Workforce Planning

How Utah Builds a Modern Public Health Data System

On the PHIG Impact Report, Nicole Yerkes, data modernization director with the Utah Department of Health and Human Services, shares how the state is using PHIG funding to advance a unified, future-ready public health data system.

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2026 PHAB Training Opportunities

Training dates for the first half of 2026 are now live on PHAB’s website. We hope to see you there!

Charting the Future: Succession Planning for Public Health (On Demand Series – No CE)

This three-part recorded training series is designed to provide local governmental public health practitioners with knowledge and tools to help develop robust succession plans and demystify the succession planning process overall.

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CHW Network Leader Recommendations for Public Health Departments [White Paper]

This document outlines how NACHW reviewed workforce recommendations, engaged Community Health Worker network leaders, and developed consensus-based guidance to strengthen state public health departments’ implementation of the Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG).

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Community Health Worker (CHW) Resources and Recommendations for the Public Health Infrastructure Grant

Find recommendations for integrating Community Health Workers (CHWs) into public health departments.