Blogs & Articles

Four Ways Public Health Agencies Are Strengthening Grants Management

Learn how public health agencies are improving their financial management strategies and systems.

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Preventing Hypertension Through State Policy Efforts

Learn how state legislatures are working to prevent hypertension through avenues like expanded access to care, insurance, and education.

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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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