The celebration of National Health Center Week from Aug. 3-9 offers an opportunity to honor the critically important year-round work done by health centers across the nation.
News Room: Press Releases
It's National Health Center Week 2025, and community health centers throughout the state and country are celebrating the occasion with a wide variety of events.
At the Health Center Controlled Network’s 2025 In-Person Meeting, hosted by the Health Federation of Philadelphia, professionals from health centers across Pennsylvania gathered on June 5 and 6 for networking, collaboration, and educational opportunities.
Moya Hall, who has been an Early Head Start Child and Family Educator for two years, was the featured guest speaker at the recent Friends of Marc Dinner, a benefit supporting Vetri Community Partnership. The Friends of Marc Dinner, held this year on May 13 at the Fitler Club, has raised more than $1 million to support Vetri Community Partnership.
Throughout May, the Health Federation of Philadelphia made the most of Mental Health Awareness Month by offering a series of events and sharing resources with staff members.
Natalie Levkovich, longtime Chief Executive Officer of the Health Federation of Philadelphia, has been honored with the Unsung Hero Award from SEAMAAC, one of the oldest and largest refugee-founded agencies in the Philadelphia region.
The Health Federation of Philadelphia’s Building Digital Resiliency Project was among six local programs to receive funding through the City of Philadelphia’s Digital Literacy Alliance this fall. The funding opportunity focused on supporting new ways to engage Philadelphians as volunteers, peer leaders, and community ambassadors.
José Rodriguez, M.S., Senior Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the Health Federation of Philadelphia, was named a 2025 Diversity in Business honoree by the Philadelphia Business Journal.
Holly Hainsworth, MA, will give a presentation on digital navigation and its role in the community health center space as part of the Digital Health Equity Taskforce annual meeting this week.
The Health Federation of Philadelphia, with funding support from Merck, is launching a $1.5 million initiative to improve cancer screening outreach, navigation to care and outcomes, with a focus on breast and colorectal cancers among underserved populations in Philadelphia.
Natalie Levkovich, longtime Health Federation of Philadelphia (HFP) CEO, recently announced that she will step down from her position in spring 2025. Ms. Levkovich, who celebrated her 40th year of service to HFP in 2024, has served in an executive leadership capacity with the agency since 1987.
The Health Federation of Philadelphia (HFP) is extremely proud to announce it has been awarded the 2024 Platinum Bell Seal for Workplace Mental Health by Mental Health America.
A new report by the Division of Substance Use Prevention and Harm Reduction (SUPHR) at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, in collaboration with the Health Federation of Philadelphia’s Substance Use Response, Guidance and Education (SURGE) program, provides recommendations for best-practices in the care for individuals with xylazine-associated wounds.
Work with regional partners will include strengthening the clinical and community infrastructure and workforce, among other goals
PHILADELPHIA (March 29, 2023)
HFP received news on Friday, July 15 that our expanded Health Center Controlled Network has been funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for the three year cycle of 2022-2025. This cooperative agreement funded at $1,040,817 for the 2022-2023 grant year supports HFP’s work with 33 community health centers in Pennsylvania in support of their capacity to leverage he
HFP's Senior Director of Training and Organizational Development, Leslie Lieberman, MSW, who was recently named to Governor Wolf's Trauma-Informed PA Think Tank, shares her thoughts on a trauma-informed PA as the Wolf Administration releases Pennsylvania's Trauma-Informed PA Plan.
Philadelphians across the city can now get tested for COVID-19 in dozens of sites throughout Philadelphia. Many of these sites are Health Federation member FQHCs. With widespread testing now available, officials aren’t expecting any issues with capacity and patients showing symptoms and who fit the criteria can and should get tested and remain in isolation until they receive their results.