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Braiding and Layering Funding to Address Supportive Housing

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Health Equity,

Tribal Health,

Policy,

State Health Policy,

Blog,

Health Policy Update,

Funding,

Population Health and Prevention,

Social and Behavioral Health,

Mental Health,

Maryland,

Louisiana,

Social Determinants of Health,

Kyle Bogaert,

Meredith Alexander,

Grants and Contracts Management,

Disability Inclusion,

Health in All Policies,

Healthcare Access,

Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,

Environmental Health,

Food and Water Safety,

Women, Infant, and Family Health,

Women, Infant, Family Health Data Integration,

Early Brain Development,

At-Risk Populations,

Oklahoma

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the intersections of social determinants of health, such as transportation, education, and housing, and their impact on the health of individuals and communities. As the moratorium on evictions ends in ...

Incorporating Health in All Policies: Tips for Grantmakers

Brief,

Funding,

Health Equity,

Operationalizing Equity,

Social Determinants of Health,

Health in All Policies,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Grants and Contracts Management

This ASTHOBrief offers a menu of strategies and considerations for organizations interested in incorporating a Health in All Policies and equity-centered approach to the development and implementation of requests for proposals and notice ...

How Two Island Health Departments Are Preparing for Successful Public Health Planning

Blog,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Strategic Planning,

Grants and Contracts Management,

Partnership,

Palau,

Northern Mariana Islands,

Megan Drake-Pereyra,

Joanne Pearsol

Learn how CNMI and Palau successfully "planned to plan" in an effort to update and develop new public health plans—developing readiness assessments, team charters, and sequencing plans.

Flexible Funding to Support Public Health Innovation

Report,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Grants and Contracts Management,

Colorado,

Michigan,

North Dakota,

Rhode Island

This report examines how four states (Colorado, Michigan, North Dakota, and Rhode Island) made use of their Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant funding.

Public Health Confronts the Mosquito: Developing Sustainable State and Local Mosquito Control Programs

Report,

Environmental Health,

Vector-Borne Disease,

Preparedness,

Emergency Powers,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Grants and Contracts Management,

Communications

Given the emergence of mosquito-borne viruses such as dengue, chikungunya, and Zika in the United States and U.S. territories, this, the second edition of this report, provides guidance to assist local, state, and territorial mosquito ...

The GMO Toolkit: A New Resource for Optimizing Grant Management Functions and Funding Outcomes

Video,

ASTHOConnect,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Grants and Contracts Management

Are you considering centralizing grant management functions or enhancing your existing grants management office to maximize federal funding outcomes? Join our webinar to discover a new, cutting-edge resource - the Grants Management Office ...

Health Agency Innovations in Financing Maternal Mental Health

Brief,

Population Health and Prevention,

Women, Infant, and Family Health,

Healthcare Access,

Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Grants and Contracts Management,

Funding,

Arkansas,

Colorado,

Maine,

North Carolina,

North Dakota

The high rates and cost of maternal mental health disorders coupled with near-universal Medicaid coverage during pregnancy creates enormous potential for innovations in payment and coverage structures to improve maternal mental health, ...

Centralizing Grant Management Functions: Puerto Rico’s Work and Vision

Blog,

People of Public Health,

Territories and Freely Associated States,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Grants and Contracts Management,

Preparedness,

Puerto Rico,

Kristin Sullivan,

Lourdes Romero Reyes,

Brenda Castro Voltaggio

Lourdes Romero Reyes and Brenda Castro Voltaggio of the Puerto Rico Department of Health discuss the Public Health Infrastructure Grant Program and ASTHO's Management Office Optimization Toolkit.

Public Health Highlights of President’s FY22 Budget Proposal

Blog,

Health Policy Update,

Policy,

Federal Government Affairs,

Funding,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Funding,

Health Equity,

Social Determinants of Health,

Environmental Health,

Climate and Health,

Population Health and Prevention,

Social and Behavioral Health,

Substance Misuse,

Opioids,

Overdose Prevention,

Preparedness,

Jeffrey O. Ekoma,

Data Modernization,

Leadership and Workforce Development,

Data Modernization and Informatics,

Injury and Violence Prevention,

Pandemics,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Grants and Contracts Management,

Public Health Workforce

In May 2021, President Biden released full details of the fiscal year 2022 budget. Overall, the budget request combines President Biden's American Jobs Plan, his American Families Plan, and funding priorities for the Pentagon and ...

Timely Spending: North Carolina's Approach to Efficiently Utilizing Federal Funds

Blog,

Video Blog Post,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

STAR Center,

Grants and Contracts Management,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Funding,

Funding,

North Carolina,

Jeneen Preciose,

Susan Kansagra

This video highlights specific administrative strategies, partnerships, and metrics used by the North Carolina Division of Public Health to support efficient and effective spending of federal funding.