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Please complete the annual survey letting DEPR know what days your health department/tribal health facility will be closed during the upcoming holidays. Responses are due no later than November 18, 2022.
All State of Michigan offices will be closed for the following holidays:
• November 8 – Election Day
• November 11 – Veterans Day
• November 24 – Thanksgiving Day
• November 25 – Thanksgiving Holiday
• December 23 – Christmas Eve Holiday
• December 26 – Christmas Holiday
• December 30 – New Year’s Eve Holiday
• January 2, 2023 – New Year’s Day Holiday
If you have an emergency and need assistance on one of the above-referenced holidays, contact the CHECC Duty Officer at 517-819-0391.
AmeriCorps, in partnership with CDC, launched the 2023 AmeriCorps State and National Grants, a $400 million investment to engage new communities and individuals in public health, recruiting, and building a new workforce ready to respond to the nation’s public health needs. Funding is open to nonprofit, faith-based, tribal, and community-based organizations; higher education institutions; and state, local, and territorial government entities, including local public health departments. Applications must be submitted by 5:00 PM ET on Wednesday, January 4, 2023. For additional guidance, contact AmeriCorpsGrants@cns.gov
Michigan State Police/EMHSD are sponsoring an 8-hour, DHS/FEMA certified, tuition-free, management levels course. This course helps ensure the safety of individuals with access and functional needs during a crisis event by increasing knowledge among community emergency planners in the area of preparedness. See the PDF below for information and how to register. Registration must be completed by March 29, 2023. Coalitions are highly encouraged to attend this course.
MGT 403_FLY_DimondaleMI_04.12.23.pdf
On October 18, the White House unveiled the National Biodefense Strategy and Implementation Plan for Countering Biological Threats, Enhancing Pandemic Preparedness, and Achieving Global Health Security. The strategy outlines a whole-of-government effort across 20 federal agencies to detect, prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from biological incidents, in partnership with international, state, local, tribal, territorial, and private sector partners. A fact sheet from the White House is available.
As a reminder, the Special Pathogens Response Network (SPRN) website is located at https://www.michigan.gov/sprn. To reflect the many changing names of facilities that have occurred recently the list of Tiered Hospitals by Region has been updated and can be found on Michigan's SPRN website.
Corewell Health (formerly Spectrum Health) in Grand Rapids was one of 3 new hospitals to receive funding as a Regional Emerging Special Pathogens Treatment Center (RESPTC) from the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR). This funding is an exciting step forward for Michigan’s SPRN. As more information is learned that will help fully understand the impact to the program information will be shared with the regional healthcare coalitions (HCCs). For more information, please see the official press release from ASPR here: https://aspr.hhs.gov/newsroom/Pages/RESPTC-Prep-Award-24Oct2022.aspx
Legal epidemiology is a scientific approach to tracking laws and policies of public health importance and studying their impact and effectiveness over time and across jurisdictions. Health departments and organizations are invited to participate in a 10-month, stipend-assisted legal epidemiology learning cohort to gain foundational research and evaluation skills in public health law. Supported by CDC’s Public Health Law Program and ChangeLab Solutions, the learning cohort is designed to enable any health department or organization to build their capacity to carry out legal epidemiology projects, even with minimal previous experience or skills. Learn more and apply.
One Health is a collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach working at the local, regional, national, and global levels with the goal of achieving optimal health outcomes recognizing the interconnection between people, animals, plants, and their shared environment. The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) has been partnering with the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA), the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), and the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) to raise awareness of One Health. In honor of One Health Day on November 3rd, this webinar will provide a brief overview of One Health and more information on how EPA is collaborating with our state partners to educate, inform and share best practices on One Health, including examples of EPA One Health research and how the One Health approach is being applied in Alaska and Missouri. Click here to register for the One Health webinar!
New Staff at PHEP! We are happy to announce that April Walton has joined us at DEPR/PHEP as our MCM Coordinator. She began her work with us on 10/31 coming to us from Macomb County Health Department where she gained a depth of experience at the Local Health Department. We will be looking at what our plans for Medical Countermeasures look like post COVID, implementation of the new ORR and more. April will also begin serving as the POC for Region 5 her new email is WaltonA4@michigan.gov.
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