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<div align="left" style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(94,0,105)"><span size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span></div><div align="left" style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(94,0,105)"><span size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)">The Request For Applications (RFA) for the ASI 2013-2014 awards <strong>will be made available as soon as possible</strong>. NACCHO recommends that if you are interested in applying for this opportunity, that you assess your agency's accreditation preparation needs and goals over the coming weeks to prepare for the application opportunity. NACCHO also recommends you view its<a shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k6FvZSOTc3gBcSM59jDS2aOkTa4gFSdo1J266gwEVE5xJonGcU6Qpm37juz-Ds9_XUF82cFG8pdcNG3f5wvWDaEe_HCm6r_3PNFYnU7fTpuYD3JoVndeo6LVCJ_OOL9RYfUruaYxqHxXkerE9M4TADioKWhkVFJ9nR4oBMXVZ49sNRRRWqu-eXoCkDfQZ11zLWYtvy5IyhI8JJfJJVcP3z0ZKoxZof9aRWHJ6FbwsbK0-XOOBXCLgXZyZHugrRWqY7apAfqSXoxvCeVfURfb03whsG8XmDPJg3vc1sMIpjCYMLtUTIw4aDqKHwuQ6uUHyAV7EalUdas=" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,139,153)"> standard contract language</a> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)">because it cannot be modified if an award is received. </span></div>
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</div></span></div><div><br></div><div>I will also send out the RFA when it is available. See below for more details.</div><div><br></div><div> Warm regards,</div><div><br></div>Kathleen Johnson, MPH<br><div><div dir="ltr">
<div>Program Manager<br><div>Coalition of Local Health Officials</div><div>Phone: 630-740-0088</div><div><i><a href="mailto:kathleen@oregonclho.org" target="_blank">kathleen@oregonclho.org</a> </i></div><div><i><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?view=att&th=1412d3d3fa4fd43f&attid=0.1&disp=thd&realattid=f_hlph1a1u0&zw" width="96" height="96"></i></div>
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Date: Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 9:17 AM<br>Subject: accreditNATION: Upcoming funding opportunity!<br>To: <a href="mailto:kathleen@oregonclho.org">kathleen@oregonclho.org</a><br><br><br>
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<div><span>Thank you for subscribing to <em>accreditNATION</em>, NACCHO's periodic newsletter about accreditation, performance improvement, and more. Below is some recent news from the field. NACCHO would also like to thank all of our subscribers who took our annual <em>accreditNATION</em> survey - we had our highest response rate yet! For those of you who entered the raffle, expect to hear from us by the end of the month if you will receive a prize!</span></div>
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<div style="text-align:left" align="left"><span style="font-size:10pt">NACCHO is excited to announce an upcoming funding opportunity for local health departments. With funding from the CDC's Office for State, Tribal, Local, & Territorial Support, NACCHO will be offering a third year of <strong>Accreditation Support Initiative</strong> (ASI) awards. These awards are intended to stimulate quality improvement and promote the readiness of health departments to seek voluntary national accreditation through the<a style="color:rgb(0,139,153);text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k6FvZSOTc3jTuP7aE65bRMHtpMEh1hz7A4yTklzORnooWbSwa1NT2Dj4Dfg1oPPLfNIO96Ql6TZoWNzI2sv4L1dbWP3Nf-BlrsmEp4e3eRSVisOtpG5Dr4LwLMYOI9R_eReFA6FyuEEhfzZuV_CvvU_fsfhG3e22tCV6iXEITUij5GK3sfSeRGKpXTMqDdR-tVupNJ9MgmxQNJeokHuG4TKJ3Lay0kIl" target="_blank"> Public Health Accreditation Board</a> (PHAB). Potential project activities include efforts to meet the identified PHAB prerequisites, achievement of PHAB standards and measures, and offsetting accreditation fees. In addition to monetary support, selected sites will receive technical assistance from experts in the field. For information about last year's ASI-funded sites, click <a style="color:rgb(0,139,153);text-decoration:underline" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001k6FvZSOTc3gRtxMnKpvPNxFeTS9WZBehn1exFwOvke52UI5g63hoU4lPXUmODJeQeo3vD2fv4fMjCqdYTFWwS-JtT1_QUAuPJw3MXPPuRpnizJi6rdlmgLjb-apGU8YLYZycmBEs7-8qUlSunFynkflMjDa1TuOu-v7VuAxp1nDzO41RRq4R6vPc0VRE2eWpD0aIcfj65PFy3S41mVM6jPNOFYmzoNQmFlc229pNrekF0cJjwqr2eTxY8kU4G4-xbTU2X77wMIDHgCLQEn2B8_nBaZJK8fo7drfWl4PVoXY=" shape="rect" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></div>
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