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Kansas Public Health Collaborative
Our purpose is to expand collaboration,
communication and capacity development
for state and local health departments and their workforce.
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CDC Public Health Infrastructure Grant Program
Strengthening the public health infrastructure in our communities, states, and across the nation means helping protect people from preventable illness, death, and health threats. CDC recently awarded $3.2 billion to help state, local, and territorial jurisdictions with critical funding and flexibility to build the workforce and infrastructure they need to protect the populations they serve. The Kansas Health Institute has provided the 2022 Legislative Recap detailing many of the health-related bills from this year’s session.
Public Health Scholarships Available - Kansas State University Public Health Program
The Kansas State University Public Health Program was recently awarded the Public Health Scholarship Program by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). This program will prepare the public health workforce who live and work in Kansas, to promote the expansion of public health systems through strategic scholarships. The scholarships can cover up to the full amount of tuition for an MPH (42 credit hrs) or graduate certificate (15 credit hrs), or a partial scholarship, for part-time and full-time public health workers in Kansas over the next three years.
Public Health Workforce Calculator is Now Live!
The Public Health Workforce Calculator is now available! Local health departments can use the calculator to help determine staffing needs to deliver the Foundational Public Health Services and as a tool for workforce planning.
New Website Helps Public Health Job Seekers Nationwide
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) announced the launch of www.PublicHealthCareers.org, a website to help job seekers find careers in governmental public health agencies nationwide. The site offers a simple way to search for jobs both nationally and by state and includes job preview videos of several different public health careers as well as information on working in governmental public health. In the future, add-ons to the site will include additional career spotlights as well as fellowship, internship and training programs in governmental health departments, a job-skills quiz to help identify potential career fits, and career resources for those seeking their first job in government.
NACCHO New: Medical Countermeasure Best Practice Resource Guide
Information sharing and medical countermeasure (MCM) dispensing and administration by local health departments played a critical role in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. NACCHO’s MCM workgroup gathered best practices and lessons learned from those involved in information sharing and MCM dispensing and administration during COVID-19 and created a new resource guide, which can be used to inform future decision-making.The Kansas Health Institute has provided the 2022 Legislative Recap detailing many of the health-related bills from this year’s session.
National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network
Through a cooperative agreement between the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the Kansas Environmental Public Health Tracking Program has developed applications to collect, analyze, interpret and publish environmental health data indicators as part of the National Environmental Public Health Tacking Network. The tracking network can help to identify threats to the health of Kansans posed by the environment and will improve how KDHE responds to those threats. Individuals are able to access critical environmental health information that can assist them to make informed decisions and take action if necessary to protect themselves and their families.
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