Advocacy Toolkit

• Advocacy Building Blocks:
  • 2020 Advocacy Calendar
  • What is our Ask? Key Messages for Congess
  • How to Create Your Elevator Pitch
  • How to Create a Communication Strategy
  • Tips for Successful Meetings with Elected Officials
  • Social Media Toolbox
  • Actions your Members of Congress can take!

“Fund”amentals

Resources to explain the impact of federal investment in Community Health Centers

• Funding Cliff Explainer Chart
• One-Pager: What federal investments in Health Centers support
• Congressional District Maps
• State Fact Sheets and Maps
• Policy Brief: Community Health Centers — A Guide to a Vital Network of Care
• Community Health Centers as Economic Engines

For more information on policy relevant to Community Health Center policy, click here to go to NACHC’s informational resources.

Current Action in Washington:

• Notes from DC — 2019 Summer Wrap-Up (September 9)
• Congress Provides Short-Term Funding for Community Health Centers (September 24)
• Understand the Process and Timeline for Impeachment Proceedings (November 13)
• Congress Provides Additional Short-Term Funding For Community Health Centers (November 26)
• CHC Federal Funding: What Happened, The Specifics, and Where We Go From Here (December 20)

Information on Past Actions

• FY2020 Congressional Appropriations:
  • Senate Wicker-Stabenow Health Center Dear Colleague Letter
    • Click here to view final list of Senate co-signers– letter closed 4/8/19
  • House DeGette-Bilirakis Health Center Dear Colleague Letter
    • Click here to view final list of House co-signers– letter closed 3/29/19 
• Congressional Letters of Support
  • Rep. Pressley, Sens. Warren & Sanders Letter to House and Senate Leadership
  • Sens. Blunt, Stabenow & CHIME Co-sponsors Letter to Senate Leadership