Registration for the 2018 CHEAC Annual Meeting remains open until September 1, 2018. This year’s annual meeting will be held from October 17 – October 19 and will provide local health department professionals representing a wide variety of disciplines throughout California with networking and learning opportunities. For attendees coming to Sacramento on Tuesday, October 16,…
Read More »As a friendly reminder, please update your records to reflect CHEAC’s new physical and mailing address: 1127 11th Street, Suite 806, Sacramento, California 95814.
Read More »There will be no CHEAC Weekly Update this week. Sacramento has been quiet as the Legislature is on its summer recess, and CHEAC Staff is settling into a new office suite this week. Please note our new physical and mailing address: 1127 11th Street, Suite 806, Sacramento, California 95814. As a reminder, the early bird…
Read More »Next week, CHEAC will be moving to a new office suite in the same building. Staff availability may be limited due to the transition and relocation of IT services. We recommend contacting CHEAC Staff via email should you need to get ahold of us next week. Please note, our office phone number and all email…
Read More »Only one week remains before the early bird price of $399 for the 2018 CHEAC Annual Meeting expires. After July 13, the registration fee will increase to $450 until registration closes on September 1. CHEAC Members are strongly encouraged to register and book a hotel room at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento as soon as possible….
Read More »Assembly Member Richard Bloom announced this week his intent to introduce a bill in next year’s legislative session to assess a “health impact fee” on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) to fund obesity and diabetes prevention programs. Also this week, the California Dental Association (CDA) and the California Medical Association (CMA) filed an initiative for the November…
Read More »The CHEAC Office will be closed on Wednesday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day. CHEAC Staff wishes everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday!
Read More »2018 CHEAC Annual Meeting registration is open, and two weeks remain before the early bird registration price expires. CHEAC Members are encouraged to register and book a hotel room at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento as soon as possible. This year’s annual meeting will be held from October 17 – October 19 and will provide local…
Read More »The Plumas County Public Health Agency invites local health department professionals and others engaged in rural opioid work to the Tools and Strategies for Rural Opioid Work Conference on August 28-29 in Quincy, CA. The two-day conference is free to attend and will highlight best practices used by harm reduction programs, nature and strengths of…
Read More »The Massachusetts Health Officers Association (MHOA) recently released Essential Measures: A Local Public Health Toolkit for Addressing the Opioid Epidemic. The toolkit is intended to be used as a framework to plan from, initiate, expand upon, and collaborate on strategies available to LHDs to address the opioid epidemic. Notably, the toolkit’s framework encompasses the 10…
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