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Colorado 2024 Community Health Champions and Advocates Honored

DENVER― Colorado Community Health Network (CCHN) announced its annual awards for Community Health Champions and Advocates, people who support the work of Colorado Community Health Centers (CHCs) and the people they serve, during its 2024 Policy and Issues (P&I) Forum. The awards given March 13, 2024, included: State Representative Emily Sirota (House District 9), serving

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Community Health Centers bring economic activity and health care careers to communities across Colorado

DENVER― Colorado Community Health Network (CCHN) released a new value-and-impact analysis today that shows that Community Health Centers (CHCs) contribute at least $1.7 billion in economic activity to Colorado’s economy, providing thousands of health care careers, as well as health care access, to communities that would not otherwise have them. In 2021, Colorado CHCs contributed

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CCHN’s “Grow Our Own: Partnership for Equity in Health Careers” Receives Grant Funding

“Grow Our Own” Partnership Wins SyncUp Colorado Workforce Design Challenge, Will Help More  Young Coloradans Pursue Meaningful Careers DENVER, Colo., Oct. 25, 2021— ZOMALAB, in partnership with the Colorado Governor’s Office, Colorado Succeeds, Colorado Thrives, SemperVirens, Skillful a Markle initiative, and Strada Education Network today announced Colorado Community Health Network’s “Grow Our Own: Partnership for

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Colorado CHCs to Receive Funding Infusion to Expand Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine

Contact: Maureen Maxwell by email or cell (303) 913-9078 or Grace Trautman by email DENVER― The White House announced today the distribution of $10 billion in funding from the American Rescue Plan Act to expand access to the COVID-19 vaccines and to build vaccine confidence in the hardest-hit and highest-risk communities. Colorado Community Health Centers

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Janet Rasmussen, Clinica Family Health, Chosen as CCHN Advocate of the Year

DENVER― On March 17, CCHN presented the CCHN Advocate of the Year Award to Janet Rasmussen, the Chief Integrated Services Officer for Clinica Family Health, at CCHN’s Policy and Issues Forum. “Janet has been a part of the CHC family for over 30 years, including time as the director of CCHN!” said Annette Kowal, CEO

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John Santistevan Awarded Stanley J. Brasher Community Health Gratitude Award

DENVER―On March 17, CCHN presented the eighth annual Stanley J. Brasher Community Health Gratitude Award to John Santistevan, CEO of Salud Family Health Centers, at CCHN’s Policy and Issues Forum. This award was named in honor of Jerry Brasher, former CEO of Salud Family Health Centers and one of CCHN’s founders. It is given to

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CCHN Joins in Celebration and Working for Justice and Fairness in Health Care System

Statement attributable to Polly Anderson Vice President of Strategy and Financing Colorado Community Health Network (CCHN) DENVER―Today, Colorado Community Health Network (CCHN) will join our colleagues in celebrating a historic inauguration, along with the opportunities it will bring. We look forward to working with the Biden/Harris administration, as well as members of Congress, Democrats, Republicans,

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Community Health Centers Essential to Colorado Response to Pandemic

Weekly Report Shows Update in Weekly Health Care Activity and COVID-19 Testing DENVER― Colorado Community Health Centers (CHCs) continue to be on the front lines of the pandemic and are a significant part of Colorado’s response to COVID-19. CHCs continue to innovate how they provide care, increasing telehealth access, providing drive-through COVID-19 testing, setting aside

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Community Health Centers Continue Commitment to Access to Health Care for All

Election Over, Health Care Work Continues Statement attributable to Annette Kowal President and Chief Executive Officer Colorado Community Health Network (CCHN) DENVER― The 2020 elections are over and there are new elected officials and many who have been re-elected to continue to serve. Democracy proceeds and we are grateful. We need to make sure we,

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Racism is a public health issue

Statement of Annette Kowal, Chief Executive Officer and President The Community Health Center movement emerged from the civil rights movement, with a goal of health equity. The first two health centers began in 1967, in urban Boston, Massachusetts and rural Mound Bayou, Mississippi, because more needed to be done to bring racial equity to the

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