Public Health
Public Health is a critical area of focus for local and state government agencies, involving health promotion, disease prevention, and preparedness for health emergencies within communities. Governments are responsible for implementing public health policies, managing healthcare services, and responding to crises like pandemics. This directory provides articles on public health, along with related topics like SafeGov, which covers strategies and initiatives for protecting the well-being and security of the public through effective governance.
From mitigating contagions to combating the opioid crisis, surveilling wastewater should be part of every city’s public health toolbox
The position’s $49,100 annual salary is fully funded for two years through a Community Development Block Grant
Gov. Phil Murphy tightened social gatherings limits after the state saw an increase in COVID-19 cases among young people
An ACA program grant will help fund PureView, an affordable health center in Helena, Mont., serving 7,000 patients per year.
Grants for evidence-based falls prevention programs are available. A local Massachusetts agency is leveraging funding for free workshops across the state.
More than $7 million in telehealth grants will fund rural healthcare programs in medically underserved areas of 21 states.
Oklahoma, Colorado and Pennsylvania will use Project ECHO to train rural doctors and improve opioid treatment.
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation grants $100 million for the Flint lead contamination crisis, $50 million before year’s end.
The national physician shortage is most pronounced with rural healthcare. States are changing laws to boost access, and funders fuel rural care programs.
The CVS Health Foundation awarded $1.5 million in grants to programs like the Reach Out Montgomery community paramedicine program.
SAMHSA will provide grants to outpatient programs that help those with serious mental illness and reduce hospitalizations, homelessness and incarcerations.
10 DASH grantees will receive up to $200,000 each to develop and implement data sharing projects.
The 81 new grants are expected to serve more than 291,000 youth each year in communities where teen birth rates remain high
U.S. Department of Labor announced $1.5 million in grants to serve more than 650 vets in six states.
The grant will accelerate development of training programs for high demand healthcare occupations.
Madison’s Healthy Retail Access Program aims to combat “food deserts” — low-income areas that have minimal access to healthy food
CSX and The Conservation Fund support producers and distributors of local, fresh foods in underserved communities
Baltimore City Health Commissioner wants the city’s emergency departments to play a bigger role in addressing residents’ heroin and substance abuse problems
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $20 million in grants will be made available to communities in support of distance learning and telemedicine programs
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