Procedural and Operational Requirements. By accepting and using the Financial Assistance awarded under this Agreement and for this Program Element, LPHA agrees to conduct activities in accordance with the following requirements: a. Implement activities in accordance with this Program Element. b. Engage in activities as described in its Section 1 and/or Section 2 work plan, once approved by OHA and incorporated herein with this reference. See Attachment 1 for work plan requirements for Section 1. c. Use funds for this Program Element in accordance with its Section 1 and/or Section 2 Program Budget, once approved by OHA and incorporated herein with this reference. Modification to the Section 1 and/or Section 2 Program Budget of 10% or more within any individual budget category may only be made with OHA approval. d. Implement and use a performance management system to monitor achievement of Section 1 and/or Section 2 work plan objectives, strategies, activities, deliverables and outcomes. e. Participate in learning collaboratives and capacity building for achieving each public health authority’s and the public health system’s goals for achieving health equity. f. Ensure LPHA administrator, LPHA staff, and/or other partner participation in shared learning opportunities or communities of practice focused on governance and public health system-wide planning and change initiatives, in the manner prescribed by OHA. This includes sharing work products and deliverables with OHA and other LPHAs and may include public posting. g. Participate in evaluation of public health modernization implementation in the manner prescribed by OHA. Requirements that apply to Section 1: LPHA Leadership, Governance and Implementation: a. Implement strategies for Leadership and Governance, Health Equity and Cultural Responsiveness, Communicable Disease Control, Emergency Preparedness and Environmental Health as described in Attachment 1 of this Program Element. b. Collaborate and partner with OHA-funded community-based organizations working in the areas of communicable disease, emergency preparedness and/or environmental public health through meetings and alignment of planned activities. c. In addition to the required prevention initiatives specified in Attachment 1 of this Program Element, LPHA may implement prevention initiatives that are responsive to the needs of the community, as pertains to Foundational Capabilities and Foundational Programs. Requirements that apply to Section 2: Regional Public Health Service Delivery: a. Implement strategies for public health service delivery using regional approaches, which may be through Regional Partnerships, utilizing regional staffing models, or implementing regional projects. b. Use regional strategies to improve Regional Infrastructure for communicable disease control, emergency preparedness and response, environmental health, and health equity and cultural responsiveness. Requirements that apply to Section 3: COVID-19 Public Health Workforce: a. Implement activities in accordance with this Program Element. b. Use funds for this Program Element in accordance with its Section 3 Program Budget, once approved by OHA and incorporated herein with this reference. Modification to Budget of 10% or more within any individual budget category may only be made with OHA approval. c. Use funds to establish, expand, train and sustain the public health workforce gained during the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes workforce that directly supports COVID-19 response activities and those supporting strategies and interventions for public health and community priorities beyond COVID-19. d. Demonstrate strategies to ensure long-term improvements for public health and community prevention, preparedness, response and recovery. e. Demonstrate strategies for eliminating health inequities, which may include workforce diversity recruitment, retention and development of innovative community partnerships. Requirements that apply to Section 4: Public Health Infrastructure: Workforce a. Implement at least one of the following activities: (1) Implement strategies and activities to recruit, hire and retain a diverse public health workforce that reflects the communities served by the LPHA. (2) Recruit and hire and/or retain new public health staff to increase workforce capacity in Foundational Capabilities and programs, including but not limited to epidemiology, communicable disease, community partnership and development, policy and planning, communications, and basic public health infrastructure (fiscal, human resources, contracts, etc.). LPHA will determine its specific staffing needs. (3) Support and retain public health staff through systems development and improvements. (4) Support and retain public health staff through workforce training and development. (5) Transition COVID-19 staffing positions to broader public health infrastructure positions. (6) Recruit and hire new public health staff, with a focus on seeking applicants from communities and populations served to provide additional capacity and expertise in the Foundational Capabilities and Foundational Programs identified by the LPHA as critical workforce needs. (7) Perform other related activities as approved by OHA in section b., below. b. LPHA must request in writing prior approval for other related activities. No such activities may be implemented without written approval of OHA.
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Samples: Intergovernmental Agreement for the Financing of Public Health Services, Intergovernmental Agreement for the Financing of Public Health Services, Intergovernmental Agreement for the Financing of Public Health Services
Procedural and Operational Requirements. By accepting and using the Financial Assistance awarded under this Agreement and for this Program Element, LPHA agrees to conduct activities in accordance with the following requirements: Requirements that apply to Section 1 and Section 2 funding:
a. Implement activities in accordance with this Program Element.
b. Engage in activities as described in its Section 1 and/or Section 2 work plan, once approved by OHA and incorporated herein with this reference. See Attachment 1 for work plan requirements for Section 1.
c. Use funds for this Program Element in accordance with its Section 1 and/or Section 2 Program Budget, once approved by OHA and incorporated herein with this reference. Modification to the Section 1 and/or Section 2 Program Budget of 1025% or more within any individual budget category may only be made with OHA approval.
d. Implement and use a performance management system to monitor achievement of Section 1 and/or Section 2 work plan objectives, strategies, activities, deliverables and outcomes.
e. Participate in learning collaboratives and capacity building for achieving each local public health authority’s and the public health system’s goals for achieving health equity.
f. Ensure LPHA administrator, LPHA staff, and/or other partner participation in shared learning opportunities or communities of practice focused on governance and public health system-wide planning and change initiatives, in the manner prescribed by OHA. This includes sharing work products and deliverables with OHA and other LPHAs and may include public posting.
g. Participate in evaluation of public health modernization implementation in the manner prescribed by OHA. Requirements that apply to Section 1: LPHA Leadership, Governance and Implementation:
a. Implement strategies for Leadership and GovernanceOrganizational Competencies, Health Equity and Cultural Responsiveness, Assessment and Epidemiology, Community Partnership Development, Communications, Communicable Disease Control, Emergency Preparedness and Environmental Health as described in Attachment 1 of this Program Element.
b. Collaborate and partner with OHA-funded community-based organizations working in the areas of communicable disease, emergency preparedness and/or environmental public health through meetings and alignment of planned activities.
c. In addition to the required prevention initiatives specified in Attachment 1 of this Program Element, LPHA may implement prevention initiatives that are responsive to the needs of the community, as pertains to Foundational Capabilities and Foundational Programs. Requirements that apply to Section 2: Regional Public Health Service Delivery:
a. Implement strategies for public health service delivery using regional approaches, which may be through Regional Partnerships, utilizing regional staffing models, or implementing regional projects.
b. Use regional strategies to improve Regional Infrastructure for communicable disease control, emergency preparedness and response, environmental health, and health equity and cultural responsiveness. Requirements that apply to Section 3: COVID-19 Public Health Workforce:
a. Implement activities in accordance with this Program Element.
b. Use funds for this Program Element in accordance with its Section 3 Program Budget, once approved by OHA and incorporated herein with this reference. Modification to Budget of 1025% or more within any individual budget category may only be made with OHA approval.
c. Use funds to establish, expand, train and sustain the public health workforce gained during the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes workforce that directly supports COVID-19 response activities and those supporting strategies and interventions for public health and community priorities beyond COVID-19.
d. Demonstrate strategies to ensure long-term improvements for public health and community prevention, preparedness, response and recovery.
e. Demonstrate strategies for eliminating health inequities, which may include workforce diversity recruitment, retention and development of innovative community partnerships. Requirements that apply to Section 4: Public Health Infrastructure: Workforce
a. Implement at least one of the following activities:
(1) Implement strategies and activities to recruit, hire and retain a diverse public health workforce that reflects with a focus on increasing staff from the communities and populations served by the LPHA.
(2) Recruit and hire and/or retain new public health staff to increase workforce capacity in Foundational Capabilities and programs, including but not limited to epidemiology, communicable disease, community partnership and development, policy and planning, communications, and basic public health infrastructure (fiscal, human resources, contracts, etc.). LPHA will determine its specific staffing needs.
(3) Support and retain public health staff through systems development and improvements.
(4) Support and retain public health staff through workforce training and development.
(5) Transition COVID-19 staffing positions to broader public health infrastructure positions.
(6) Recruit and hire new public health staff, with a focus on seeking applicants from communities and populations served to provide additional capacity and expertise in the Foundational Capabilities and Foundational Programs identified by the LPHA as critical workforce needs.
(7) Perform other related activities as approved by OHA in section b., below.
b. LPHA must request in writing prior approval for other related activities. No such activities may be implemented without written approval of OHA.
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Samples: Intergovernmental Agreement, Intergovernmental Agreement
Procedural and Operational Requirements. By accepting and using the Financial Assistance awarded under this Agreement and for this Program Element, LPHA agrees to conduct activities in accordance with the following requirements:
a. Implement activities in accordance with this Program Element.
b. Engage in activities as described in its Section 1 and/or Section 2 work plan, once approved by OHA and incorporated herein with this reference. See Attachment 1 for work plan requirements for Section 1.
c. Use funds for this Program Element in accordance with its Section 1 and/or Section 2 Program Budget, once approved by OHA and incorporated herein with this reference. Modification to the Section 1 and/or Section 2 Program Budget of 10% or more within any individual budget category may only be made with OHA approval.
d. Implement and use a performance management system to monitor achievement of Section 1 and/or Section 2 work plan objectives, strategies, activities, deliverables and outcomes.
e. Participate in learning collaboratives and capacity building for achieving each public health authority’s and the public health system’s goals for achieving health equity.
f. Ensure LPHA administrator, LPHA staff, and/or other partner participation in shared learning opportunities or communities of practice focused on governance and public health system-wide planning and change initiatives, in the manner prescribed by OHA. This includes sharing work products and deliverables with OHA and other LPHAs and may include public posting.
g. Participate in evaluation of public health modernization implementation in the manner prescribed by OHA. Requirements that apply to Section 1: LPHA Leadership, Governance and Implementation:
a. Implement strategies for Leadership and Governance, Health Equity and Cultural Responsiveness, Communicable Disease Control, Emergency Preparedness and Environmental Health as described in Attachment 1 of this Program Element.
b. Collaborate and partner with OHA-funded community-based organizations working in the areas of communicable disease, emergency preparedness and/or environmental public health through meetings and alignment of planned activities.
c. In addition to the required prevention initiatives specified in Attachment 1 of this Program Element, LPHA may implement prevention initiatives that are responsive to the needs of the community, as pertains to Foundational Capabilities and Foundational Programs. Implementation Requirements that apply to Section 2: Regional Public Health Service Delivery:
a. (1) Implement strategies for public health service delivery using regional approaches, which may be through Regional Partnerships, utilizing regional staffing models, or implementing regional projects.
b. (2) Use regional strategies to improve Regional Infrastructure for communicable disease control, emergency preparedness and response, environmental health, and health equity and cultural responsiveness. Requirements that apply to Section 3: COVID-19 Public Health Workforce:.
a. Implement activities in accordance with this Program Element.
b. Use funds for this Program Element in accordance with its Section 3 Program Budget, once approved by OHA and incorporated herein with this reference. Modification to Budget of 10% or more within any individual budget category may only be made with OHA approval.
c. Use funds to establish, expand, train and sustain the public health workforce gained during the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes workforce that directly supports COVID-19 response activities and those supporting strategies and interventions for public health and community priorities beyond COVID-19.
d. Demonstrate strategies to ensure long-term improvements for public health and community prevention, preparedness, response and recovery.
e. Demonstrate strategies for eliminating health inequities, which may include workforce diversity recruitment, retention and development of innovative community partnerships. Requirements that apply to Section 4: Public Health Infrastructure: Workforce
a. Implement at least one of the following activities:
(1) Implement strategies and activities to recruit, hire and retain a diverse public health workforce that reflects the communities served by the LPHA.
(2) Recruit and hire and/or retain new public health staff to increase workforce capacity in Foundational Capabilities and programs, including but not limited to epidemiology, communicable disease, community partnership and development, policy and planning, communications, and basic public health infrastructure (fiscal, human resources, contracts, etc.). LPHA will determine its specific staffing needs.
(3) Support and retain public health staff through systems development and improvements.
(4) Support and retain public health staff through workforce training and development.
(5) Transition COVID-19 staffing positions to broader public health infrastructure positions.
(6) Recruit and hire new public health staff, with a focus on seeking applicants from communities and populations served to provide additional capacity and expertise in the Foundational Capabilities and Foundational Programs identified by the LPHA as critical workforce needs.
(7) Perform other related activities as approved by OHA in section b., below.
b. LPHA must request in writing prior approval for other related activities. No such activities may be implemented without written approval of OHA.
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Samples: Intergovernmental Agreement for the Financing of Public Health Services, Intergovernmental Agreement for the Financing of Public Health Services
Procedural and Operational Requirements. By accepting and using the Financial Assistance awarded under this Agreement and for this Program Element, LPHA agrees to conduct activities in accordance with the following requirements:
a. Implement activities in accordance with this Program Element.
b. Engage in activities as described in its Section 1 and/or Section 2 work plan, once approved by OHA and incorporated herein with this reference. See Attachment 1 for work plan requirements for Section 1.
c. Use funds for this Program Element in accordance with its Section 1 and/or Section 2 Program Budget, once approved by OHA and incorporated herein with this reference. Modification to the Section 1 and/or Section 2 Program Budget of 10% or more within for any individual budget category line item may only be made with OHA approval.
d. Ensure the LPHA and/or Regional Partnership is staffed at the appropriate level to address all requirements in this Program Element and to fulfill Section 1 and/or Section 2 work plan objectives, strategies and activities.
e. Implement and use a performance management system to monitor achievement of Section 1 and/or Section 2 work plan objectives, strategies, activities, deliverables and outcomes.
e. f. Participate in learning collaboratives calls with OHA to discuss progress toward work plan activities, deliverables and capacity building for achieving each public health authority’s and the public health system’s goals for achieving health equitymilestones.
f. (1) Section 1: Calls scheduled on an as needed basis.
(2) Section 2: Calls scheduled quarterly.
g. Ensure LPHA administrator, LPHA staff, and/or other partner participation in shared learning opportunities or communities of practice focused on governance and public health system-wide planning and change initiatives, in the manner prescribed by OHA. This includes sharing work products and deliverables with OHA and other LPHAs and may include public posting.
g. h. Participate in evaluation of public health modernization implementation in the manner prescribed by OHA. Requirements that apply to Section 1: LPHA Leadership, Governance and Program Implementation:
a. i. Implement strategies for Leadership and Governance, Health Equity and Cultural Responsiveness, and Communicable Disease Control, Emergency Preparedness and Environmental Health as described in Attachment 1 of this Program Element.
b. Collaborate and partner with OHA-funded community-based organizations working in the areas of communicable disease, emergency preparedness and/or environmental public health through meetings and alignment of planned activities.
c. In addition to the required prevention initiatives specified in Attachment 1 of this Program Element, LPHA may implement prevention initiatives that are responsive to the needs of the community, as pertains to Foundational Capabilities and Foundational Programs. Requirements that apply to Section 2: Regional Public Health Service Delivery:Partnership Implementation
a. Implement strategies for public health service delivery using regional approaches, which may be through Regional Partnerships, utilizing regional staffing models, or implementing regional projects.
b. Use regional strategies to improve j. Develop Regional Infrastructure for communicable disease control, emergency preparedness through formation and response, environmental health, maintenance of a Regional Partnership of LPHA and health equity and cultural responsiveness. Requirements that apply to Section 3: COVID-19 Public Health Workforce:
a. Implement activities in accordance with this Program Elementother partners.
b. Use funds for this Program Element in accordance with its Section 3 Program Budget, once approved by OHA and incorporated herein with this reference. Modification to Budget of 10% or more within any individual budget category may only be made with OHA approval.
c. Use funds to establish, expand, train and sustain the public health workforce gained during the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes workforce that directly supports COVID-19 response activities and those supporting strategies and interventions for public health and community priorities beyond COVID-19.
d. Demonstrate strategies to ensure long-term improvements for public health and community prevention, preparedness, response and recovery.
e. Demonstrate strategies for eliminating health inequities, which may include workforce diversity recruitment, retention and development of innovative community partnerships. Requirements that apply to Section 4: Public Health Infrastructure: Workforce
a. Implement at least one of the following activities:
(1) Implement strategies Use a formal Regional Governance structure that includes the Fiscal Agent, other participating LPHAs and activities to recruitnon-LPHA partners for decision-making, hire resource allocation and retain a diverse public health workforce that reflects the communities served by the LPHAimplementation of OHA-approved regional work plan.
(2) Recruit Ensure funding is used to support Regional Partnership goals as well as meet the needs of all participating LPHA and hire and/or retain new public health staff to increase workforce capacity in Foundational Capabilities and programs, including but not limited to epidemiology, communicable disease, community partnership and development, policy and planning, communications, and basic public health infrastructure (fiscal, human resources, contracts, etc.). LPHA will determine its specific staffing needspartners.
(3) Support Engage with appropriate governing entities to develop business models that support regional infrastructure.
k. Implement regional strategies to address a specific communicable disease risk for the region with an emphasis on reducing communicable disease-related health disparities.
(1) Engage local and/or regional organizations as strategic partners to control communicable disease transmission.
(2) Develop and retain public health staff through systems development implement a regional system for identification and improvementscontrol of communicable disease with strategic partners.
(3) Use established best practices whenever possible.
(4) Support Develop and/or enhance partnerships with Regional Health Equity Coalitions, Federally recognized Tribes, local and retain public regional community-based organizations and other entities in order to develop meaningful relationships with populations experiencing a disproportionate burden of communicable disease and poor health staff through workforce training and developmentoutcomes.
(5) Transition COVID-19 staffing positions Work directly with communities to broader public co-create strategies to control communicable disease transmission. Ensure that health infrastructure positionsinterventions are culturally responsive.
(6) Recruit and hire new Communicate to the general public health staff, with a focus on seeking applicants from communities and and/or at risk populations served to provide additional capacity and expertise in the Foundational Capabilities and Foundational Programs identified by the LPHA as critical workforce needsabout communicable disease risks.
(7) Perform Provide regional training to health care and other related activities as approved by OHA in section b., belowstrategic partners about communicable disease risks and methods of control. Provide technical assistance to health care and other strategic partners to implement best and emerging practices.
b. LPHA must request in writing prior approval (8) Develop and implement a regional system for communications with strategic partners about disease transmission.
(9) Demonstrate capacity to routinely evaluate regional communicable disease control systems through the response to disease reports and make changes to practice based on evaluation findings.
(10) Work with the state and other related activities. No such activities may be implemented without written approval local and tribal authorities to plan for and develop regional systems for responding to environmental health threats.
(11) Complete an assessment of OHAthe region’s capacity to apply a health equity lens to programs and services and to provide culturally responsive programs and services within the last five years.
(12) Complete and implement an action plan that addresses key findings from the regional health equity assessment.
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Procedural and Operational Requirements. By accepting and using the Financial Assistance awarded under this Agreement and for this Program Element, LPHA agrees to conduct activities in accordance with the following requirements:
a. Implement activities in accordance with this Program Element.
b. Engage in activities as described in its Section 1 and/or Section 2 work plan, once approved by OHA and incorporated herein with this reference. See Attachment 1 for work plan requirements for Section 1.
c. Use funds for this Program Element in accordance with its Section 1 and/or Section 2 Program Budget, once approved by OHA and incorporated herein with this reference. Modification to the Section 1 and/or Section 2 Program Budget of 10% or more within for any individual budget category line item may only be made with OHA approval.
d. Ensure the LPHA and/or Regional Partnership is staffed at the appropriate level to address all requirements in this Program Element and to fulfill Section 1 and/or Section 2 work plan objectives, strategies and activities.
e. Implement and use a performance management system to monitor achievement of Section 1 and/or Section 2 work plan objectives, strategies, activities, deliverables and outcomes.
e. f. Participate in learning collaboratives calls with OHA to discuss progress toward work plan activities, deliverables and capacity building for achieving each public health authority’s and the public health system’s goals for achieving health equitymilestones.
f. (1) Section 1: Calls scheduled on an as-needed basis.
(2) Section 2: Calls scheduled quarterly.
g. Ensure LPHA administrator, LPHA staff, and/or other partner participation in shared learning opportunities or communities of practice focused on governance and public health system-wide planning and change initiatives, in the manner prescribed by OHA. This includes sharing work products and deliverables with OHA and other LPHAs and may include public posting.
g. h. Participate in evaluation of public health modernization implementation in the manner prescribed by OHA. Requirements that apply to Section 1: LPHA Leadership, Governance and Program Implementation:
a. i. Implement strategies for Leadership and Governance, Health Equity and Cultural Responsiveness, and Communicable Disease Control, Emergency Preparedness and Environmental Health as described in Attachment 1 of this Program Element.
b. Collaborate and partner with OHA-funded community-based organizations working in the areas of communicable disease, emergency preparedness and/or environmental public health through meetings and alignment of planned activities.
c. In addition to the required prevention initiatives specified in Attachment 1 of this Program Element, LPHA may implement prevention initiatives that are responsive to the needs of the community, as pertains to Foundational Capabilities and Foundational Programs. Requirements that apply to Section 2: Regional Public Health Service Delivery:Partnership Implementation
a. Implement strategies for public health service delivery using regional approaches, which may be through Regional Partnerships, utilizing regional staffing models, or implementing regional projects.
b. Use regional strategies to improve j. Develop Regional Infrastructure for communicable disease control, emergency preparedness through formation and response, environmental health, maintenance of a Regional Partnership of LPHA and health equity and cultural responsiveness. Requirements that apply to Section 3: COVID-19 Public Health Workforce:
a. Implement activities in accordance with this Program Elementother partners.
b. Use funds for this Program Element in accordance with its Section 3 Program Budget, once approved by OHA and incorporated herein with this reference. Modification to Budget of 10% or more within any individual budget category may only be made with OHA approval.
c. Use funds to establish, expand, train and sustain the public health workforce gained during the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes workforce that directly supports COVID-19 response activities and those supporting strategies and interventions for public health and community priorities beyond COVID-19.
d. Demonstrate strategies to ensure long-term improvements for public health and community prevention, preparedness, response and recovery.
e. Demonstrate strategies for eliminating health inequities, which may include workforce diversity recruitment, retention and development of innovative community partnerships. Requirements that apply to Section 4: Public Health Infrastructure: Workforce
a. Implement at least one of the following activities:
(1) Implement strategies Use a formal Regional Governance structure that includes the Fiscal Agent, other participating LPHAs and activities to recruitnon-LPHA partners for decision-making, hire resource allocation and retain a diverse public health workforce that reflects the communities served by the LPHAimplementation of OHA-approved regional work plan.
(2) Recruit Ensure funding is used to support Regional Partnership goals as well as meet the needs of all participating LPHA and hire and/or retain new public health staff to increase workforce capacity in Foundational Capabilities and programs, including but not limited to epidemiology, communicable disease, community partnership and development, policy and planning, communications, and basic public health infrastructure (fiscal, human resources, contracts, etc.). LPHA will determine its specific staffing needspartners.
(3) Support Engage with appropriate governing entities to develop business models that support regional infrastructure.
k. Implement regional strategies to address a specific communicable disease risk for the region with an emphasis on reducing communicable disease-related health disparities.
(1) Engage local and/or regional organizations as strategic partners to control communicable disease transmission.
(2) Develop and retain public health staff through systems development implement a regional system for identification and improvementscontrol of communicable disease with strategic partners.
(3) Use established best practices whenever possible.
(4) Support Develop and/or enhance partnerships with Regional Health Equity Coalitions, federally recognized Tribes, local and retain public regional community-based organizations and other entities in order to develop meaningful relationships with populations experiencing a disproportionate burden of communicable disease and poor health staff through workforce training and developmentoutcomes.
(5) Transition COVID-19 staffing positions Work directly with communities to broader public co-create strategies to control communicable disease transmission. Ensure that health infrastructure positionsinterventions are culturally responsive.
(6) Recruit and hire new Communicate to the general public health staff, with a focus on seeking applicants from communities and and/or at-risk populations served to provide additional capacity and expertise in the Foundational Capabilities and Foundational Programs identified by the LPHA as critical workforce needsabout communicable disease risks.
(7) Perform Provide regional training to health care and other related activities as approved by OHA in section b., belowstrategic partners about communicable disease risks and methods of control. Provide technical assistance to health care and other strategic partners to implement best and emerging practices.
b. LPHA must request in writing prior approval (8) Develop and implement a regional system for communications with strategic partners about disease transmission.
(9) Demonstrate capacity to routinely evaluate regional communicable disease control systems through the response to disease reports and make changes to practice based on evaluation findings.
(10) Work with the state and other related activities. No such activities may be implemented without written approval local and tribal authorities to plan for and develop regional systems for responding to environmental health threats.
(11) Complete an assessment of OHAthe region’s capacity to apply a health equity lens to programs and services and to provide culturally responsive programs and services within the last five years.
(12) Complete and implement an action plan that addresses key findings from the regional health equity assessment.
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Samples: Intergovernmental Agreement for the Financing of Public Health Services
Procedural and Operational Requirements. By accepting and using the Financial Assistance awarded under this Agreement and for this Program Element, LPHA agrees to conduct activities in accordance with the following requirements:
a. Implement activities in accordance with this Program Element.
b. Engage in activities as described in its Section 1 and/or Section 2 work plan, once approved by OHA and incorporated herein with this reference. See Attachment 1 for work plan requirements for Section 1.
c. Use funds for this Program Element in accordance with its Section 1 and/or Section 2 Program Budget, once approved by OHA and incorporated herein with this reference. Modification to the Section 1 and/or Section 2 Program Budget of 10% or more within for any individual budget category line item may only be made with OHA approval.
d. Ensure the LPHA and/or Regional Partnership is staffed at the appropriate level to address all requirements in this Program Element and to fulfill Section 1 and/or Section 2 work plan objectives, strategies and activities.
e. Implement and use a performance management system to monitor achievement of Section 1 and/or Section 2 work plan objectives, strategies, activities, deliverables and outcomes.
e. f. Participate in learning collaboratives calls with OHA to discuss progress toward work plan activities, deliverables and capacity building for achieving each public health authority’s and the public health system’s goals for achieving health equitymilestones.
f. (1) Section 1: Calls scheduled on an as-needed basis.
(2) Section 2: Calls scheduled quarterly.
g. Ensure LPHA administrator, LPHA staff, and/or other partner participation in shared learning opportunities or communities of practice focused on governance and public health system-wide planning and change initiatives, in the manner prescribed by OHA. This includes sharing work products and deliverables with OHA and other LPHAs and may include public posting.
g. h. Participate in evaluation of public health modernization implementation in the manner prescribed by OHA. Requirements that apply to Section 1: LPHA Leadership, Governance and Program Implementation:
a. i. Implement strategies for Leadership and Governance, Health Equity and Cultural Responsiveness, and Communicable Disease Control, Emergency Preparedness and Environmental Health as described in Attachment 1 of this Program Element.
b. Collaborate and partner with OHA-funded community-based organizations working in the areas of communicable disease, emergency preparedness and/or environmental public health through meetings and alignment of planned activities.
c. In addition to the required prevention initiatives specified in Attachment 1 of this Program Element, LPHA may implement prevention initiatives that are responsive to the needs of the community, as pertains to Foundational Capabilities and Foundational Programs. Requirements that apply to Section 2: Regional Public Health Service Delivery:
a. Implement strategies for public health service delivery using regional approaches, which may be through Regional Partnerships, utilizing regional staffing models, or implementing regional projects.
b. Use regional strategies to improve Regional Infrastructure for communicable disease control, emergency preparedness and response, environmental health, and health equity and cultural responsiveness. Requirements that apply to Section 3: COVID-19 Public Health Workforce:
a. Implement activities in accordance with this Program Element.
b. Use funds for this Program Element in accordance with its Section 3 Program Budget, once approved by OHA and incorporated herein with this reference. Modification to Budget of 10% or more within any individual budget category may only be made with OHA approval.
c. Use funds to establish, expand, train and sustain the public health workforce gained during the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes workforce that directly supports COVID-19 response activities and those supporting strategies and interventions for public health and community priorities beyond COVID-19.
d. Demonstrate strategies to ensure long-term improvements for public health and community prevention, preparedness, response and recovery.
e. Demonstrate strategies for eliminating health inequities, which may include workforce diversity recruitment, retention and development of innovative community partnerships. Requirements that apply to Section 4: Public Health Infrastructure: Workforce
a. Implement at least one of the following activities:
(1) Implement strategies and activities to recruit, hire and retain a diverse public health workforce that reflects the communities served by the LPHA.
(2) Recruit and hire and/or retain new public health staff to increase workforce capacity in Foundational Capabilities and programs, including but not limited to epidemiology, communicable disease, community partnership and development, policy and planning, communications, and basic public health infrastructure (fiscal, human resources, contracts, etc.). LPHA will determine its specific staffing needs.
(3) Support and retain public health staff through systems development and improvements.
(4) Support and retain public health staff through workforce training and development.
(5) Transition COVID-19 staffing positions to broader public health infrastructure positions.
(6) Recruit and hire new public health staff, with a focus on seeking applicants from communities and populations served to provide additional capacity and expertise in the Foundational Capabilities and Foundational Programs identified by the LPHA as critical workforce needs.
(7) Perform other related activities as approved by OHA in section b., below.
b. LPHA must request in writing prior approval for other related activities. No such activities may be implemented without written approval of OHA.Partnership Implementation
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Samples: Intergovernmental Agreement for the Financing of Public Health Services
Procedural and Operational Requirements. By accepting and using the Financial Assistance awarded under this Agreement and for this Program Element, LPHA agrees to conduct activities in accordance with the following requirements:
a. Implement activities in accordance with this Program Element.
b. Engage in activities as described in its Section 1 and/or Section 2 work plan, once approved by OHA and incorporated herein with this reference. See Attachment 1 for work plan requirements for Section 1.
c. Use funds for this Program Element in accordance with its Section 1 and/or Section 2 Program Budget, once approved by OHA and incorporated herein with this reference. Modification to the Section 1 and/or Section 2 Program Budget of 10% or more within any individual budget category may only be made with OHA approval.
d. Implement and use a performance management system to monitor achievement of Section 1 and/or Section 2 work plan objectives, strategies, activities, deliverables and outcomes.
e. Participate in learning collaboratives and capacity building for achieving each public health authority’s and the public health system’s goals for achieving health equity.
f. Ensure LPHA administrator, LPHA staff, and/or other partner participation in shared learning opportunities or communities of practice focused on governance and public health system-wide planning and change initiatives, in the manner prescribed by OHA. This includes sharing work products and deliverables with OHA and other LPHAs and may include public posting.
g. Participate in evaluation of public health modernization implementation in the manner prescribed by OHA. Requirements that apply to Section 1: LPHA Leadership, Governance and Implementation:
a. Implement strategies for Leadership and Governance, Health Equity and Cultural Responsiveness, Communicable Disease Control, Emergency Preparedness and Environmental Health as described in Attachment 1 of this Program Element.
b. Collaborate and partner with OHA-funded community-based organizations working in the areas of communicable disease, emergency preparedness and/or environmental public health through meetings and alignment of planned activities.
c. In addition to the required prevention initiatives specified in Attachment 1 of this Program Element, LPHA may implement prevention initiatives that are responsive to the needs of the community, as pertains to Foundational Capabilities and Foundational Programs. Implementation Requirements that apply to Section 2: Regional Public Health Service Delivery:
a. Implement strategies for public health service delivery using regional approaches, which may be through Regional Partnerships, utilizing regional staffing models, or implementing regional projects.
b. Use regional strategies to improve Regional Infrastructure for communicable disease control, emergency preparedness and response, environmental health, and health equity and cultural responsiveness. Requirements that apply to Section 3: COVID-19 Public Health Workforce:.
a. Implement activities in accordance with this Program Element.
b. Use funds for this Program Element in accordance with its Section 3 Program Budget, once approved by OHA and incorporated herein with this reference. Modification to Budget of 10% or more within any individual budget category may only be made with OHA approval.
c. Use funds to establish, expand, train and sustain the public health workforce gained during the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes workforce that directly supports COVID-19 response activities and those supporting strategies and interventions for public health and community priorities beyond COVID-19.
d. Demonstrate strategies to ensure long-term improvements for public health and community prevention, preparedness, response and recovery.
e. Demonstrate strategies for eliminating health inequities, which may include workforce diversity recruitment, retention and development of innovative community partnerships. Requirements that apply to Section 4: Public Health Infrastructure: Workforce
a. Implement at least one of the following activities:
(1) Implement strategies and activities to recruit, hire and retain a diverse public health workforce that reflects the communities served by the LPHA.
(2) Recruit and hire and/or retain new public health staff to increase workforce capacity in Foundational Capabilities and programs, including but not limited to epidemiology, communicable disease, community partnership and development, policy and planning, communications, and basic public health infrastructure (fiscal, human resources, contracts, etc.). LPHA will determine its specific staffing needs.
(3) Support and retain public health staff through systems development and improvements.
(4) Support and retain public health staff through workforce training and development.
(5) Transition COVID-19 staffing positions to broader public health infrastructure positions.
(6) Recruit and hire new public health staff, with a focus on seeking applicants from communities and populations served to provide additional capacity and expertise in the Foundational Capabilities and Foundational Programs identified by the LPHA as critical workforce needs.
(7) Perform other related activities as approved by OHA in section b., below.
b. LPHA must request in writing prior approval for other related activities. No such activities may be implemented without written approval of OHA.
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Samples: Intergovernmental Agreement for the Financing of Public Health Services
