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DEPR is inviting Emergency Preparedness Coordinators to participate in a one-hour focus group discussion from 3-4 p.m. on March 12, regarding the Michigan Volunteer Registry (MVR). This session will build on recent survey feedback and is intended to better understand your real-world experiences using the platform, including what’s working well and where improvements could be made. Your input will help ensure that MVR training, drills, and workplan expectations are aligned with local operational realities. If interested in participating, please sign up by Friday, February 27.
CDC has published the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for PHEP budget period 3 (BP3). State awardees have until April 17, 2026, to submit the required documentation for BP3.
Join us every fourth Tuesday of the month at noon to learn more about DEPR's different programs and software. This month’s topic is administrative preparedness.
Contaminated foods in licensed facilities can hurt people and their families. The public expects that state and local agencies work well together on prevention, preparedness, and response to foodborne emergencies, and the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development created a venue to bring everyone together to talk about and work through these issues in the context of a tabletop exercise.
The Interagency Communicable Disease Communication Tabletop Exercise 2026 (COMCOM 2026) will be held on March 17, 2026. The exercise will be held at East Lansing Hannah Community Center- Executive Conference Room (819 Abbot Road East Lansing, MI 48823).
If you wish to attend, please submit your registration no later than March 1st, 2026.
This exercise is a one-day hands on workshop intended to help local and state agencies involved in both regulating and providing food in improving their interagency communication during foodborne illness responses.
The need for this exercise was identified during a real-world response when previously established communication channels with non-traditional foodborne outbreak response partners were not as effective as they should be. Participants should leave this exercise with:
- Increased awareness of the mechanics of foodborne outbreak response at the federal/state/local levels
- Having identified appropriate interagency communication channels to use during a food emergency response event
- Improved information sharing and partnerships to protect public health
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