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On August 22, 2022, Apple TV+ began streaming the miniseries, “Five Days at Memorial,” The miniseries chronicles the impact of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath on a local hospital in New Orleans. It is based on actual events and adapted from the book by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sheri Fink. DEPR has 68 copies of Ms. Fink’s book, Five Days at Memorial, on hand. DEPR is offering the books to anyone who wants them at no charge. You can order one for yourself or several for your agency. Contact Jim Koval to get your copy.
Please make sure you complete the holiday closure survey by the end of this week. As of November 16, 25 LHDs and tribal partners had completed the survey.
All State of Michigan offices will be closed on the following days:
• November 24
• November 25
• December 23
• December 26
• December 30
• January 2, 2023
If you need to reach DEPR or the CHECC on one of these holidays, please contact the CHECC Duty Officer at 517-819-0391.
The Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub), in collaboration with the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis, has released the Rural Emergency Preparedness and Response Toolkit. This new toolkit was developed to help rural and tribal communities, healthcare facilities, and other organizations serving rural populations access evidence-based and promising models and resources to support emergency planning, response, and recovery efforts.
With support from CDC, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is seeking two local health departments to develop new case studies on public health ethics issues. Examples of case studies may be found on CDC’s Public Health Ethics Training Materials webpage.
To complement the existing resources, the goal of this project is to develop case studies that are written by local health departments, based on real issues faced by local communities every day. View the full Request for Proposals. Applications should be emailed to aedmiston@naccho.org by 11:59 p.m. PST on Friday, December 2. For additional information, contact Ashley Edmiston.
Frontline Strong Together (FST5) is a statewide project committed to optimizing the health and resilience of first responders and their families through training and access to peers, mental health services, and external support. FST5 is a group of professionals with expertise in trauma and stress, who work extensively with first responders, law enforcement, fire, EMS, corrections, 911 dispatchers. For more information, visit the FSTS website. A brochure for the program is also available.
The next Michigan Volunteer Registry (MVR) training session will be on Thursday, December 15 from 10:00am to 12:00pm. This session will focus on volunteer recognition ideas in preparation for Global Volunteer Month and National Volunteer Week in April. In the spirit of the season, please contact Stephanie Steele to RSVP for this session.
Susan Puls and Stephanie Steele would also like to announce the MVR administrator, volunteer management, and functional drill dates for the first half of 2023. As a reminder, all trainings and functional drills are open to both new and experienced administrators-everyone can benefit from these MVR learning opportunities:
MVR Administrator Training
• Tuesday, January 17
• Wednesday, May 17
MVR Administrator Functional Drill
• Wednesday & Thursday, March 15 & 16
Volunteer Management Training
• Tuesday, February 21
• Tuesday, April 18
• Thursday, June 22
Invitations, details, and Teams meeting links for these sessions will be sent out in the coming months. Please contact Susan or Stephanie if you have any questions.
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