Templates & Tools

Staff Sharing: A Checklist for Developing and Implementing Agreements

As health departments seek innovative approaches to workforce recruitment and retention, one strategy is to share personnel who hold essential skillsets, whether on a one-time or ongoing basis. This checklist is structured to help health departments…

Public Health Foundation’s Performance Management Toolkit

Performance management systems provide a structured approach to tracking key organizational metrics. This toolkit breaks down the approaches and components of a performance management system.  

ASTHO’s Guide for Sustainable Public Health Accreditation

Health departments can demonstrate meeting national standards for quality and performance through PHAB Accreditation. This guide from ASTHO offers templates and examples to help health departments plan for Accreditation and Reaccreditation.

ASTHO’s Quality Improvement Plan Toolkit

The QI toolkit from ASTHO and the North Carolina Institute of Public Health can assist state and territorial health department staff with creating a QI plan and preparing for PHAB Accreditation. The…

PHAB’s Performance Management System & Quality Improvement Plan Template

This template from PHAB provides an overview of performance management and quality improvements, examples, and a template plan for health departments. The template aligns with v2022 of the Standards & Measures for…