Strategy: Build Workforce Training Pipelines
NACHC's January 2026 workforce policy paper reports that more than 80% of responding community health centers operate internal or partner training programs. It asks Congress for $2.1 billion over five years for Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education and $950 million per year for two years for the National Health Service Corps.
Those figures are NACHC policy requests, not enacted appropriations, awards, or center-level returns. Use the paper as workforce-pipeline context only.
Key points
- The paper reports training-program participation; it does not report 340B, billing, grant-stacking, or MCO returns
- More than 80% of responding centers reported an internal or partner training program
- The THCGME and NHSC dollar figures are advocacy requests, not enacted awards
- Confirm live funding through the controlling agency notice before budgeting or applying
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FQHC Talent. (2026, February 27). Strategy: Build Workforce Training Pipelines. Source: NACHC workforce policy paper. Retrieved October 6, 2026, from https://www.fqhctalent.com/intel/strategy-revenue-diversification
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