Wednesday, April 2, 2025
4/2/2025
North Carolina's Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Cooperative Agreement - North Carolina’s Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative Agreement ABSTRACT Purpose: The project will continue to maintain and increase public health program effectiveness that prepares for, responds to, and recovers from all hazards using the 10 Response Readiness Framework program priorities and three public health preparedness strategies as organized in the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) logic model. NC PHEP will utilize and expand upon our current capabilities to achieve the milestones outlined in the 2024-2029 PHEP Cooperative Agreement, as well as additional milestones identified by North Carolina (NC) PHEP. Outcomes: NC PHEP will achieve or make progress towards all outcomes described in the PHEP Logic Model. Strategy 1 – NC PHEP will conduct our Jurisdictional Risk Assessment (JRA) no later than January 31st, 2025. Using the information from the JRA, NC PHEP will apply a risk-based approach to all-hazards planning. NC PHEP will complete all discussion and operational exercises on the timeframe described in the workplan. The Capstone exercises will be chosen based on threats identified in the JRA. After Action Reports (AARs) and Improvement Plans (IPs) will identify areas for improved readiness, response, and recovery. NC PHEP will work with our information technology partners to modernize our data systems, including our syndromic surveillance system, which will advance timely identification and reporting of incidents or events that require public health action. Through the project period, the State Laboratory of Public Health (SLPH) will have improved capacity, made progress towards earliest detection of threats, and enhanced response through new methods. Strategy 2 – By the end of the project period, NC PHEP will have revised our Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication plan, which will in turn have enhanced our ability to disseminate information in a timely manner. We will have maintained our relationships with our local jurisdictions and partners and allowed us to ensure messages are applicable to and appropriate for the whole community and integration of health equity into response and recovery. Partnership with the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) will have improved coordination and support of healthcare systems. NC PHEP anticipates that by holding a community of practice in BP1, we will have made progress towards stronger community engagement. Strategy 3 – In BP1, NC PHEP will revise our administrative preparedness plans to ensure we have the mechanisms to meet administrative, workforce, and response surge requirements. These plans will be exercised in BP2. By the end of the project period, NC PHEP will make progress towards increasing hiring and decreasing vacancies. The Epidemiology Section’s new training requirements will ensure that our workforce and surge staff are ready and equipped with the knowledge and tools needed to respond to and recover from public health emergencies.
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