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

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Emergency Response

Funding Opportunity: WASH-Related Emergencies Among People Experiencing Homelessness

Applications deadline extended to July 11, 2022.

Jun 06, 2022 | Muneera Hassan

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  • Extreme Weather
  • Hazards & Health Effects

Apply Now: EPA's Let's Talk About Heat Challenge

Join the Let's Talk About Heat Challenge, launched by the EPA and co-sponsored by partners including NACCHO, to...

Jun 06, 2022 | Anu Varma

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  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources

New Interactive School Ventilation Tool to Help Reduce Virus Particles, Including COVID-19, in Classrooms

CDC’s Interactive School Ventilation Tool is available for schools to estimate how they can reduce virus particles in...

Jun 01, 2022 | Anu Varma

Resilience
  • Webinar
  • Mental Health

ASPR Hosts Virtual COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Speaker Series

The HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) is hosting a three-part COVID-19...

Apr 19, 2022 | Beth Hess

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Training

Recap: 2022 Preparedness Summit

A record number of attendees—more than 2,200—gathered in Atlanta and virtually April 4–7 for the 2022 Preparedness...

Apr 18, 2022 | Beth Hess

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Water Quality

Supporting Local Health Departments Responding to Water Emergencies

World Water Day (March 22) is a universal occasion to recognize the importance of water, sanitation, and hygiene...

Mar 22, 2022 | Anu Varma

Radiation
  • Tools & Resources

Resources to Help You Prepare for a Radiation Emergency

State and local health departments have a responsibility to protect the health and safety of the populations they serve...

Mar 17, 2022 | Kathy Deffer

  • Tools & Resources
  • Climate Change
  • Training

Join us for a Climate for Health Ambassadors Training at the 2022 Preparedness Summit

NACCHO is partnering with Climate for Health and ecoAmerica to offer an interactive conference workshop on Tuesday,...

Mar 17, 2022

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  • COVID-19
  • Press Release
  • Immunization

Public Health Partners Assert Importance of COVID-19 Vaccines in Pandemic Fight

NACCHO issues joint statement to affirm that children 5 years of age and older should be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Mar 15, 2022 | nacchovoice

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  • COVID-19
  • Funding Opportunity
  • Rural Health

Funding Opportunity for Skilled Consultants: Building Workforce Capacity of Rural and Frontier Local Health Departments to Respond to COVID-19

Application deadline March 25.

Feb 28, 2022 | Emily Boyle

Partner Articles

Water Fountain
  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Water Quality

Purdue University’s New Water Systems Course Designed to...

Purdue is partnering with NACCHO to offer this online course at a discount for...

Dec 04, 2020 | Emily D'Angelo

Purdue University’s New Water Systems Course Designed to...

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  • Emergency Response
  • Infectious Disease
  • Opportunity

National Student Response Network Linking Volunteers to...

The National Student Response Network (NSRN) is fielding the volunteer needs of...

May 20, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

National Student Response Network Linking Volunteers to...

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  • Emergency Response
  • Infectious Disease

COVID-19 Alternate Care Site Resources

ASPR TRACIE has just released COVID-19 Alternate Care Site Resources, a...

Apr 22, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

COVID-19 Alternate Care Site Resources

  • Tools & Resources
  • Infectious Disease

AMA Telehealth Implementation Playbook

During a pandemic, healthcare facilities may need telehealth/medicine...

Apr 21, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

AMA Telehealth Implementation Playbook

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  • Communications & Public Relations
  • Emergency Response
  • Infectious Disease

NNPHI Launches COVID-19 Learning & Action Collaborative

The National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) has launched a...

Apr 21, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

NNPHI Launches COVID-19 Learning & Action Collaborative

  • Tools & Resources
  • Infectious Disease

Penn State Project ECHO: COVID-19 ECHO Series

Penn State Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) has...

Mar 31, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

Penn State Project ECHO: COVID-19 ECHO Series

  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Infectious Disease
  • Podcast

CIDRAP: COVID-19 Podcasts and Webinars

The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy has a running archive of...

Mar 31, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

CIDRAP: COVID-19 Podcasts and Webinars

  • Research & Reports

42nd Annual Report on the Health of the Nation

The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) at the CDC released its 42nd...

Nov 19, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

42nd Annual Report on the Health of the Nation

  • Call for Comments
  • Opioid Overdose Epidemic

Call for Comments: Community-Based Response to Drug...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has sent a New Project...

Oct 29, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

Call for Comments: Community-Based Response to Drug...

  • Community Engagement

Article: Engaging with Community- and Faith-Based...

Dr. Scott Santibanez, Associate Director for Science for CDC’s Division in...

Sep 17, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

Article: Engaging with Community- and Faith-Based...

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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.
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