Programs
Community Health Workforce Development Program
The Community Health Workforce Development Project was started in the Fall of 2002 as a partnership between the Hawaii Rural Development Project and the University of Hawaii System to develop training tailored to the staffing needs of Hawaii's network of Community Health Centers and Native Hawaiian Health Care Systems. This is a workforce development project, funded through the U.S. Department of Labor grantee, the Hawaii Rural Development Project. (more info)
eHealth
The HPCA eHealth Program is steadfast in helping the Community Health Centers and Native Hawaiian Health Systems prepare for the effective, practical, and seamless use of health information technology (HIT) in clinical, administrative and educational settings. (more info)
Emergency Preparedness
Given Hawaii’s geographic location – situated at the crossroads to Asia – and our state’s role in international tourist transit, we are particularly vulnerable to the introduction (and rapid spread) of potentially lethal influenza. The number of critical military and naval installations in Hawaii also makes a potential bioterror attack more likely than in other states. (more info)
Hawaii Covering Kids
Hawaii Covering Kids helps to identify, enroll, and retain eligible children and youth in health insurance programs. The project collaborates with federal, state, and community agencies to conduct outreach activities and help Med-QUEST simplify its processes. (more info)
Hawaii Immigrant Health Initiative
The Hawaii State Department of Health has made available funds to provide low-cost or free health care to recently arrived immigrants who meet certain qualifications. Participation in this program does not make the beneficiary a "public charge" for the purpose of immigration law. (more info)
Kekumuola Fund
Healthy pregnancies are key to healthy communities. HPCA manages the Kekumuola Fund, which supports organizations and individuals who seek to promote the use of doulas, provide childbirth and breastfeeding support, and generally improve the perinatal experience. The fund is underwritten by a grant from the Hawaii Community Foundation. (more info)
Medicine Bank
We regret to announce that after ten years of successfully channeling surplus, donated prescription drug samples to 27 community health center sites, the Medicine Bank, a program of the Hawaii Primary Care Association, was closed March 31, 2008. Increased costs to run the program, coupled with the loss of donated space, made continuing the program too difficult. (more info)
Oral Health
Oral health statistics for Hawaii are among the worst in the nation. More than 350,000 Hawaii residents have no dental insurance and an additional 75,000 children have coverage under the state Medicaid program (QUEST), which has few participating dentists. In other words, 37% of the State population (nearly 430,000 residents) have limited or no access to dental care. (more info)
Outreach & Education
The Outreach and Assistance Project is a two-year program which aims to assist Community Health Centers, Native Hawaiian Health Care Systems, and other selected non-profit safety-net healthcare agencies to conduct outreach and provide enrollment assistance and follow-up for various DHS programs, including TANF; public housing; food stamps; Medicaid/QUEST; Hawaii Immigrant Health Initiative; Medicare QMB/SLMB; and child care. (more info)
Primary Care Tobacco Cessation Network
HPCA was recently awarded a three-year grant from the Hawaii Community Foundation to help build sustainable tobacco cessation services in all of Hawaii’s Community Health Centers. We’ll be collaborating with the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service (CIS), Pacific Region, which will provide technical assistance in carrying out a comprehensive cessation needs assessment, action plan, training schedule, and outcome evaluation for the project. (more info)
Professional Support Groups
The professional support groups – also called ‘peer mentoring groups’ – form a critical nexus of the Hawaii Primary Care Association’s Technical Assistance (TA) program. These groups provide an opportunity for members to come together and to meet, to create solutions and to share skills, knowledge and resources thereby increasing the staffs’ capacity for helping the communities, families and patients heal. (more info)
Quality Initiatives
Using the Planned Care Model and the Model for Improvement Hawaii’s Community Health Centers embark upon innovative ways towards changing their system of health care. (more info)
Training
One of the principal responsibilities of the Hawaii Primary Care Association is ongoing administration of technical assistance, training, and workforce development programs to support the statewide network of Community Health Centers. (more info)