Public Health Emergency: Orthopoxvirus/Monkeypox | Community Health Care Association of New York State

The New York Statewide HCCN (NYS-HCCN) at CHCANYS

HCCN Infographic

Established in 2012, the New York Statewide Health Center Controlled Network (NYS-HCCN) is one of forty-nine HRSA funded networks that work together to strengthen and leverage health information technology (HIT).

Benefits & Eligibility

AmeriCorps Members

CHCANYS Public Health AmeriCorps is a partnership and collaboration between CHCANYS, the New York State Commission on National and Community Service, AmeriCorps, and the CDC.

Resources on workforce & human resources

Various online resources compiled to provide health centers with valuable information and training and technical assistance on workforce, human resources, and National Health Services Corps Programs and other health workforce related resources.

On August 4, 2022, the Biden Administration declared Orthopoxvirus/Monkeypox a public health emergency, as the U.S. outbreak has grown into the largest in the world, to mobilize more resources to fight the outbreak. In New York State, Governor Hochul has also declared a state disaster emergency in response to the Orthopoxvirus/Monkeypox of emergency through August 28th which will allow the state to respond to the outbreak and to allow healthcare providers to take steps to get people vaccinated.