About the Strategic Scholars Program
The Strategic Scholars Program, a program developed and implemented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI), uses a community of practice cohort model and multiple learning modalities to build governmental public health workforce capacity in eight strategic skill areas, as well as across the eight core competencies’ domains. The program will launch its seventh cohort in February 2024; selected Public Health Scholars will have the opportunity to build their skills in Resource Management, specifically in the areas of fiscal management. This is the fifth offering of the Strategic Scholars Program that focuses on the resource management skill area. Read more about previous team experiences in this NNPHI story.
According to the de Beaumont Foundation’s Adapting and Aligning Public Health Strategic Skills, Resource Management is “a process through which current and future resources (including finances, staff, individuals with technical or subject expertise, technology, equipment, and any other component integral to organizational or programmatic operations) are strategically and efficiently allocated and deployed to the degree appropriate to achieve organizational and systems-level success and minimize waste.” With the unprecedented infusion of fiscal resources to public health as a part of COVID-19 response and recovery, health departments’ needs are greater than ever to manage human and financial resources responsibly and skillfully.
Spotlight Series: Strengthening Public Health Through Capacity Building
Public health departments are on the front lines to protect and promote communities’ health and well-being. The Strategic Scholars Program is a comprehensive cohort-based learning program that provides health professionals and teams with hands-on support, space to try out new practices, and access to proven strategies so they can provide the best possible care for their communities.
Strategic Scholars supercharges public health departments and the capacity of the governmental public health workforce nationwide. Since 2019, Strategic Scholars has supported five cohorts focused on resource management; 39 state, local, territorial and Tribal health departments; and 81 public health practitioners. Explore learnings, best practices and achievements from scholars and other resource management innovators in the following new series of spotlights.
Norwalk Health Department
Norwalk Health Department improves resource allocation to reflect community needs.
Denton County Public Health
Denton County Public Health’s grant dashboard modernizes process and delivers a boost in efficiency and collaboration.
Maricopa County Department of Public Health
Maricopa County creates a centralized grants team and a clearer path to increase funding for community needs.
Stanislaus County Health Services Agency
Stanislaus improves the contracts and grants approval process to enable public health initiatives funding.
Winnebago Public Health Department
Winnebago engages committee and community members to develop the next generation workforce.
Oregon Health Authority
Oregon Health Authority promotes community health rooted in equity.
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This project is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award (CDC-RFA-OT18-1802: Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services Through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation’s Health) totaling $500,000 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.
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