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Public Health Infrastructure Grant National Partner

The Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG) is a groundbreaking, multi-billion-dollar investment from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help health departments across the United States strengthen their workforce and infrastructure. Funding is designed to ensure that health departments have the people, resources and systems they need to assess, promote and protect health in the communities they serve. Funding was awarded to 107 state, local, territorial, and freely associated state health departments, and will be distributed over a five-year period (2022-2027).

Three national partners – NNPHI, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials and the Public Health Accreditation Board – support health departments in their PHIG-funded work. Together, these national partners collaborate with health agencies in their efforts to modernize data systems, recruit and retain a skilled public health workforce, and address longstanding public health infrastructure needs.

NNPHI’s role in the PHIG grant

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Nine of NNPHI’s public health institutes form a regional hub model, which allows NNPHI to coordinate and deliver tailored training and technical assistance to funded health departments across the entire United States.

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NNPHI and PHAB co-lead the PHIG National Evaluation Team, which studies the impact and efficacy of PHIG funding, technical assistance, and strategies implemented by PHIG recipients and partners.

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NPHI is supporting data modernization efforts, helping agencies develop systems that make it easier to exchange data between public health agencies, health care, and the communities they serve. In addition to supporting governmental health agencies, NNPHI is the lead national partner behind data modernization support for Tribes and Tribal-serving organizations.

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NNPHI convenes the health department workforce virtually and in-person to help public health professionals connect with their counterparts in other states or localities, share findings and lessons learned, and build sustainable partnerships.

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NNPHI develops stories and other communications products that humanize public health infrastructure work and explain the impact of PHIG to nationwide audiences.

Why NNPHI’s leadership matters

  • Greater Impact, Less Waste NNPHI helps make the most of PHIG funding by reducing duplicative efforts, sharing resources across health departments, and communicating impact across the field. This approach can help Americans’ tax dollars go further - speeding up progress, scaling what works, and strengthening the entire public health system.
  • National Trends, Local Solutions Our regional innovation hub model identifies emerging national trends that impact all health departments while providing a responsive, place-based approach to technical assistance unique to each region’s needs.
  • Strength in Numbers Local and state health departments don’t have to solve every problem on their own – NNPHI connects them to expert support and peers working through similar challenges.

Highlights from NNPHI’s regional hubs

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The Region 1 Hub, Health Resources in Action (HRIA), played a key role in helping the Massachusetts Department of Public Health establish its Ethics Advisory Committee in 2023. HRIA worked alongside PHAB to provide expert guidance and best practices related to committee formation, public health reaccreditation, and public health ethical analysis. With support from HRIA, the state health department is now equipped to address public health challenges using an ethical framework that centers equity and justice. Learn more

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Public Health Management Corporation and Health Affairs Institute

In Spring 2023, West Virginia passed Legislative Rule Series 73, establishing updated operational and service requirements for local boards of health. The hub for regions 2 & 3, the Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC) and their spoke organization, the West Virginia University Health Affairs Institute, worked with the West Virginia Department of Health to create a five-phase workplan to help 49 local boards of health fulfill the new standards. Drawing on insights from other states and PHIG partners, PHMC helped West Virginia roll out these legislative standards smoothly and effectively.

Kansas Health Institute

The Kansas Health Institute (KHI), the Region 7 Hub, and state partners developed foundational “AI 101” workshops in response to requests from four states to build artificial intelligence capacity within their health departments. KHI has assisted health departments with limited expertise with drafting AI Policy, ethical use guidelines and practices to use AI to increase organizational efficiency, strengthening long-term capacity to integrate AI into public health operations.

Access KHI's AI toolkit and chatbot for health departments
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The Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI), the hub for Region 6, played a pivotal role in helping the Louisiana Department of Health’s (LDH) Bureau of Planning and Performance design and execute a two-day strategic planning session that set priorities and performance measures for the coming years. By leading facilitation, managing logistics, and creating a space for focused collaboration, LPHI enabled LDH staff to fully engage in shaping a cohesive, forward-looking strategy for their work.

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Mississippi Public Health Institute

From July 2024 – May 2025, the Mississippi Public Health Institute, the Region 4 hub, designed and led the inaugural Emerging Leader Academy: a year-long leadership development program for high-potential public health professionals across Mississippi. The program combined assessments, retreats, expert-led sessions, and capstone projects to build skills in emotional intelligence, trust-building, conflict management, and organizational leadership. As a result, academy graduates are better equipped to lead programs and offices, influence others, and contribute to a stronger and more engaged public health workforce.

Public Health Institute (California)

Public Health Institute's Center for Health Leadership and Impact, the hub for Region 9, supported the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services in hosting the 2024 Long Beach Public Health Conference, bringing together more than 400 public health professionals and spotlighting workforce retention, development, mental health and wellbeing.

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