endorsement in any
way. Please use or not use the information at your own discretion and
choice.***

HIPAAdocs is a for-profit vendor offering services to assist small
providers in complying with HIPAA privacy and security regulations. The
HIPAAdocs website provides interactive gap assessment tools, risk
mitigation reports and registry for tracking progress, policies and
procedures generation tools, distance training for the Privacy Officer
and staff, and updates on regulatory activity. For more information,
please visit their website: www.hipaadocs.com.

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**reports and issue briefs**

**Kaiser Releases New Report on Urban Native American Health**

The Kaiser Family Foundation recently released a detailed report that
examines the health status of the large and growing urban Native
American population. The report also examines Federal and state health
programs that are available to improve health care access for this
growing community. For the full report, go to:
http://www.kff.org/content/2001/6006.

For more information about the Kaiser Family Foundation's work on
American Indian and Alaska Native health issues, please contact Marsha
Lillie-Blanton at (202) 347-5270.

**Special Journal Issue On Expanding Health Care**

The health care policy journal INQUIRY recently released a special
journal issue, "Strategies to Expand Health Insurance for Working
Americans," which focuses on tax credits and financial incentives that
may help uninsured people purchase health insurance. The special journal
issue originated as background papers from a December 2000 conference
held by The Commonwealth Fund Task Force.

For press releases and article abstracts, please visit the INQUIRY's
website at http://www.inquiryjournal.org. The Commonwealth Fund's
website can be found at http://www.cmwf.org. This and other reports may
also be ordered by calling 888-777-2744 or by sending email to
publications@cmwf.org.

**Health Care Coverage In The Current Economy**

The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured has released five
new publications to assist health care personnel in assessing the impact
of recent tragic events on the health care system:

-   \"Health Insurance for Unemployed Workers\"
    (http://www.kff.org/content/2001/4018/4018.pdf)

-   "Medicaid Budgets Under Stress: Survey Findings for State Fiscal
    Year 2000, 2001 and 2002"
    (http://www.kff.org/content/2001/4020/4020.pdf)

-   \"Medicaid and State Budgets: An October 2001 Update\"
    (http://www.kff.org/content/2001/4019/4019.pdf)

-   \"COBRA Coverage for Low-Income Unemployed Workers\"
    (http://www.kff.org/content/2001/4021/4021.pdf)

-   \"Covering Parents through Medicaid and SCHIP: Potential Benefits to
    Low-Income Parents and Children\"
    (http://www.kff.org/content/2001/4022/4022.pdf)

For questions or comments about the publications, please call
202-347-5270. For more information on the KCMU, visit
http://www.kff.org/sections.cgi?section=kcmu.

**New Report on Racial Data Collection**

The Commonwealth Fund has released a new report examining gaps in
Federal initiatives to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health
care and the efforts of Federal health agencies to collect important
data needed to achieve those goals. "Racial, Ethnic, and Primary
Language Data Collection in the Health Care System: An Assessment of
Federal Policies and Practices," is a comprehensive analysis of the
policies governing health care data collection by race, ethnicity and
primary language. The report notes that health care workers are often
confused about the legality of collecting such information about their
clients, or have concerns about the misuse or misinterpretation of the
data.

To read, download, or order the report, go to
http://www.cmwf.org/publist/publist2.asp?CategoryID=13. For other health
care-related issue reports, visit the Fund's main website at
http://www.cmwf.org.

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**web resources**

**HRSA Resource for Culturally Appropriate Services**

The Provider's Guide to Quality and Culture is a Web-based tool
supported by the Human Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). It
features an interactive quiz to help users enhance their multicultural
knowledge and skills, helping them provide culturally and linguistically
appropriate services to diverse populations. There are also 11 modules
on topics from health problems in selected minority groups to
understanding immigrant and minority populations.

The Provider's Guide was released in July 2001 and is frequently updated
with current information. It was designed and developed by Management
Sciences for Health (MSH), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the
improvement of global health. To access this innovative and useful tool,
please visit
http://erc.msh.org/mainpage.cfm?file=1.0.htm&module=provider&language=English.

**Health Care And Health Policy Issues**

The W.K. Kellogg's Community Voices Initiative website
(http://www.communityvoices.org) contains

updated information on national health policy,

as well as community efforts to improve health

care access and quality. The site provides free access to important
publications, interesting feature articles from health care leaders, and
multiple links to other health care-related and nonprofit websites.

**Correction**

In the October issue of CAPStone the website for Volunteers in Health
Care was incorrectly referenced. The actual address is
http://www.volunteersinhealthcare.org. We apologize for the error.

# ![](media/image2.jpeg){width="0.26319444444444445in" height="0.25in"} WEB quicklist {#web-quicklist .CAP-Head-1}

New CAP Website Link

http://www.capcommunity.hrsa.gov

AudioNet International

http://www.audionetintl.com

NHPF Emergency Preparedness Resource

http://www.nhpf.org/bioterror_links.htm

Peter F. Drucker Foundation for

Nonprofit Management

http://www.pfdf.org

Peter F. Drucker Foundation Award

http://www.drucker.org/award/index.html

NHPF Homepage

http://www.nhpf.com

National Asian Women's Health

Organization (NAWHO)

Immunization Funds Application

http://www.nawho.org/partnership/

immunization.html

HRSA

http://www.hrsa.gov

HHS

http://www.hhs.gov

Rural Health Care Division (telecommunications funds)

http://www.rhc.universalservice.org/overview

Pre-Application Workshops

https://www.psava.com/Internet/register/

Health Research and Educational Trust

http://www.aha.org/hret

Community Care Network

http://www.communitycare.org

The Kaiser Network

http://www.kaisernetwork.org

Grantmakers In Health

http://www.gih.org

Provider's Guide to Quality and Culture

http://erc.msh.org/mainpage.cfm?file=1.0.htm&module=provider&language=English

Clinical Institutes Program

http://www.clinicalmeetings.com

Healthy Communities Network

http://www.healthycommunities.org

HIPAAdocs Vendor

http://www.hipaadocs.com

Kaiser Family Foundation

http://www.kff.org

INQUIRY

http://www.inquiryjournal.org

The Commonwealth Fund

http://www.cmwf.org

Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Program

http://www.communityhealthleaders.org

W.K. Kellogg's Community Voices Initiative

http://www.communityvoices.org

Volunteers In Health

http://www.volunteersinhealth.org