Health and Disability

NACCHO’s Health and Disability Program is supported by the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The program provides local health departments with the tools and resources needed to successfully include people with disabilities in all local health department activities.
NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Division of Human Development and Disability, is pleased to provide funding for the Strengthening Disability Inclusion Efforts within Local Health Departments demonstration site project. The goal of this project is to enhance local capacity to meet the needs of people with disabilities within health department programs, policies, and services. NACCHO will make up to four awards available to local health departments with awards up to $25,000 each.
Interested? Click here to learn more.
Application submission deadline: January 20, 2023 by 11:59PM PT.
Below are training on how local health department staff can include people with disabilities in their public health programs and leverage partnerships with local disability organizations.
Below are stories from the field that illustrate local health departments' disability inclusion efforts.
NACCHO provides technical assistance to support the inclusion of people with disabilities in all health department activities, including emergency preparedness planning/response, health promotion, community health assessment and improvement planning, and staff training.
NACCHO holds initial one hour consultation calls with local health departments and outlines an action plan. NACCHO staff and fellows provide technical assistance and local health departments are provided with a summary report including recommendations and resources to promote inclusion.
NACCHO’s Health and Disability program maintains a diverse workgroup with partners from national disability organizations, local health departments, academic researchers and people with disabilities. The workgroup meets on a quarterly basis. The workgroup is instrumental in reviewing tools and resources for local health departments and has played a crucial role in the development of NACCHO's Health and Disability policy statement.
You can view policy statements developed by the Health and Disability team that demonstrate NACCHO's commitment to health and disability at the local level on the NACCHO policies page.
Sent mid-month, the Health and Disability Bulletin shares news, tools, resources, events, and opportunities related to disability inclusion and awareness.
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Programs
Jennifer Li
Senior Advisor, Programs
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Community Health Program
Sara Lyons
Program Analyst, Health and Disability
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Community Health Program
Uyen Tran
Program Analyst, Health & Disability
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