Blogs & Articles

How Wisconsin DHS Leveraged PHIG Funding to Strengthen Foundational Public Health Services

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services’s strategic, systems-wide approach to PHIG offers a national model for how flexible funding can drive sustainable public health transformation.

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Let’s Not Reinvent the Wheel: A Tool to Recruit and Retain Top Public Health Talent

The Public Health Model Job Descriptions Project is a free resource that helps health agencies modernize job descriptions and postings to better attract, hire, and retain a strong public health workforce.

Demystifying Succession Planning

This brief explains succession planning and provides resources to help agencies implement this vital retention strategy.  

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Unlocking the Power of Internal Policymaking in Data Modernization

This blog explains how health departments can make significant changes to their own internal policies and processes to help modernize their systems.

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Likely Public Health Legislative Trends for 2025

Get an inside look at prospective public health legislative trends for 2025, based on ASTHO’s legislative tracking efforts and member feedback.

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