HTuA3 - Ready for Anything: Implementing Emergency Preparedness Competencies Across the Health Center Workforce

Session Description: When disaster strikes, health centers must be prepared to deliver uninterrupted care, especially for populations facing elevated risk. This session will showcase a newly developed five-module eLearning series created by the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC), an NTTAP, in partnership with Anne Hasselmann, Emergency Preparedness and Response Expert. Designed for health center staff across roles and regions, the training equips teams with the foundational emergency preparedness competencies they need to respond confidently to any hazard—weather preparedness-related, public health, or human-caused. Drawing from the All-Hazards Emergency Preparedness Competencies developed through national consultation and piloted with health center input, this session offers a preview of the asynchronous training series and explores practical strategies for integrating preparedness education into onboarding, annual compliance, and quality improvement systems. The curriculum promotes both workforce safety and operational continuity—essential pillars of becoming the Employer, Provider, and Partner of Choice in the face of increasing emergencies. Attendees will receive guidance on how PCAs, HCCNs, and NTTAPs can support broad implementation and alignment with CMS and HRSA requirements, as well as access to SCORM files that can be deployed across LMS platforms.