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The next quarterly new EPC Orientation will take place on Thursday, April 24 at DEPR. If you plan to attend, please RSVP for this event to Jim Koval by COB on Tuesday, April 22. The session will run from 8:30 am - 3:45 pm. Please bring a lunch.
For those who are already registered to attend the Great Lakes Homeland Security Conference, there are EMS, Physician and Nursing credits attached to the following sessions:
- Achieving a Culture of Zero Violence: Leadership Strategies to Reduce the Risk and Anxiety of Patients, Staff, and Visitors – 1 credit Emergency Preparedness
- Mass Casualty Preparedness, Lessons Learned from the Ybor City Mass Shooting Incident – 1 credit Emergency Preparedness
- National Disaster Life Support System Learning Center at WMU A resource for healthcare – 1 credit Operations
- 2025 Cold Weather Fatality Management Full-Scale Exercise: What We Learned – 1 credit Operations
- HCA Florida Hospitals Response to Two Hurricanes – 1 credit Emergency Preparedness
- The Added Value of Obtaining Continuing Education Credits for Your Emergency Management Training – 1 credit Operations
For credit questions, please contact Kerry Chamberlain.
During the annual Hometown Health Hero and Jean Chabut Health Policy Champion award ceremony held on April 9, the Barry-Eaton District Health Department and the Oakland County Health Division were presented with the Jean Chabut Health Policy Champion award for their Project Public Health Ready re-recognition achieved in 2024.
 
Five new data science and informatics training plans, curated by the Public Health Foundation (PHF) through work with subject matter experts and in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance, and Technology (OPHDST) were posted to the entire TRAIN Affiliate Network.
The objective is to make data science and informatics training easier to find and access. The training plans are intended to provide learners with an organized collection of curated courses. It does not require pre-requisites, completion of a specific number of courses, or completion in a particular sequence.
To promote and protect health in every community, data modernization is one of the three focus areas for the CDC Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG). One of the five priorities of the CDC’s Data Modernization Initiative (DMI) is developing a state-of-the-art workforce with next-generation skills for actionable public health insights. All the training plans are available on MI-TRAIN.
The Kent County Health Department will be hosting the TEEX MGT-319 Point of Dispensing, Planning, and Response class this coming September.
Details:
Beginning April 1, NACCHO’s preparedness workgroups will be accepting application for 2025-2026 with terms beginning July 1. Workgroup members serve an advisory role in developing programs and policy that are representative of the needs of local health departments.
The following preparedness workgroups will be accepting applications:
• Medical Countermeasures
• Medical Reserve Corps
• Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measurement
• Preparedness Policy Advisory Group
• Radiation
• Surge Management
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