Every three years, the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) conducts a national health center needs assessment to inform the development of operational training and technical assistance (TTA) needed by health centers to advance health center access, quality and impact. NACHC develops and deploys this effort in close collaboration with all HRSA-funded National Training & Technical Assistance Partners (NTTAPs). Learn more at: Our Partners | Health Center Resource Clearinghouse (healthcenterinfo.org).
About the 2021 National TTA Needs Assessment
NACHC piloted and then nationally fielded the 2021 assessment, which closed October 2021. All health center staff were invited to respond. Analysis of the results are underway, with a report of findings anticipated in December 2021. The needs assessment was structured to allow the respondent to quickly identify and select needs across a variety of TTA topics. NACHC conducts this project with cooperative agreement support from HRSA.
This national assessment will inform the development of training and technical assistance (T/TA) necessary to support health centers improve access to primary health care as well as to advance quality and impact in upcoming years.
Objectives: This TTA Needs Assessment will:
- Minimize response burden by reducing the number of needs assessments deployed to health centers.
- Improve ease in response through a streamlined questionnaire.
- Identify priority training topics for BPHC, NTTAP, PCA and HCCN attention.
For questions, Contact KaRon Campbell, NACHC Manager, Needs Assessment and Evaluation, at trainings@nachc.org.
2018 National TTA Needs Assessment Summary Results
NACHC administered the 2018 National TTA Needs Assessment. Summary of results are presented in the infographics below:
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Health Center Resource Clearinghouse
Training & Technical Assistance materials that address health center needs can be found on the Health Center Resource Clearinghouse. This site is a collaborative effort of HRSA/BPHC and National Training and Technical Assistance Partners.
Needs Assessment State Profiles
State summaries of the 2018 needs assessment findings are provided below:
State did not meet the minimum threshold to receive an individual state profile based on the number of needs assessment responses.
State did not meet the minimum threshold to receive an individual state profile based on the number of needs assessment responses.