This document encourages employees of CHI, a community health center, to register as grassroots advocates. As advocates, employees will occasionally be asked via email to contact elected officials about issues important to health centers like continued funding. These contacts typically only take 2 minutes and have helped secure funding for community health centers in the past. The document provides instructions for employees to register as advocates by following links on the National Association of Community Health Centers website.

1. Employee Advocacy
Program
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2. Please take a moment now (if not already done so) to
register as a CHI Grassroots Advocate.
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3. o Why?
o CHI provides care to over 68,000 patients, many of
whom are uninsured or underinsured. Our advocacy
ef forts allow for continued funding so that we can
of fer quality, af fordable care to people south of the
Miami Airport all the way to Key West.
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4. o What will you be asked to do?
o On occasion, usually by e-mail, the National
Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)
will ask us to reach out to our elected of ficials and
legislators (including the President, Senators, and
Representatives) about issues important to Health
Centers like CHI. This usually means a simple e-mail
or phone call (they provide you with information) on
your part that will normally take no more than 2
minutes.
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5. o YOUR ACTION MAKES A DIFFERENCE!
o In the past, CHI Advocates and advocates from other
Health Centers have helped save funding for
Community Health Centers which we all need for
operations. Federal funding is a large reason why
Community Health Centers like us are able to provide
af fordable care.
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6. o How do you sign up?
o Follow the directions below.
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Go to the NACHC website:
WWW.NACHC.ORG
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Click on
Advocacy
Link
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Click on
Sign up
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Complete
User
Profile
Form
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Thank You for registering
as a Grassroots Advocate
for CHI!
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13. o What now?
o Be on the lookout for e-mails from the National
Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) or
from CHI leadership. Sometimes it’s an update on
important issues to Health Centers. Sometimes action
will need to be taken. If NACHC asks for help by
contacting our elected of ficials on an issue important
to health centers, please do so immediately!
o PS – also please encourage others to sign up as an
advocate. Feel free to pass this on to others!
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