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UNCF HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE DIVERSITY PROGRAM

The AbbVie Foundation is the founding partner of the UNCF Healthcare Workforce Diversity Program, a comprehensive HBCU (historically black colleges and universities) healthcare professionals pipeline program preparing and motivating Black individuals to pursue a wide variety of careers in healthcare. If you are pursuing a certification or a 2-year associates

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Champions for School Health Vaccination Challenge – Time to Register!

The Champions for School Health Vaccination Challenge will build upon the relational strength of IEL’s Coalition for Community Schools with the financial support of Kaiser Permanente. Challenge participants will share weekly how they will start, share, and/or scale COVID-19 vaccination efforts for school-age children that: Increase COVID vaccine confidence Increase

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Congress Approves Historic Funding for School-Based Health Centers

After months of negotiations and several short-term funding bills, Congress passed the Fiscal Year 2022 Omnibus Appropriations package (H.R. 2471) on Thursday, March 10. President Biden signed it into law on Tuesday, March 15. The bicameral, negotiated bill includes $30 million for school-based health centers within the Section 330 Health

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No Kid Hungry Learning Network 2022 Awardees

We are excited to announce the names of the school-based health programs that will be participating in our School-Based Health Center Food Access Learning Network with Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry! These school-based health centers (SBHCs) will be implementing integrated food access interventions at their centers and sharing their

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