News from NACCHO

• On April 30, NACCHO joined ASTHO, APHL, CSTE, and NCSD in penning a joint letter to encourage Congress to ensure sufficient national capacity for a robust contact tracing workforce that builds on existing state, territorial, local, tribal, and federal health agency disease investigation programs to quickly identify and isolate COVID-19 cases.
• On April 24, former presidents of NACCHO, on behalf of the nation’s nearly 3,000 local health departments, sent a letter calling on Congress to invest in the public health response to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and in public health infrastructure long term to protect the public from future threats.

Guidance/News

• CDC
  • Public Health Response to the Initiation and Spread of Pandemic COVID-19 in the United States, February 24 - April 21, 2020
    
  • Repository of COVID-19 Guidelines to Support Reopening of States and Territories
  • Reopening Guidance for Cleaning and Disinfecting Public Spaces, Workplaces, Businesses, Schools, and Homes
• EPA -
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources for State, Local and Tribe Agencies and Associations
• USDA
  • COVID-19 Federal Rural Resource Guidance
• FDA
  • Food Safety and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Includes Ventilator Developed by NASA in Ventilator Emergency Use Authorization
• Federal Agencies Response Guidance Compilation - April 27, April 29, and April 30

Tools/Resources

• USDA – COVID-19 Federal Rural Resource Guide
• HHS – COVID-19 Workforce Virtual Toolkit: Resources for Healthcare Decision-Makers Responding to COVID-19 Workforce Concerns
• CDC – New CDC Contact Tracing Webpage and Digital Contact Tracing Tools for COVID-19
• ADA – Accessibility at Drive-Thru Medical Sites Fact Sheet
• ADA – COVID-19, Health Care, and the ADA
• National Academies – Crisis Standards of Care: Ten Years of Successes and Challenges: Proceedings of a Workshop
• ASPR – Mini Modules to Relieve Stress For Healthcare Workers Responding to COVID-19: Stress Management Exercise
• University of Florida – COVID-19 Advisory Brief for Local Public Health Agencies and Orgs: Mobilizing Local Arts and Cultural Assets

Trainings

• ASPR – COVID-19 Alternate Care Strategies (webinar recording)