Activity 4: Hazard Vulnerability Assessment
The Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector Risk Assessment Toolkit continues to be delayed and is still under review by ASPR. DEPR will distribute the toolkit as soon as it is made available so that the HVA work plan deliverable can be met. The deliverable due date has been moved from Q3 to Q4.
Activity 18: Whole Community Inclusion 5-Year Work Plans
Due to the ongoing CHECC activation for hepatitis A, the rollout of the at-risk and vulnerable population outreach work plan options and supplemental planning materials have been delayed. The webinar originally scheduled for February 8, 2018 has been cancelled and the planning session will now be held at the June 5 – 6, 2018 EPC Annual Meeting in Gaylord, MI. Planning tools and the project timeline template for this activity will be shared before the annual meeting. The deliverable due date for LHDs to submit an initial timeline for each phase of a strategic outreach plan has been moved to Q4. Quarterly updates on the strategic plan will begin in BP2.
The revised BP1-17 LHD Work Plan with these changes is linked below:
The February Second Wednesday Webinar is scheduled for 1 PM to 2 PM EST on February 14, 2018. During the webinar, staff from CDC’s Capacity Building Branch will discuss and demonstrate use of the updated Online Technical Resource and Assistance Center (OnTRAC).
Registration is not required. Participants can log onto Adobe Connect to view the webinar. To listen to the audio portion via a phone line, dial 1-800-475-4962 and enter participant passcode 4330935.
Continuing education (CE) credit is available for this webinar. Previous Second Wednesday Webinar recordings and presentation slides are available in the Hot Topics section of CDC’s Online Technical Resource and Assistance Center (On-TRAC). A CDC Join account is required to access On-TRAC, and a registration form is available online.
Congress voted to approve a continuing resolution to reopen the federal government through February 8, 2018. The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) has launched a shutdown website to keep public health officials, the media and the public informed and will continue to provide updated information as it becomes available.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services posted its FY2018 Contingency Staffing Plan for Operations in the Absence of Enacted Annual Appropriations.
Additional information is provided by NACCHO in the News From Washington e-newsletters.
Registration is now available for the 2018 NACCHO Preparedness Summit being held April 17 - 20, 2018 in Atlanta. Early bird registration rates are available until February 23, 2018. The use of PHEP funds to cover the travel expenses of PHEP staff attending this meeting is an allowable expense.
The CDC Division of State and Local Readiness (DSLR) is seeking a limited number of PHEP programs to host DSLR preparedness field assignees (PFAs) to continue their public health emergency preparedness developmental experience. CDC will fund the salaries of entry level public health advisors in a three-year training program to develop skills and additional field experience in state and local emergency preparedness and response. The program provides PFAs with hands-on field training, thus increasing the overall program competency of DSLR staff. Having well-trained DSLR staff with direct experience in the field working side by side with state and local public health preparedness professionals will enable DSLR staff to provide enhanced technical assistance to PHEP recipients.
Linked below is additional information on the DSLR public health preparedness field assignee placement opportunity and the process for requesting a field assignee. Interested jurisdictions must submit letters of intent by February 16, 2018.
Briana Barnes will be the DEPR point of contact for region 3. She can be reached at BarnesB2@michigan.gov.
Carissa Hillman is the new EPC for the Saginaw County Department of Public Health. Carissa can be reached at chillman@saginawcounty.com.
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