The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is the voice of the nearly 3,000 local health departments (LHDs) across the country. These city, county, metropolitan, district, and tribal departments work to protect and improve the health of all people and all communities. NACCHO provides capacity-building resources that support LHD leaders in developing and implementing public health policies and practices to ensure communities have access to the vital programs and services that protect them from disease and disaster.
The Emergency Readiness and Response: Engaging communities and Integrating Health Equity grant aims to build and strengthen the capacity of health departments to engage and coordinate with at-risk populations and organizations that work closely with these populations to 1) integrate health equity and 2) strengthen adherence to mitigation recommendations as part of emergency readiness and response efforts. These at-risk populations include refugees, immigrants, migrants (RIM) communities, those with disabilities, unstably housed individuals, incarcerated persons, and more.
NACCHO in collaboration with the selected consultant will create an online Capacity Assessment Tool (CAT) that state and local Health Departments and the Community Based Organizations (CBOs) that they work with can use to identify strengths and growth opportunities in integrating equity science into emergency readiness and response efforts. A component of the CAT includes an online template that enables users to incorporate findings from the CAT to develop a subsequent Equity Integration Action Plan (EIAP) for Emergency Readiness and Response.
