<div dir="ltr">Good afternoon,<div><br></div><div>Please see the below email from NACCHO on an opportunity to provide feedback on their TA resources for quality improvement and performance management. </div><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><i><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Kathleen Johnson</font></i>, <i>MPH</i><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><br></i></div><div><i></i></div></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Visit the CLHO website: </span><a href="http://www.oregonclho.org/" target="_blank">www.oregonclho.org</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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                            <strong>Your Input Needed: QI and Performance Management Needs Assessment Survey</strong><br>
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NACCHO is conducting a needs assessment related to quality improvement (QI) and performance management technical assistance (TA) and resources across health departments. We would appreciate your feedback on how we can improve our resources and how we can expand QI and performance management (PM) TA offerings. Please complete this <a href="http://naccho.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e09b9724b15a348725f3be65c&id=15c62067a6&e=8f183cc659" style="color:#6c276a;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">survey</a> by <strong>Friday, December 23rd</strong> and tell us how we can better meet your QI/PM needs. Responses are anonymous and the survey should take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Contact Pooja Verma directly at <a href="mailto:pverma@naccho.org" style="color:#6c276a;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">pverma@naccho.org</a> or <a href="tel:202-507-4206" value="+12025074206" target="_blank">202-507-4206</a> with questions.

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                            <strong>Request for Proposals: Faith Based Organization Subject Matter Expert for Partnerships Meeting</strong><br>
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NACCHO is pleased to announce a new request for propoals for a faith based organization subject matter expert. This person will support preparation for and implementation of a 1.5 day meeting in May 2017 in Washington, DC that will bring together local health departments, non-profit hospitals and faith based organizations to enhance local partnerships to address socail detemrinants of health in community health improvmeent planning processes.  The RFP contains details and expectations. All prpoosals are due by close of business on December 20,2016.  <u><a href="http://naccho.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e09b9724b15a348725f3be65c&id=fcf78b5bab&e=8f183cc659" style="color:#6c276a;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Access the RFP here</a>.</u>

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                            <strong>NACCHO Congratulates Newest Accredited Health Departments</strong><br>
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<img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/e09b9724b15a348725f3be65c/images/e0e2d2f6-4a40-4e82-b619-43f8981644c5.gif" style="width:150px;height:158px;margin:0px 15px 5px 0px;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none" width="150" height="158" align="left">The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) congratulates an additional 11 local health departments and one state health department that have received accreditation from the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB). Each went through a rigorous assessment process to become accredited.<br>
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The local health departments awarded five-year accreditation status on November 15, 2016 are: Cleveland County Health Department, Norman, OK; Flathead City-County Health Department, Kalispell, MT; Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services Public Health, Eureka, CA; Pasadena Public Health Department, Pasadena, CA; Pueblo City-County Health Department, Pueblo, CO; Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment, Greeley, CO; Barry-Eaton District Health Department, Charlotte, MI; Dallas County Health and Human Services, Dallas, TX; Garrett County Health Department, Oakland, MD; Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, Charleston, WV; and, Yamhill County Public Health, McMinnville, OR.<br>
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The state health department is Montana DPHHS Public Health and Safety Division, Helena, MT.<br>
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This group of twelve public health departments brings the number of governmental public health departments now recognized by PHAB as high-performing health departments to 162, collectively serving 56 Percent of U.S. Population.<br>
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<a href="http://naccho.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e09b9724b15a348725f3be65c&id=3ad2c6ddbc&e=8f183cc659" style="color:#6c276a;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Please view PHAB's press release here</a>
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                            The Public Health Improvement Training 2017 will be held June 13th-14th in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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                            Join the<a href="http://naccho.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e09b9724b15a348725f3be65c&id=a55e6587fb&e=8f183cc659" style="color:#6d276a;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"> Academic Health Department (AHD) Learning Community</a> for its next virtual meeting on <a href="http://naccho.us9.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=e09b9724b15a348725f3be65c&id=db6d24e676&e=8f183cc659" style="color:#6d276a;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Tuesday, December 13th, 2016 from 3-4pm EST</a> to learn about the Academic Health Collaborative of Worcester (MA), which fosters collaboration between the Worcester Division of Public Health, UMass Memorial Health Care, and academic partners to improve community health and develop public health research and practice leaders. During this meeting, speakers from the Worcester Division of Public Health will address topics such as need for increased capacity, <a href="http://naccho.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e09b9724b15a348725f3be65c&id=a7314fd9e4&e=8f183cc659" style="color:#6d276a;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Public Health Accreditation Board</a> accreditation, funding, strategic planning, and future growth. AHD Learning Community meetings are open to all who are interested. Visit the <a href="http://naccho.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e09b9724b15a348725f3be65c&id=7ab135acf9&e=8f183cc659" style="color:#6d276a;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">meeting webpage</a> to learn more and register, and contact Janelle Nichols at <a href="http://naccho.us9.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=e09b9724b15a348725f3be65c&id=af84913ffe&e=8f183cc659" style="color:#6d276a;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">jnichols@phf.org with</a> any questions.
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                            <p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#404040;font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">The Public Health Associate Program (PHAP) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (<a href="http://naccho.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e09b9724b15a348725f3be65c&id=f9a099c70b&e=8f183cc659" style="color:#6d276a;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">CDC</a>) will be accepting applications January 3-19, 2017 to host a public health associate starting in October 2017. PHAP is a two year training program with the mission to train and provide experiential learning to early-career public health professionals.<br>
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CDC developed a two-part technical assistance webinar series for potential host organizations to learn more about PHAP and applying to host an associate:</p>

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        <li><a href="http://naccho.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e09b9724b15a348725f3be65c&id=78ba8437dd&e=8f183cc659" style="color:#6d276a;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">PHAP 201: Strategic Development of a Quality PHAP Training Experience—the CO-STARR Model</a></li>
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<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#404040;font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">Questions about PHAP can be e-mailed to <a href="mailto:phap@cdc.gov" style="color:#6d276a;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">phap@cdc.gov</a>.</p>

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