The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), with support from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is accepting proposals for two awards with a maximum of $15,000 each to supplement ongoing climate change and health adaptation initiatives in local health departments. Applicants should have experience working in local initiatives…
Read More »The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is accepting applications for the 2018-2019 Model Practices Program through Wednesday, December 12. The program honors and recognizes outstanding local health initiatives from across the country and shares and promotes these practices among LHDs through the Model Practice Database. A Model Practices webinar recording which…
Read More »The California Alliance for Prevention Funding (CAPF) recently issued a redesigned concept paper. The concept paper’s content has not changed, but the new look more clearly communicates the group’s mission and goals. The redesigned paper is available here.
Read More »CHEAC will be closed next Thursday, November 22 and Friday, November 23 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. We will return to normal operations on Monday, November 26. CHEAC Staff wishes all a safe and enjoyable holiday!
Read More »Governor-elect Gavin Newsom late last week announced two key appointments to his incoming administration – Ann O’Leary has been named chief of staff and Ana Matosantos has been named cabinet secretary. O’Leary was previously a senior policy adviser for the Clinton Administration, as well as a senior policy adviser for the 2016 presidential campaign of…
Read More »University of California, Merced was recently awarded a grant from the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) to establish the Nicotine and Cannabis Policy Center (NCPC). The NCPC is the first tobacco policy center to be designated by the TRDRP and is charged with focusing on challenges facing rural and underserved areas of California. As part…
Read More »CHEAC will be closed on Monday, November 12 in observance of Veterans Day. We will resume normal operations on Tuesday, November 13.
Read More »Last week, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) released new content for the California Public Health and Medical Emergency Operations Manual (EOM). New chapters were added to the EOM after extensive work was done by the EOM Workgroup and in consultation with subject matter experts and stakeholders. The content…
Read More »The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) will continue with the standardization of Indirect Cost Rates (ICR) for contracts, allocations, and grants with LHDs for FY 2019-20. LHDs will be requested to submit documentation used to calculate its ICR as a percentage of personnel services costs and a percentage of total allowable direct costs. CDPH…
Read More »Last week, CHEAC held its 2018 Annual Meeting in Sacramento, featuring an expanded lineup of plenary speakers, robust workshops, and additional programming. Nearly 130 local health department and agency directors, managers, and staff attended the conference and meeting. Evaluations from the conference were very positive and indicated attendees found significant value in the expanded attendance…
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