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Health Center Stories: Penobscot Community Health Center, ME (2024). Resource Type: Publication. Description: As the largest health center in Maine, Penobscot Community Health Center (PCHC) faced unforeseen contractor cost overruns and supply chain disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic, testing the resolve and resourcefulness of all parties involved. Innovative financing solutions, coupled with the HRSA’s Health Center Facility Loan Guarantee Program, helped PCHC overcome significant financial and regulatory hurdles. More Details...

Solar Powered Healthcare: Resilience and Cost-Savings (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Learn why health centers are choosing solar power with battery backup as an affordable solution for both emergency and year-round use. Along with our CHARGE partners, the National Association of Community Health Centers and Collective Energy, we review how a solar+battery microgrid works and explore the cost-benefit analysis, new and proposed rules and rebates, the various incentives and initiatives, and financing options. We also share examples of health centers' experiences in choosing this affordable option. More Details...

HRSA's Loan Guarantee Program: An Overview (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar provides an overview of the benefits, eligibility, and application process of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Health Center Facility Loan Guarantee Program (LGP). We will also review our upcoming Loan Guarantee Program Learning Collaborative, which will begin at the end of February. More Details...

Webinar: Strategic Planning: Preparing in Times of Uncertainty (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This training assists health centers in preparation for changes and growth through various strategic planning methods and ideas. By utilizing Capital Link’s publication, the Strategic Business Planning Handbook for Health Centers, we guide participants through the three key components of the strategic planning process and provide tools and information based on extensive experience working with health centers, as well as readily available external resources. More Details...

The Early Project Planning Phases of a Capital Development Project (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This session addresses health center needs related to developing facilities that provide access to comprehensive, affordable, culturally and linguistically appropriate health services in a timely manner, focusing on the early phases of capital planning. We also review our upcoming Capital Development Learning Collaborative - Early Project Planning Stages, which provides practical direction and tools for planning, financing, and completing a capital project. More Details...

HRSA Loan Guarantee Program, An Overview for Lenders (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource provides an overview of the HRSA Loan Guarantee Program for Lenders, updated from 2019. More Details...

HRSA Loan Guarantee Program, An Overview for Health Centers (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource, updated from a previous version, provides an overview of the HRSA Loan Guarantee Program for Health Centers. More Details...

HRSA Health Center Facility Loan Guarantee Program: A Handbook for Lenders (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource is an updated version of Capital Link's 2021 HRSA Health Center Facility Loan Guarantee Program: A Handbook for Lenders under the same name. More Details...

Establishing a Related Foundation: Does it Make Sense for a Health Center? (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This issue brief discusses the reasons that a health center may want to establish a “related foundation” and addresses how a health center can establish a related foundation, including the measures that should be taken to minimize risk to the health center in doing so. More Details...

Sample Capital Project Timeline and Budget for Health Centers (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Capital projects become more manageable when health centers follow a methodical process of capital planning and budgeting. This resource provides a helpful outline of an optimal and realistic time frame and budget for FQHC capital projects. (Released in 2023) More Details...

Funding for Grant Programs Supporting the Health Care for the Homeless Community (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Table showing funding for grant programs supporting the Health Care for the Homeless community. More Details...

Webinar: HRSA's Loan Guarantee Program: An Overview (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar provides an overview of the benefits, eligibility, and application process of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Health Center Facility Loan Guarantee Program (LGP). More Details...

Capital Expansion for Health & Housing Webinar - Everything You Need to Know (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This national webinar will assist health centers in understanding the basics of health and housing capital expansion and essential first steps for project development. More Details...

Decision Tree for Financing a Health Center Facility (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this session, we review our capital project financing Decision Tree resource and discuss all the key resources needed in getting your project on the road to success. More Details...

Guide to Attracting Funding Resources to Address Social Determinants of Health Needs (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This Guide to Attracting Funding Resources to Address Social Determinants of Health Needs will explore, from the community health center perspective, approaches to attract investments in SDOH that meet common, critical patient needs such as housing. More Details...

Capital Financing Strategies for Rurally-Located Health Centers Webinar (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this webinar, we explore the financing strategies available to rurally-located health centers considering a capital expansion project. Various financing opportunities, including targeted programs such as the USDA, New Markets Tax Credits, and the HRSA Heath Center Facilities Loan Guarantee Program, are discussed. We also highlighted the recent capital expansion project of El Dorado Community Health Center (EDCHC), a rurally-located center serving several mountain communities in El Dorado County, CA. More Details...

Financing Decision Tree Model for Health Center Capital Projects (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The Decision Tree resource is a visual map to aid in deciding which financing options would best suit your capital project requirements, that also provides a summary description of each. (Released 2022) More Details...

Leveraging Federal Recovery Money to Maintain and Expand Health Center Services and Partnerships: Department of Housing and Community Development (HUD) (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: States and localities have significant new funding via the CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan Act. This brief is part of a series that will describe in detail the new HUD funding sources, the differing processes by which funding becomes available at the state and local level, and the planning and stakeholder input process each funding stream requires before awarding or implementing funds. More Details...

Webinar: Health Centers' Experiences Utilizing the HRSA Loan Guarantee Program (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar provides a discussion on lender and health center perspectives and experiences with the HRSA Health Center Facility Loan Guarantee Program (LGP). We share updates and insights on the program using examples from health centers we’ve worked with that have successfully closed capital project financings using HRSA loan guarantees. Brandon Boyle, Director of Loan Programs at Capital Fund, our lending affiliate, discusses the process and experience of utilizing the HRSA LGP from the lender viewpoint. More Details...

Health Centers’ Experiences Utilizing the HRSA Loan Guarantee Program Webinar (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Discussion on lender and health center perspectives and experiences with the HRSA Health Center Facility Loan Guarantee Program (LGP). We share updates and insights on the program using examples from health centers we’ve worked with that have successfully closed capital project financings using HRSA loan guarantees. Brandon Boyle, Director of Loan Programs at Capital Fund, our lending affiliate, discusses the process and experience of utilizing the HRSA LGP from the lender viewpoint. More Details...