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Budget Cuts Reduce Pandemic Influenza Planning and Response Capacity
Since 2007, continued funding cuts have been impacting pandemic influenza planning and response in local health departments (LHDs)....
Oct 30, 2013 | Sara Rubin
October 1 Government Affairs Update
A partial shutdown of the federal government began at midnight on Oct. 1, 2013, following the failure of the House and Senate to reach...
Oct 09, 2013 | Admin
Local Health Departments Build Relationships with Congressional Staff and Showcase...
By Eli Briggs, Director of Government Affairs, NACCHO In this era of shrinking federal budgets when programs that support local health...
Sep 18, 2013 | NacchoVoice
Investing in Public Health Preparedness: Moving Beyond Our Reactionary Funding Cycle
Twelve years ago today, the United States experienced the worst terrorist attack on our soil, which since has shaped the ebb and flow...
Sep 11, 2013 | Jack Herrmann
Risks from Cuts to Preparedness Funding Stressed in Hill Briefing
NACCHO’s Jack Hermann, Senior Advisor and Chief, Public Health Preparedness, brought attention to cuts in federal funding for local...
Sep 11, 2013 | Frances Bevington
Recent Public Health Incidents Emphasize the Importance of Emergency Preparedness...
By Jack Herrmann, MSEd., NCC, LMHC, Senior Advisor, Public Health Preparedness, NACCHO Across the nation, the importance and amount of...
Sep 04, 2013 | NacchoVoice
Local Strategies Helping Move ACA Forward in West Virginia
This post was originally published on the Public Health Newswire as part of a series on the impact of the Affordable Care Act written...
Apr 08, 2013 | NacchoVoice
Budget Cuts Reduce Pandemic Influenza Planning and Response CapacitySince 2007, continued funding cuts have been impacting pandemic influenza planning and response in local health departments (LHDs). Sequestration, the automatic federal spending cuts that took place in March 2013, caused further strain on these programs. With another round of sequestration cuts set to take place in January 2014, LHDs may be forced to reduce or eliminate programs that would plan... Oct 30, 2013 | Sara Rubin |
October 1 Government Affairs UpdateA partial shutdown of the federal government began at midnight on Oct. 1, 2013, following the failure of the House and Senate to reach agreement on a continuing resolution (CR) (H. J. Res. 59) that would have kept the government operational into FY2014. To date, Congress has yet to clear any of the FY2014 spending bills. […] Oct 09, 2013 | Admin |
Local Health Departments Build Relationships with Congressional Staff and Showcase Public Health ProgramsBy Eli Briggs, Director of Government Affairs, NACCHO In this era of shrinking federal budgets when programs that support local health department (LHD) activities are being cut, education and outreach to Congressional staff is particularly important. During the summer recess, Congressional staff visited LHDs to learn how they keep people healthy and safe. In August, […] Sep 18, 2013 | NacchoVoice |
Investing in Public Health Preparedness: Moving Beyond Our Reactionary Funding CycleTwelve years ago today, the United States experienced the worst terrorist attack on our soil, which since has shaped the ebb and flow of public health preparedness policy and funding. Catastrophic events such as 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the H1N1 influenza outbreak led to an infusion of federal funding to state and local governments that soon dried up after each response ended. Sep 11, 2013 | Jack Herrmann |
Risks from Cuts to Preparedness Funding Stressed in Hill BriefingNACCHO’s Jack Hermann, Senior Advisor and Chief, Public Health Preparedness, brought attention to cuts in federal funding for local health departments’ preparedness programs that are leaving the nation at risk during a briefing on Thursday, August 15, 2013 sponsored by the Alliance for Health Reform and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Watch the briefing... Sep 11, 2013 | Frances Bevington |
Recent Public Health Incidents Emphasize the Importance of Emergency Preparedness FundingBy Jack Herrmann, MSEd., NCC, LMHC, Senior Advisor, Public Health Preparedness, NACCHO Across the nation, the importance and amount of public health preparedness funding is under scrutiny at federal, state, and local levels. At the national level, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA) was signed into law by President Obama in March 2013. […] Sep 04, 2013 | NacchoVoice |
Local Strategies Helping Move ACA Forward in West VirginiaThis post was originally published on the Public Health Newswire as part of a series on the impact of the Affordable Care Act written by contributing authors with varying public health perspectives. This piece comes from NACCHO board member Rahul Gupta, health officer and executive director of Kanawha-Charleston Health Department in West Virginia. Gupta offers his […] Apr 08, 2013 | NacchoVoice |
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