Here are the key steps to conducting voter education and get out the vote (GOTV) efforts at health centers in a non-partisan manner:
1. Provide ongoing voter education to registrants and patients via email, text, posters and flyers about upcoming elections, how to vote, early voting options, voter ID requirements, etc.
2. Conduct periodic non-partisan "how to vote" sessions explaining voting procedures and requirements.
3. Remind registrants and patients about upcoming elections and encourage them to vote through phone banks, text banks and social media in the days and weeks leading up to the election.
4. Recruit health center volunteers to help staff phone banks and conduct in-person
About the Stand for Your Mission CampaignBoardSource
The Stand for Your Mission campaign is a challenge to all nonprofit decision-makers to stand up for the organizations they believe in by actively representing their organization’s mission and values, and creating public will for positive social change.
Nonprofit Advocacy: Lobbying and Election-Related Activities for 501(c)(3)s4Good.org
Many nonprofits often desire certain legislative and public policy changes by our legislators and publicly elected officials to help further or achieve their charitable missions. Nonprofits, however, often avoid advocating for such changes because the IRS rules regarding nonprofit advocacy tend to be complex and commonly misunderstood. 501(c)(3) organizations in particular are often unsure or unaware of which advocacy activities are permissible and which advocacy activities may jeopardize their tax-exempt status. Additionally, nonprofit advocacy and compliance with IRS regulations is a common hot topic for other groups such as the media, public, and authorities, especially during election years. Given the increased attention and scrutiny to nonprofit lobbying and election-related activities that is to be expected this year, 501(c)(3) organizations would greatly benefit from becoming knowledgeable about nonprofit advocacy rules.
About the Stand for Your Mission CampaignBoardSource
The Stand for Your Mission campaign is a challenge to all nonprofit decision-makers to stand up for the organizations they believe in by actively representing their organization’s mission and values, and creating public will for positive social change.
Nonprofit Advocacy: Lobbying and Election-Related Activities for 501(c)(3)s4Good.org
Many nonprofits often desire certain legislative and public policy changes by our legislators and publicly elected officials to help further or achieve their charitable missions. Nonprofits, however, often avoid advocating for such changes because the IRS rules regarding nonprofit advocacy tend to be complex and commonly misunderstood. 501(c)(3) organizations in particular are often unsure or unaware of which advocacy activities are permissible and which advocacy activities may jeopardize their tax-exempt status. Additionally, nonprofit advocacy and compliance with IRS regulations is a common hot topic for other groups such as the media, public, and authorities, especially during election years. Given the increased attention and scrutiny to nonprofit lobbying and election-related activities that is to be expected this year, 501(c)(3) organizations would greatly benefit from becoming knowledgeable about nonprofit advocacy rules.
This webinar, hosted by National Safe Place and facilitated by Tammy Hopper of SouthEastern Network, will cover the basics of advocating for your agency and the clients that you serve.
The Stand for Your Mission campaign is a challenge to all nonprofit decision-makers to stand up for the organizations they believe in by actively representing their organization’s mission and values, and creating public will for positive social change.
This a presentation of a training I did at Fort Bragg for an SF unit about to deploy in West Africa. The training was part of Development Transformations work in Stability Ops
MDGs/SDGs are a veritable development tool that could transform the society by impacting positively on the generality of the people provided the operators are committed and focused. The MDGs/SDGs’ focus of human development coupled with the time-bound target makes them amenable to evaluation thus easily subjecting them to SMART test within the time frame. Since both the governments of the developed and developing countries are committed to MDGs/SDGs achievement by 2030, then SDGs become a tool that members of the civil society could constantly use to ask their respective governments to account to since they did not sign the 17 SDGs under duress.
Hear from two states that embarked on a path to collaboration through the Shared Youth Vision project. Learn how New Hampshire and Rhode Island have embraced a journey to effect change to provide an array of services to youth and young adults. In New Hampshire, the process has created one state team, a pilot project team, and twelve local teams focused on collaboration, partnering and resolving gaps in serving multiple state agencies’ neediest young people. In Rhode Island,the partnership has expanded services through the 16 Youth Centers in the state, where partner agencies are collaborating to avail young people opportunities through multiple pathways to education and employment. State Team representatives will share their experiences for bringing together partners to make this partnership a true
collaborative and systematic approach for a cross delivery system for young people.
This webinar, hosted by National Safe Place and facilitated by Tammy Hopper of SouthEastern Network, will cover the basics of advocating for your agency and the clients that you serve.
The Stand for Your Mission campaign is a challenge to all nonprofit decision-makers to stand up for the organizations they believe in by actively representing their organization’s mission and values, and creating public will for positive social change.
This a presentation of a training I did at Fort Bragg for an SF unit about to deploy in West Africa. The training was part of Development Transformations work in Stability Ops
MDGs/SDGs are a veritable development tool that could transform the society by impacting positively on the generality of the people provided the operators are committed and focused. The MDGs/SDGs’ focus of human development coupled with the time-bound target makes them amenable to evaluation thus easily subjecting them to SMART test within the time frame. Since both the governments of the developed and developing countries are committed to MDGs/SDGs achievement by 2030, then SDGs become a tool that members of the civil society could constantly use to ask their respective governments to account to since they did not sign the 17 SDGs under duress.
Hear from two states that embarked on a path to collaboration through the Shared Youth Vision project. Learn how New Hampshire and Rhode Island have embraced a journey to effect change to provide an array of services to youth and young adults. In New Hampshire, the process has created one state team, a pilot project team, and twelve local teams focused on collaboration, partnering and resolving gaps in serving multiple state agencies’ neediest young people. In Rhode Island,the partnership has expanded services through the 16 Youth Centers in the state, where partner agencies are collaborating to avail young people opportunities through multiple pathways to education and employment. State Team representatives will share their experiences for bringing together partners to make this partnership a true
collaborative and systematic approach for a cross delivery system for young people.
MPCA HIPAA Compliance/Meaningful Use Requirements and Security Risk Assessment Series: HIPAA/HITECH Requirements for FQHCs and the New Omnibus Rule (Part 1)
Presented at the annual Health Center Board Member Training, this presentation focuses on the core principles of legislative advocacy as it relates to MPCA and CHCs in Michigan.
Presentation by Rick Shinn at the 2009 Virginia Health Equity Conference - Part of the panel discussion, "Advocacy 101: Strategies to Build Local, State and National Support for Health Equity"
2018 MACE Annual Conference presentation from John Kirchner of the US Chamber of Commerce.
This presentation will include the importance of advocacy for local chambers and provide useful tools for how chambers can engage in advocacy more effectively. In addition, it provides a federal policy briefing on key issues that are important to the business community across the region and country.
David Heinen, director of public policy and advocacy, N.C. Center for Nonprofits
In a March 25 webinar, David Heinen shared information about the variety of ways that a nonprofit organization can be an advocate. The webinar highlighted the types of advocacy that are permissible and impermissible for 501(c)(3) nonprofits and what an organization stands to lose if it doesn't speak up for its cause and its community.
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Many youth leaders are compelled to do work with community based non-profit and local public health agencies as both a service learning and philanthropic component in their development as young professionals. However, despite invaluable experiential learning, students often don\'t comprehend key overarching issues such as health disparities, social determinants of health, health policy and community organizing. To address this gap and optimize their community based work, the Health Disparities Student Collaborative (HDSC), a Boston-based student group under Critical MASS for eliminating health disparities and the Center for Community Health Education Research and Service Inc. (CCHERS), developed a curriculum for students designed to broaden their perspectives while working with local public health, non-profit/community organizations and to develop their interest and ability to visualize the power of their collective voice as students and contributors to social justice work. The curriculum utilizes peer education and webinar software and covers three main topics: Current State of Health Disparities, Social Determinants of Health, and Youth Activism on Health Disparities/Social Determinants of Health. HDSC has collaborated with local partners CCHERS/Critical MASS and the Community Based Public Health Caucus (CBPHC) Youth Council to develop this comprehensive “Health Equality Peer Education” training.
In 2010 Mercy Hospital sought community partnerships to assist in meeting the needs of individuals presenting to the hospital’s emergency room repeatedly who, due to their substance use disorders, mental health disorders, and/or co-occurring disorders, were not able to successfully access and engage in community-based services to address needs. This webinar will chronicle the process of development of the project by community stakeholders, implementation, highlight challenges and successes, delineate measurable one-year outcome data and return on investment.
When it comes to behavioral health/primary care integration, we are often forced to fly into unchartered areas in an effort to meet the needs of our patients and ongoing health care reform. Newaygo County Mental Health (NCMH) and Family Health Care (FHC) have been working collaboratively since 2010 to provide integrated health care. NCMH clinicians provide outpatient therapy services within two FHC federally funded Teen School-based Health Centers. NCMH recently added two Integrated Behavioral Health Clinicians to the FHC health center in White Cloud. This webinar will provide an overview of how primary care health centers and community mental health centers can partner to improve physical and behavioral health for their community.
Care4life is a personalized mobile health program that gives ongoing support to people with type 2 diabetes using the core principles of diabetes care. Care4life includes education about diabetes, tips for managing diabetes, reminders to test blood glucose, take medications, and record weekly progress on weight, exercise, and medication adherence.
Health centers are non-profit private or public entities that serve designated medically underserved populations/areas or special medically underserved populations comprised of migrant and seasonal farmworkers, the homeless or residents of public housing. This presentation provides a summary of the key health center program requirements.
This webinar will provide an overview of the evaluation study being done at the Durham Clinic, an integrated health home run by Cherry Street Health Services in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The study seeks to determine whether the delivery of health care through a multi-disciplinary team using the chronic care management model delivers better symptom management and reduced impact of the
illness on patients’ desired functioning.
During this webinar you will get an overview of Michigan’s publicly funded mental health, substance abuse, and developmental disabilities system. This will include the management and delivery structure of Community Mental Health Service Providers (CMHSPs), Prepaid Inpatient Health Plans (PIHPs), and substance abuse Coordinating Agencies (CAs), as well as primary funding sources and priority service populations.
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These simplified slides by Dr. Sidra Arshad present an overview of the non-respiratory functions of the respiratory tract.
Learning objectives:
1. Enlist the non-respiratory functions of the respiratory tract
2. Briefly explain how these functions are carried out
3. Discuss the significance of dead space
4. Differentiate between minute ventilation and alveolar ventilation
5. Describe the cough and sneeze reflexes
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 39, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 34, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
3. Chapter 17, Human Physiology by Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
4. Non-respiratory functions of the lungs https://academic.oup.com/bjaed/article/13/3/98/278874
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Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a rare, aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) accounting for 5% to 7% of all lymphomas. Its prognosis ranges from indolent disease that does not require treatment for years to very aggressive disease, which is associated with poor survival (Silkenstedt et al, 2021). Typically, MCL is diagnosed at advanced stage and in older patients who cannot tolerate intensive therapy (NCCN, 2022). Although recent advances have slightly increased remission rates, recurrence and relapse remain very common, leading to a median overall survival between 3 and 6 years (LLS, 2021). Though there are several effective options, progress is still needed towards establishing an accepted frontline approach for MCL (Castellino et al, 2022). Treatment selection and management of MCL are complicated by the heterogeneity of prognosis, advanced age and comorbidities of patients, and lack of an established standard approach for treatment, making it vital that clinicians be familiar with the latest research and advances in this area. In this activity chaired by Michael Wang, MD, Professor in the Department of Lymphoma & Myeloma at MD Anderson Cancer Center, expert faculty will discuss prognostic factors informing treatment, the promising results of recent trials in new therapeutic approaches, and the implications of treatment resistance in therapeutic selection for MCL.
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Hematology/oncology fellows, attending faculty, and other health care professionals involved in the treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL).
Learning Objectives
1.) Identify clinical and biological prognostic factors that can guide treatment decision making for older adults with MCL
2.) Evaluate emerging data on targeted therapeutic approaches for treatment-naive and relapsed/refractory MCL and their applicability to older adults
3.) Assess mechanisms of resistance to targeted therapies for MCL and their implications for treatment selection
These lecture slides, by Dr Sidra Arshad, offer a quick overview of physiological basis of a normal electrocardiogram.
Learning objectives:
1. Define an electrocardiogram (ECG) and electrocardiography
2. Describe how dipoles generated by the heart produce the waveforms of the ECG
3. Describe the components of a normal electrocardiogram of a typical bipolar leads (limb II)
4. Differentiate between intervals and segments
5. Enlist some common indications for obtaining an ECG
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 11, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 9, Human Physiology - From Cells to Systems, Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
3. Chapter 29, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
4. Electrocardiogram, StatPearls - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK549803/
5. ECG in Medical Practice by ABM Abdullah, 4th edition
6. ECG Basics, http://www.nataliescasebook.com/tag/e-c-g-basics
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neurochemical systems and has rewarding and addictive properties. It
is the oldest recreational drug and likely contributes to more morbidity,
mortality, and public health costs than all illicit drugs combined. The
5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
(DSM-5) integrates alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence into a single
disorder called alcohol use disorder (AUD), with mild, moderate,
and severe subclassifications (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).
In the DSM-5, all types of substance abuse and dependence have been
combined into a single substance use disorder (SUD) on a continuum
from mild to severe. A diagnosis of AUD requires that at least two of
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AUD: 2–3 criteria; moderate AUD: 4–5 criteria; severe AUD: 6–11 criteria).
The four main behavioral effects of AUD are impaired control over
drinking, negative social consequences, risky use, and altered physiological
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the systemic nature of the disease, neurocircuitry and stages of AUD,
comorbidities, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, genetic risk factors, and
pharmacotherapies for AUD.
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1. Advocating for your Health
Center in Today‟s Political
Climate
Douglas M. Paterson MPA
Director of State Policy
Michigan Primary Care Association
May 22, 2012
2. Two types of organizations
◦ Those who allow others to determine the
environment in which they operate
◦ Those that shape and influence the
environment in which they operate
Every board must decide which type
they will be.
3. Build A Culture of Advocacy
Change your culture to
one where effective
advocacy is an
essential element daily
work.
Develop and
recognize grassroots The Essential Step:
advocacy Elevate advocacy to
effectiveness the the level of an
same way you do organizational priority
other critical skills for – for Board and Staff.
health center staff and
boards.
4. Advocacy versus Lobbying
Advocacy – education to make policy
makers more aware what you do and
how policy influences your
organization.
Lobbying – asking legislators to take a
position on specific legislation.
5. What is Grassroots Advocacy?
Grassroots advocacy: the
active support of a cause,
issue or policy that gets its
strength from the ground up
rather than from the top down.
Democracy is dependent upon
an informed and involved
electorate. It is essential that
citizens have input in how
their government develops
policy and spends funds.
6. All your advocacy efforts should have two goals:
Building a relationship with your elected officials
and/or their staff which:
Assures you are known to the policy maker
You are viewed as a credible source of information on health center
issues
Your input is valued and sought
Your calls get returned
Building the power to influence your elected officials
Create a structure that organizes your health center staff, patients
and community supporters, into a machine capable of winning
important issue campaigns that impact your community at the local
state and national levels.
Building relationships and empowering your community take
time and effort over the long-term and can be more important
than any single legislative issue.
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7. 1. Advocacy Has to be an Organizational
Commitment
The Board Must Take the Lead – a formal
commitment to time and resources is essential
Create an Advocacy Committee with a Chair –
Board and staff need to be included
2. Advocacy Needs to be done Face to Face
Plan to get your local, state and federal officials (and
their staff) to your Center on a regular basis
3. Advocacy Needs Numbers
If 100 emails and faxes are good, a thousand is
better!
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8. 4. Advocacy Needs a Megaphone
Learn how to use the media
5.Advocacy Needs Friends
Look for ways to reach out to other organizations in your
community on a regular basis
6. Advocacy Needs Votes
Empower your health center by making sure your patients
and staff are registered to vote and that they vote!
7. Advocacy takes commitment
When it comes to the government, issues don‟t go away –
they just hide.
Your goal is to build the permanent power to influence any
issue that affects your center- at any level of government.
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9. Things that Work
Provide board members, Publicly recognize those
staff and patients information who sign up for our
on a regular basis about advocacy network and who
what is happening in take effective action.
Washington and the state
Establish an ongoing
capital and how it could
schedule of hosting and
affect their center.
meeting with local, state,
Make advocacy a standing and federal elected officials
item on the agenda at every at the health center.
board and staff meeting.
Find ways to involve patients
in as many advocacy
activities as possible.
10. Effective Advocacy = POWER
Grassroots advocacy is about one thing –
building power.
Power is not measured by the number of advocates
we have on a list.
Power is not measured by the number of small (or
even large) victories we win every now and then.
Power must be measured by our ability to
successfully advance our own agenda and to make it
unthinkable that any other political or special interest
would ever want to take us on.
11. Two types of Lobbying
Direct Lobbying – any attempt to influence any
legislation through communication with a
legislator, an employee of a legislative body or
government official addressing SPECIFIC
legislation and reflecting views on such
legislation
Grassroots Lobbying – any attempt to influence
legislation through an attempt to affect the
opinions of the general public related to
specific legislation.
12. Lobbying - preparation
Know your issue – research and verify facts
and background
Who has interest in the legislation
Why should legislator support or oppose
Why is it important to your health center
What facts and merit can you produce to
make your case.
13. Communicating with your
legislators – Five questions
Who am I?
What is my issue?
Why do I care?
Why should the legislator care?
What should legislator do?
(Do NOT hesitate to ask the
legislator if you can count on
his/her support)
14. Letters
Do not send form letters
Be personal and unique
Address legislator by name
Use a subject title above name simply
stating the purpose. (E.G. SB 349)
Mention you live in district
State your opinion and request
response
Be brief and clear. Keep to one page
15. Email
Be short
Use same care as letter
Include your first and last name, your
mailing address, phone number and
organization
Request a response
16. Phone Calls
Before you call, take a moment to gather your thoughts.
Write a mini-outline of what you plan to say.
Identify yourself by stating your name and that you are a
constituent
Ask if the legislator is available to discuss (describe issue)
- you will likely be directed to a staff person.
Briefly educate the legislator or staff of your agency
State your specific issue
Keep message simple – less than four minutes
Politely ask staff how the message will be conveyed
ASK for a commitment
Ask for any response in writing
17. Scheduling a Visit
Call the legislators office and ask for
scheduler
Tell scheduler you are a constituent
and would like an appointment to
discuss (issue)
18. Meeting with Legislators
Do your homework
Create a packet to leave (2 copies)
Bring business cards and contact info
Call day ahead to confirm
Be on time
Always introduce yourself
Don‟t make up answers to questions – if you don‟t know,
tell them you will get back with them. Be sure to follow
up.
Present both sides of an issue in a fair and honest
manner
Identify others who support your position
Limit the number of people you bring
NEVER INTERUPT a legislator
Don‟t offer opinions outside your direct concern
ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH – credibility is your capital.
Ask for a commitment
Ask what you can do to help the legislator
Don‟t hesitate to talk to staffers – they can be good
advocates.
19. Go to www.NACHC.com and
register as a health center
advocate.
Advocacy/Voter Registration
Sign Up
Visit the NACHC Grassroots
action center
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20. Go to www.mpca.net and
register as a health center
advocate.
Policy and Advocacy
Advocacy Center
Stay informed
Sign Up
Visit the MPCA Action center
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21. Summary
It‟s about relationships!!!
It takes commitment
It takes effort
It takes involvement
It takes moxie
22. Friends of Michigan‟s
Community Health Centers
An independent political action committee
representing community health centers in
Michigan
Collective advocacy and lobbying for high
quality, culturally competent,
comprehensive health care for all citizens
Non-partisan
Dependent on individual donations from
people who believe in this cause.
Goal - $500 per member center
23. National Health Center Week
August 5th thru August 11th.
Invite Congressional leaders, State
and Local Elected Officials, Key
Leaders
Events
Submit Op-Ed articles, Letters to the
Editor to local press outlets
24. Questions or assistance
Doug Paterson
Michigan Primary Care Assoc.
7215 Westshire Dr.
Office – (517) 827-0463
Cell – (517)614-0705
dpaterson@mpca.net
25.
26. Community Health Vote 2012
Non Partisan Voter Engagement
at Health Centers
March, 2012
Presented by
Marc Wetherhorn
National Advocacy Director
27. "In reality, there is no such thing as not
voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote
by staying home and tacitly doubling the
value of some Diehard's vote.“
– Davis Foster Wallace
29. Why Health Centers
Gap in Voter Turnout by Income
in recent Presidential Elections
80%
77%
75% 76%
72%
70%
65%
60%
59% 59%
55% 55%
50%
2000 2004 2008
Below $50k $50k and above
30. Why Health Centers
Gap in Voter Turnout by Ethnicity
in Presidential Elections 1980 - 2008
0.75
0.65
0.55
0.45
0.35
1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008
White Black Hispanic Asian
31. Why Health Centers
• Elections matter to the future of health centers and
the health of our patients
• The populations least likely to vote are OUR patients
• 2/3‟s of our patients (over 12 million) are voting age
• Health centers have a trusted relationship with their
patients
• Having more of our patients as voters dramatically
leverages our advocacy power
• Because WE CAN make an impact
32. Why Health Centers
4 Reasons People Vote
Have a Reason to Vote
Have Personal contact
from family, friend, nonprofit
It’s Easy and Accessible
A habit learned from
family and community
33. Voter Engagement –
Not Just Voter Registration
1. Actively encourage clients and staff to register to vote
2. Communicate with all, or as many clients as possible, in a
non-partisan way about the importance of voting for their
health and their health center
3. Make voting information as visible as possible throughout
the centers
4. Make non-partisan voter registration an integral part of
National Health Center Week activities
5. Participate in National Voter Registration Day – 9/25/12
6. Conduct a national non-partisan get out the vote effort
leading up to and on election day
7. Track our results in increasing voter turnout among our
clients
34. THE RULE to Remember
May Not Support
or Oppose a
Candidate for
Public Office
35. The Rules: Dos and Don’ts
DO DON’T
Voter Registration • Endorse a candidate for
Voter Education office
Distribute Sample Ballots, Guides • Give resources to
candidates
Co-sponsor Candidate Forums
• Rate candidates on
Educate the Candidates your issue
Remind People to Vote • Tell people how to vote
Help on Election Day:
Recruit Poll Workers
Support or Oppose Ballot Questions
36. How Do We Do It - Registration
Work with legal and voting experts to establish legal
guidelines and tools to ensure compliance with federal and
state laws
Establish Community Health Vote kiosks within health centers
As resources allow, provide computers and printers for self registration
either directly online (where possible) or via printed forms. In other places
make state or federal forms available at kiosks.
Integrate or emphasize registration in public assistance
enrollment at sites where this is already being done or could
be done
Identify and work with local partners to assist in the effort
37. How Do We Do It - Registration
Integrate voter registration into your Health Center’s
ongoing activities
•Designate a staff person at each site to serve as coordinator of your
Health Center‟s voter registration activities.
•Make sure to contact your county registrar and learn any local
requirements for registration or registering voters
•Ask every patient at intake if he/she would like to register to vote or
update their registration; provide a voter registration application, a
“qualification form,” and a follow up enrollment card;
•Ask staff, volunteers, and board members if they would like to register to
vote during meetings;
•Register voters at community events, especially
National Health Center Week - August 5-11, 2012
National Voter Registration Day – September 25, 2012
38. How Do We Do It - Registration
1. Put up posters around your health center, not just in the waiting room to let
patients know that voter registration forms are available.
2. Register AND Educate: Give everyone an option to get more information
and to sign up as an advocate.
3. Assure completed forms get submitted - provide envelopes or boxes for
voter registration and advocacy forms to be dropped into upon completion.
Know how long you have to turn in completed registration forms to your
County registrar or Secretary of State after they are filled out. Have a staff
member designated to turn in all completed forms each week, OR partner
with a local community volunteer to pick up your health center’s voter
registration forms.
5. BEFORE YOU TURN IN VOTER REGISTRATION FORMS: Track the
number of voter registration forms completed at your health center and
capture information for those who want reminders and information
39. How Do We Do It - Registration
“The NVRA has a provision to designate offices that provide
„public assistance‟ as voter registration agencies. Public
assistance agencies include any site where an individual
may apply or receive an application for Medicaid, such as
FQHCs. Under this law, FQHCs with State, city, or county
employees as outstationed Medicaid eligibility workers are
considered public assistance offices and must provide voter
registration services. The FQHCs that use
non-governmental employees as outstationed Medicaid
eligibility workers (e.g., clinic staff, volunteers) may provide
voter registration services.”
-BPHC Program Assistance Letter 2000-18
40. How Do We Do It - Registration
Integrate or emphasize registration in public assistance
enrollment at sites where this is being done
• Train or educate enrollment staff on the importance of
offering registration as part of this process and how to assist
registrants
• Provide a separate opt-in form or mechanism to allow
registrants to sign up as health center advocates and/or to
get ongoing voting information and reminders
41. How Do We Do it - Education
Encourage registrants to become advocates and/or to get
ongoing voting information and reminders
Assemble registrant contact information in a database
Periodic email and text updates and information about voting
locations times, early voting, etc.
Reminders about registration and voting in some patient
communications
Periodic “how-to” vote sessions, including early voting and
voting hotlines to assist clients in voting
In states with new voter laws or ID requirements, provide
information about the changes and how to comply
42. How Do We Do It – Education & GOTV
• Capture registrant contact information
Use Computer Interface or Manual Tracking forms
Enter and/or assemble registrant contact information in a
database
• Send periodic email and text updates and information
about voting locations, times, etc.
• Provide voter information materials and signage
throughout the health center
• Include reminders about registration and voting in some
patient communications
• Periodic “how-to” vote sessions, on the mechanics of
voting, including early and absentee voting and voting
hotlines to assist clients in voting
44. Elements of Success
• Organizational Commitment – Board and
staff understand the importance
• Individual Champions – someone
responsible who WANTS to make it
work
• A plan for implementation
• Support from NACHC, PCAs & Partners
45. Important Dates
• Election Day: November 6, 2012
• Early Voting periods: vary by state
• Registration closing dates: vary by state
• National Voter Registration Day: September 25, 2012
• National Health Center Week: August 5-11, 2012
• Your Health – Your Voice – Your Vote Kickoff:
NACHC P&I, March 21, 2012
46. Nobody made a greater mistake than
he who did nothing because he
could do only a little.
– Edmund Burke
47. The Power of Large Numbers
If every health center site registered 1
new voter every business day from
May 1 to October 6, we would register
nearly 1,000,000 new voters!
48. Program Assistance Letter 2000-18
For More Information
Marc Wetherhorn
mwetherhorn@nachc.com
540-942-3862
www.CHCVote.org