Washington, DC, February 14, 2024 – The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), the voice of the country’s over 3,300 local health departments, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Project Firstline, has announced the awardees for the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Learning Collaborative. The funding, totaling $1.3 million, will support local health departments with training clinical and non-clinical healthcare facility staff on infection prevention and control best practices. Selected sites will build capacity by piloting NACCHO-developed train-the-trainer curriculum and incorporating a peer-to-peer local health department mentorship program.
NACCHO has awarded funding to 15 sites according to their category of engagement. Local health departments serving as mentors will receive $100,000, and those serving as mentees will receive $80,000. The awardees are:
- Fairfax County Health Department, Virginia ($100,000)
- Florida Department of Health in Polk County, Florida ($100,000)
- Marin County Health and Human Services, California ($100,000)
- Two Rivers Public Health Department, Nebraska ($100,000)
- West Hartfield-Bloomfield Health Department, Connecticut ($100,000)
- Adams County Health Department, Illinois ($80,000)
- Bergen County Department of Health Services, New Jersey ($80,000)
- City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services, California ($80,000)
- County of Tuolumne, Tuolumne County Public Health, California ($80,000)
- Dent County Health Center, Missouri ($80,000)
- Hardin County Health Services, Texas ($80,000)
- Kane County Health Department, Illinois ($80,000)
- Monongalia County Health Department, West Virginia ($80,000)
- Northern Kentucky Independent District Health Department, Kentucky ($80,000)
- Summit County Public Health, Ohio ($80,000)
The awardees will implement the project through June 2024 and have the opportunity to attend the CSTE annual conference in June 2024 or the NACCHO360 annual conference in July 2024 to further strengthen their skills and share best practices.
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About NACCHO
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) represents the country’s over 3,300 local health departments. These city, county, metropolitan, district, and tribal departments work every day to protect and promote health and well-being for all people in their communities. For more information about NACCHO, please visit www.naccho.org.