Strategic National Stockpile

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For local health departments (LHDs), a critical aspect of responding to a public health emergency is knowing what to do with the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NACCHO's SNS project collects, develops, and disseminates resources that will help LHDs in their SNS planning and implementation efforts.

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Alternative Methods of Dispensing: Model Highlights

The SNS project has developed four practical references highlighting alternative methods of dispensing that are useful for local health departments that would like to utilize a similar model in their SNS and response plans. The highlights include background information, pros and cons of utilizing the model, and the costs and resources needed to implement the model. Click on the following links to read the highlight articles:

Program-Specific Activities

»	STOCKbox
	Is your agency prepared to receive the SNS? STOCKbox is an online source for SNS-related tools and resources developed and shared by SNS Preparedness Planners. Have a tool to share? NACCHO is continually collecting resources to include in STOCKbox. If your jurisdiction has developed a tool that has been useful in your SNS planning and implementation efforts and you are willing to share it with your public health colleagues, e-mail us at got_tools@naccho.org. Alternatively, you can submit a tool directly through STOCKbox. Used a tool you found in STOCKbox? Rate it! With this exciting new feature, you can rate individual tools by giving them 1 to 5 stars as well as add comments on the tool's usefulness. Visit and bookmark STOCKbox at www.naccho.org/stockbox or click here to learn more.

»	SNS and the Medical Reserve Corps
	NACCHO is working to strengthen the linkage between the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) and Strategic National Stockpile planning to assist local jurisdictions' preparedness efforts by raising the visibility of the MRC at the recent Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) regional meetings and the Regional SNS Preparedness Workshops. Additionally, NACCHO has developed the following informational resources that describe the SNS-MRC relationship and more specifically, the role MRC units can play to enhance local SNS planning and implementation. MRC-CRI Fact Sheet SNS and the MRC poster For more information on the Medical Reserve Corps and NACCHO's MRC Cooperative Agreement, click here.

»	Regional SNS Preparedness Planning Workshops
	Looking for SNS Resources? In Winter/Spring 2007-08, local, state, and tribal nation preparedness planners joined together in a series of regional workshops to share successful practices and tools and to network with their colleagues. Numerous resources including presentation materials, more than 60 tools shared by local and state health departments, and a soon-to-be published report of promising practices gleaned from the workshops are available. More »