Monday, September 16, 2024
9/16/2024
The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) proposes to strengthen and expand the capacity and capabilities of the states’ chronic disease prevention and health promotion public health workforce, including State Chronic Disease Directors and State Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Staff, throughout the 59 United States, territories, and freely associated states. This collective Public Health Workforce (PHW) faces many challenges, including turnover and retirement, changing public health needs, evolving Public Health Practice, lack of workforce strategic planning, and the impact of COVID-19 on chronic disease program management. NACDD will enhance critical leadership skills for effective chronic disease public health practice, resulting in PHW better equipped to transform practice and accelerate improvements in population health in a quickly changing landscape. NACDD will employ 35 years of experience working closely in trusted partnership with CDC, Chronic Disease Directors, and other national and state-level partners; leverage extensive subject matter expertise, training/technical assistance experience, and organizational capacity; draw on experience as the CDC-designated entity for the previous five-year funding cycle; and build on successful PHW offerings to grow knowledge, skills, and competencies among Chronic Disease Directors and staff to successfully tailor, implement, and sustain impactful chronic disease program that are responsive to changing public health needs. With a membership of more than 7,000 PHW, NACDD is uniquely positioned to support and develop PHW leadership to employ innovative evidence-based approaches to effectively address long-standing and emerging chronic disease issues through dissemination of skill building, technical assistance, thought leadership, and knowledge synthesis. NACDD is committed to improving health equity, racial equity, social determinants of health, and social justice, all integral to NACDD’s mission, strategic plan, and program offerings. The purpose and outcomes of DP-23-0009 align with NACDD’s mission and strategic priorities. NACDD will accomplish DP-23-0009 outcomes by employing evidence-based organizational and staff capacity assessments to inform tailoring and disseminating educational offerings, tools, and resources; and by convening the PHW to foster the exchange of practice-based approaches that improve public health. In consultation with CDC, NACDD will address DP23-0009 NOFO strategies through Work Plan activities that include: a) conducting multiple organizational and staff capacity assessments to identify skill, competency, and infrastructure gaps among PHW and within public health organizations and to determine actionable need areas in health equity, data modernization, and social determinants of health; b) developing, tailoring, and disseminating evidence-based, multimodal educational curriculum, tools, and resources across multiple modes of technology to improve reach, knowledge saturation, and leadership capacity among PHW; c) developing an evidence-based certificate program for PHW that includes specialized and immersive field training; d) convening PHW to share effective practice-based approaches through hybrid, in-person, and/or virtual meetings and peer-sharing opportunities. NACDD will engage PHW, manage data, evaluate progress and achievement, and assess impact in all short-, intermediate-, and long-term outcomes.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
