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On April 23, HHS announced that CDC is awarding $631 million from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of...
May 08, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
A novel workforce tool created by researchers at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken...
May 07, 2020 | Theresa Spinner
New resource from CDC includes a sample training plan, including training topics, that may be useful for state and local health...
May 06, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
This blog highlights COVID-19 guidance/news, tools and resources, and training opportunities that NACCHO compiled during the week of...
Apr 29, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
ASTHO and NCSD launched this free, introductory, online course for entry-level COVID-19 contact tracers planning to work as part of a...
CDC has released a new resource, COVID-19 Contact Tracing Training Guidance and Resources.
Yesterday, 19 former presidents of the NACCHO, on behalf of the nation’s nearly 3,000 local health departments, sent the following...
Apr 23, 2020 | Theresa Spinner
On April 23, HHS announced that CDC is awarding $631 million from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 to support state and local COVID-19 response efforts. CDC is administering these funds to the 64 current recipients (50 states, 6 large cities, and 8 territories) of the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious...
A novel workforce tool created by researchers at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH) estimates that the nation will need a total of 184,000 COVID-19 contact tracers in order to help society safely reopen and limit the size of future waves of the virus.
New resource from CDC includes a sample training plan, including training topics, that may be useful for state and local health departments to consider when preparing to train contact tracers to respond to COVID-19.
This blog highlights COVID-19 guidance/news, tools and resources, and training opportunities that NACCHO compiled during the week of April 20-24, 2020.
This blog highlights COVID-19 guidance/news, tools and resources, and training opportunities that NACCHO compiled during the week of April 13-17, 2020.
This blog highlights COVID-19 guidance/news, tools and resources, and training opportunities that NACCHO compiled during the week of April 6-10, 2020.
ASTHO and NCSD launched this free, introductory, online course for entry-level COVID-19 contact tracers planning to work as part of a team with state and local health departments or allied public health agencies.
Yesterday, 19 former presidents of the NACCHO, on behalf of the nation’s nearly 3,000 local health departments, sent the following 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.
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The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative strategies, from...
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