National Connection for Local Public Health

Four Focus Areas

NACCHO is the national organization representing local health departments (LHDs). NACCHO provides resources, tools, and assistance to LHDs in the following focus areas:

	The Community Health program helps LHDs promote health and prevent disease.

	The Environmental Health program helps LHDs promote human health and safe environments by focusing on the relationship between people and their environments.

	The Public Health Infrastructure and Systems program helps LHDs perform their core functions and essential services.

	The Public Health Preparedness program helps LHDs enhance their readiness to respond to emergencies.

In the Spotlight

The Profile Study

NACCHO’s National Profile of Local Health Departments is the most reliable and comprehensive description of LHDs’ infrastructure and practice. Get the latest facts and figures about LHDs’ services, financing, workforce, organization, and much more! More »

Alliance for the Healthiest Nation

The Alliance for the Healthiest Nation (www.healthiestnation.org) is always looking for interesting success stories, and we want to share yours. Submit your stories on becoming healthier by speaking out and walking your talk as an individual, company, organization, community, or state to info@healthiestnation.org. These stories may appear on our Web site, marketing materials, and in our monthly newsletter. More »

Youth Involvement

This election season has fostered one of the most wide-spread youth involvement movements in political history. In addition to new voter registration efforts and young voter (ages 18-25) mobilization, youth political involvement has been at an all-time high. More »

You Need to Know

»	Public Health Thank You Day: Monday, Nov. 24: Research!America, NACCHO, and other leading public health organizations will celebrate Public Health Thank You Day, recognizing the work of LHDs around the country. More »

»	PSA Templates Now Available: PSAs can be an excellent way to spread your message on a small budget. Learn tricks of the trade and avoid reinventing the wheel by taking advantage of professionally written PSA templates. More »

»	RFP: Action Communities for Health, Innovation, and Environmental Change (ACHIEVE) Demonstration Sites: NACCHO plans to award funding to 10 local health departments to support the building or strengthening of a coalition of community partners and the development of a community action plan that address chronic disease prevention. More »

»	RFA: Supporting Linkages between State Associations of County and City Health Officials (SACCHOs) and Primary Care Associations (PCAs): NACCHO will select up to seven teams of representatives made up of one SACCHO representative and one representative from the SACCHO’s respective PCA partner organization to attend a one-day meeting on Jan. 8, 2009, in Nashville, TN. More »

»	Connect to Local Public Health with NACCHO: Learn about our member benefits. More »

On the Calendar

»	11/19/08 RAND Center for Public Health Preparedness Webinar: Quality Improvement Strategies for Public Health Emergency Preparedness: More »

»	12/08/08 20th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Healthcare: More »

»	02/18/09 2009 Public Health Preparedness Summit: Join your colleagues for the largest conference for public health and emergency preparedness professionals. More »

»	02/24/09 National Environmental Public Health Tracking Conference: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) joins our partners to announce the fourth national conference highlighting the Tracking Program. More »

»	03/02/09 Lean Six Sigma Conference: More »

»	05/18/09 World Conference on Quality and Improvement: More »