File #: 23-5127    Version: 1 Name: Strengthening IL Public Health Adm.
Type: Grant Award Status: Approved
File created: 9/26/2023 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 10/19/2023 Final action: 10/19/2023
Title: PROPOSED GRANT AWARD Department: Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) Grantee: Cook County Department of Public Health Grantor: Illinois Department of Public Health Request: Authorization to accept grant Purpose: CCDPH Strengthening Illinois Public Health Administration Grant Amount: $350,000.00 Grant Period: 7/1/2023 - 11/30/2027 Fiscal Impact: None Accounts: N/A. Concurrences: The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any. Summary: U.S. public-health agencies have been fighting on the front line to protect Americans against COVID-19 for almost three years. To respond to the pandemic, public-health departments across the country have had to assume new and expanded responsibilities while continuing to deliver their core responsibilities and services as part of the public health system. Almost half of all employees in state and local public health agencies left their jobs betw...
Indexes: (Inactive) ISRAEL ROCHA JR., Chief Executive Officer, Cook County Health & Hospitals System

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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD

 

Department:  Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH)

 

Grantee:  Cook County Department of Public Health

 

Grantor:  Illinois Department of Public Health 

 

Request: Authorization to accept grant 

 

Purpose:  CCDPH Strengthening Illinois Public Health Administration

 

Grant Amount:  $350,000.00 

 

Grant Period:  7/1/2023 - 11/30/2027

 

Fiscal Impact:  None

 

Accounts: N/A.

 

Concurrences:

The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any.

 

Summary:  U.S. public-health agencies have been fighting on the front line to protect Americans against COVID-19 for almost three years. To respond to the pandemic, public-health departments across the country have had to assume new and expanded responsibilities while continuing to deliver their core responsibilities and services as part of the public health system. Almost half of all employees in state and local public health agencies left their jobs between 2017 and 2021. If this trend continues, half of the governmental public health workforce will have left their jobs by 2025.Stagnant funding and cumbersome hiring processes have left departments struggling to attract, retain and train the specialized and diverse talent they need to better reach, serve, and reflect their communities. Grant funds must be used for workforce development activities, including hiring, retention, training, and other incentives to support and sustain the public health workforce.

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