NACCHO Voice

The Word on Local Health Departments is a blog by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO).

  • Funding Opportunity
  • Injury and Violence Prevention

Funding Opportunity: Reducing Overdose through Community Approaches (ROCA) Mentorship Program

Applications due January 9, 2023.

Oct 26, 2022

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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

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Injury and Violence Prevention

Request for Proposals: IOPSLL Peer Health Department TA Consultant

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is seeking consultants to provide technical...

Oct 21, 2022

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
  • Behavioral Health
  • Injury and Violence Prevention

NACCHO Launches New Resources: SPACECAT Quick Start Guide and SPACECAT Toolkit

With funding from the CDC, NACCHO has launched the SPACECAT Quick Start Guide and the SPACECAT Toolkit, two new...

Oct 21, 2022 | Amie Myrick

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  • COVID-19
  • Community Health
  • Emergency Response
  • Success Story

Bringing in the Cavalry for Covid-19

The Virginia Department of Health developed COVID-19 Regional Surge Teams to augment capacity to the local health...

Oct 19, 2022 | Malik Outram, Southwest Regional Containment Advisor for Virginia Department of Health

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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

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Injury and Violence Prevention

Request for Proposal: Data Sharing and Surveillance TA Consultant

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is seeking consultants to provide technical...

Oct 14, 2022

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  • Community Health
  • Epidemiology

Los Angeles County and Philadelphia Share Successes in Infection Prevention and Control

The onset of COVID-19 highlighted gaps in knowledge of infection prevention and control (IPC) best practices and...

Oct 14, 2022 | Trent Johnson

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  • Infection Prevention and Control Champions

Member Spotlight: Mobile County Health Department Infection Prevention Team Recognized as NACCHO Infection Prevention and Control Champion

NACCHO recognizes the Mobile County Health Department of Alabama as its latest Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)...

Oct 14, 2022 | Trent Johnson

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  • Webinar
  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

Webinar: Implementation of a Universal Decolonization Strategy through the SHIELD OC Program to Combat MDROs

The Shared Healthcare Intervention to Eliminate Life-Threatening Dissemination of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs)...

Oct 13, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson

Partner Articles

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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...

MAPP Roadmap
  • 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
  • ID Featured

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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  • Press Release

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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  • Press Release

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...

Alzheimers Disease
  • 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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