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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Performance Improvement
  • Rural and Frontier Health
  • Rural Health

Request for Proposal: Communications Consultant for the Building Workforce Capacity of Rural and Frontier Local Health Departments to Respond to COVID-19

With support from CDC's CSTLTS, NACCHO, with consultant partners, has led a COVID-19 Workforce project, which focuses...

Nov 17, 2022 | Andrea Grenadier

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Opportunity
  • Performance Improvement
  • Workforce Development

NACCHO Announces Two New RFPs: Building Capacity via Data Storytelling and Building Capacity with Community Health Workers

NACCHO Announces Two New Funding Opportunities: Building Capacity via Data Storytelling and Building Capacity with...

Nov 16, 2022 | Andrea Grenadier

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  • Medical Reserve Corps

Saying Thank You to Volunteers

See how the Southwest Virginia Medical Reserve Corps uses painted rocks to express appreciation to its volunteers.

Nov 16, 2022 | Beth Hess

Opportunity
  • COVID-19
  • Funding Opportunity
  • Health Equity & Social Justice

Request for Proposals to Build LHD Capacity through Data Story Telling

Proposals due December 7.

Nov 15, 2022 | Glenda Young- Marquez

  • HIV, STI, Viral Hepatitis, and Harm Reduction Digest

Digest (November 9, 2023)

HIV, STI, Viral Hepatitis, and Harm Reduction Digest: November 9, 2023

Nov 09, 2022

Opportunity
  • Funding Opportunity
  • Rural Health

RFP: Consultant for Local Health Departments Informing the Evolution of PHEP Part 2

Proposals due November 15.

Nov 08, 2022 | Emily Boyle

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Health Equity & Social Justice
  • Opportunity

RFP: Building CDC 2103 LHD Grant Recipient Health Equity Capacity through Collective Power-building, Public Health Narrative Development, and Other Strategies for Operationalizing Health Equity

NACCHO is offering a funding opportunity for a consultant to provide expert training and technical assistance (TTA) to...

Nov 05, 2022 | Andrea Grenadier

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  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control
  • Infectious Disease

New Cohort Opportunity for Technical Assistance: Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Training (IPC-AT) - Supporting Local Health Departments in Conducting TeleICARs at Long-term Care Facilities with APIC Consulting Services Applications Open

Apply today! NACCHO is excited to announce an opportunity for a new cohort to partner with APIC Consulting Services to...

Oct 24, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson

Monkeypox
  • Community Engagement
  • Immunization
  • Medical Reserve Corps

Medical Reserve Corps Units Support Monkeypox Response

See how Medical Reserve Corps units in Illinois, Louisiana, New York, and New Jersey are supporting monkeypox response...

Oct 19, 2022 | Beth Hess

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  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control
  • Infectious Disease

The Spooky Origin Tales of Monsters Uncovered by the History of Infectious Diseases and How We Stop Them

Have you ever wondered where the creepy creatures with Halloween originated? Believe it or not, local health...

Oct 18, 2022 | Kimberly Nalley, Jaclyn Abramson, Graham Briggs, Erin Laird

Partner Articles

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  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Central District Health Department

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Sep 11, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Central District Health Department

Calhoun
  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Calhoun County Health Department

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Sep 08, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Calhoun County Health Department

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Getting into the Groove: School-Located Vaccination...

NACCHO’s Immunization team has developed the School-Located Vaccination Clinic...

Aug 31, 2023 | Kayla Miller, PHAP

Getting into the Groove: School-Located Vaccination...

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning
  • Community Engagement
  • Healthy People 2030

New Resource: A Guide to Aligning Healthy People 2030...

To help address the social determinants of health and advance health equity,...

Aug 14, 2023 | Andrea Grenadier

New Resource: A Guide to Aligning Healthy People 2030...

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  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Pima County

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Aug 14, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Pima County

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  • Community Engagement
  • Community Resilience
  • Immunization
  • Vaccine Hesitancy

Community health workers meet people where they are to...

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted what we already know to be true: higher-risk...

Aug 10, 2023 | Dominique Baradaran, MSM, Interim Chief of Community Health, Oklahoma City- County Health Department

Community health workers meet people where they are to...

Brownsville
  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Brownsville

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Aug 07, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Brownsville

Cook County
  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cook County

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Jul 31, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cook County

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  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cameron County

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Jul 24, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cameron County

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  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: DuPage County

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Jul 17, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: DuPage County

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  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cass County

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Jul 10, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cass County

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning
  • Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)
  • Healthy Aging

New Release: Indicators of Healthy Aging: A Guide to...

NACCHO, in partnership with the Trust for America’s Health and with funding...

Jun 20, 2023 | Andrea Grenadier

New Release: Indicators of Healthy Aging: A Guide to...

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