Workforce Retention and Support

How South Carolina Is Building a Stronger Workforce

On the PHIG Impact Report, Karla Buru, deputy director of health strategy and external affairs and chief of staff for the South Carolina Department of Public Health, discusses the agency’s Supplemental Tuition Assistance Program (STAP), an…

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Building Public Health Fellowships and Pathways to Employment in California

Learn how California is empowering new public health professionals and building its public health workforce.

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Strategic Skills Collaborative

Join a peer-to-peer virtual community dedicated to strengthening the public health workforce’s strategic skills

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Finding Joy at Work: How Wake County Public Health Is Building a More Resilient Workforce

Wake County used listening tours to guide wellness offerings, tailored clinical sessions with professional counselors and social workers, and programming built around what staff said brings them joy.

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Kentucky Uses PHIG to Give 61 Local Health Departments the Resources they Need to Serve Communities Well

Kentucky is expanding workforce capacity by allocating PHIG funds directly to local health departments and partnering with the Kentucky Health Departments Association on tuition assistance programs.

Image of Ashley Carroll, Workforce Training Program Administrator at the Kentucky Department, speaking in an interview.