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  • COVID-19
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  • Community Resilience

New Public Health Workforce Resilience Resource Library

A new resource library offers tools and trainings to help public health workers build resilience.

Aug 19, 2021
By Beth Hess

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  • Tools & Resources

2022 National Household Survey on Disaster Preparedness

FEMA has released the results from the 2022 National Household Survey on Disaster Preparedness.

Dec 19, 2022 | Beth Hess

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Community Health
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control
  • Infectious Disease

An Unexpected Outbreak, Part 2

This is the second of a two-part blog series presenting two fictional, but possible, case studies for you to consider....

Dec 19, 2022 | Irene Halferty

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Healthy People 2030
  • Performance Improvement

NACCHO Releases New Toolkit to Help Apply Healthy People 2030 Public Health Infrastructure Objectives to Your Work and Strategic Planning

This tool complements NACCHO’s Strategic Planning Guide, helping local health departments use Healthy People 2030...

Dec 19, 2022 | Andrea Grenadier

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Community Health
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control
  • Infectious Disease

An Unexpected Outbreak, Part 1

This is the first of a two-part blog series on infection prevention and control in which we will present two fictional,...

Dec 19, 2022 | Irene Halferty

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NACCHO Research: Sixty-Five Percent of Local Health Departments Had Reduced Capacity Dedicated to Addressing Substance Use Disorder During COVID-19 While Jurisdictions Experienced Overdose Increases

Washington, DC, December 16, 2022 — According to a new peer-reviewed article by the National Association of County and...

Dec 16, 2022 | NacchoVoice

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NACCHO Awards $825,000 in Funding to Address the Needs of People With Disabilities in COVID-19 Local Preparedness Planning, Mitigation, and Recovery Efforts

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), with support from the Centers for Disease...

Dec 16, 2022 | NacchoVoice

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House Coronavirus Subcommittee Issues and Discusses Final Report

On December 9, 2022, the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis released a final report detailing findings...

Dec 16, 2022 | Lily Murphy, Kerry Allen

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Community Health
  • Health Equity & Social Justice

RFP: Course Content Development for the Roots of Health Inequity Online Course Redesign

NACCHO has embarked on a multi-phased project to redesign its signature Roots of Health Inequity Online Course, and is...

Dec 16, 2022 | Brianna Aldridge

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Webinar
  • Leadership
  • Mental Health

NACCHO to Present Two "Joy in Work" Webinars in January and February 2023

Join NACCHO for a webinar series to learn about how to address stressful work environments, and apply practical...

Dec 16, 2022 | Andrea Grenadier

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  • COVID-19

Effective Pandemic Response: Lessons from Kauai

COVID-19 response lessons learned from Kauai District Health Office of the Hawaii Department of Health are shared in...

Dec 15, 2022 | Beth Hess

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  • COVID-19
  • Immunization

NACCHO Recognizes Second Anniversary of First COVID-19...

NACCHO and leading partners recognize December 14, 2022 as the two-year...

Dec 15, 2022 | Nicholas Holmes

NACCHO Recognizes Second Anniversary of First COVID-19...

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Webinar
  • Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning
  • Community Engagement

Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships...

NACCHO is pleased to launch the three revised assessments of Mobilizing for...

Nov 22, 2022 | Andrea Grenadier

Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships...

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)
  • Opportunity

RFP: NACCHO Seeking a Graphic Designer for New MAPP 2.0...

NACCHO is seeking a qualified consultant to provide graphic design for the new...

Nov 07, 2022 | Andrea Grenadier

RFP: NACCHO Seeking a Graphic Designer for New MAPP 2.0...

  • Tools & Resources
  • Climate Change
  • Training

Join us for a Climate for Health Ambassadors Training at...

We are partnering with Climate for Health and ecoAmerica to offer an...

Jul 11, 2022 | Anu Varma

Join us for a Climate for Health Ambassadors Training at...

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  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Community Health
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New Resource: BLOC COVID Video Series

This video series was developed from interviews with BLOC COVID funded sites to...

Jul 06, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson, Candice Young

New Resource: BLOC COVID Video Series

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  • COVID-19
  • Immunization

Partnering for Pediatric Vaccinations

Florida Department of Health in Manatee County has been leading the way in...

Jun 17, 2022 | Amiris Roberson

Partnering for Pediatric Vaccinations

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NACCHO Announces Ten Health Department Grantees to...

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), with...

May 18, 2022 | Andrea Grenadier

NACCHO Announces Ten Health Department Grantees to...

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  • Webinar
  • Community Health
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control
  • Infectious Disease

World Hand Hygiene Day 2022

This year’s theme for World Hand Hygiene Day on May 5 is focused on recognizing...

May 04, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson

World Hand Hygiene Day 2022

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Public Health Groups Announce Grantees for National...

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the...

Apr 07, 2022 | Andrea Grenadier

Public Health Groups Announce Grantees for National...

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Hazards & Health Effects

Multi-faceted EPA Research Addressing Threats to Public...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) researchers are working to...

Sep 27, 2021 | Guest Author

Multi-faceted EPA Research Addressing Threats to Public...

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  • Press Release

NACCHO and the Alzheimer’s Association Collaborating to...

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO),...

Sep 21, 2021 | Theresa Spinner

NACCHO and the Alzheimer’s Association Collaborating to...

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Webinar
  • Water Quality

Responding to Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in...

On August 12, 2021, NACCHO and AAAS’s EPI Center hosted a webinar on PFAS...

Aug 27, 2021 | Guest Author

Responding to Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in...

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Stories from the Field

Stories from the Field provides a means for local health departments to share their experiences and demonstrate the value of public health.

Preparedness Brief

The Preparedness Brief provides updates and information from NACCHO’s public health preparedness portfolio.

The Essential Elements of Local Public Health

The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
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