CALPHO e-News April 2019

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e-news     April 2019   Input Needed: Your Experiences with HTP Hospital Stakeholder Engagement We learned about hospital transformation program (HTP) from HCPF’s new director, Kim Bimestefer, at the December 2018 CALPHO Directors meeting. Since then, hospitals have held some of their first “community health and neighborhood” meetings, which are a required part of HTP. If you have participated in any of these meetings or heard about them from people who attended, please let us know your impressions. Email Tracy with your input. Thanks! Public Health Transformation invisible text State Board of Health Votes Unanimously to Adopt Revised PH Rules Thanks to so many of you who contributed time and effort to the focus group sessions that produced the revised Colorado Code of Regulations 1014-7 Core Public Health Services. After testimony from Rick Ritter, Taryn Bailey, and Tracy Anselmo, the CO Board of Health voted unanimously to adopt the rules. This is an important milestone for public health transformation and would not have been possible without your dedication. Thank you! invisible text Transformation Cost Assessment Launches Next Week. Here’s How to Prepare. The cost assessment, which takes the place of CDPHE’s annual report, is mandatory and due by the end of June 2019. Habile consulting recommends that you take the following steps to make this as smooth a process as possible: This will require a team approach across your agency – start planning now. Designate a point person for the cost assessment, if no one is designated, the agency director will be the default. Take advantage of the multiple and varied technical assistance and tools, and multiple opportunities for in person technical assistance. Timing to complete this in other states had varied from 8 hrs total for a small organization to 40 hrs for a larger organization. Preparing ahead as much as possible by reserving some blocks of time during the months of May and June to complete the assessment.   Kudos & Accolades invisible text Pueblo Welcomes Randy Evetts as New Public Health Director Randy succeeds Sylvia Proud, who retired earlier this year after 20 years of serving Pueblo. He comes to the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment from Centura Health, where he served as the director of outreach health. Read more in this Cheiftan article. Welcome, Randy! invisible text Dr. Tista Ghosh Named CDPHE Medical Director After serving as interim medical director for the last few months, Tista was fully appointed to the position in early April. She has also joined 9Health, where she will serve as vice president of health strategy and will be working to advance their prevention mission. Congrats, Tista! CALPHO Legislative News invisible text HB 1076 Passes CO Senate, Back to House for a Concurrence Vote A tobacco bill that CALPHO is actively supporting, HB 1076, would update Colorado’s Clean Indoor Air Act to add e-cigarettes as a prohibited activity in indoor public spaces and workplaces. It just passed the Senate 25-9 in a rare weekend session. News from NACCHO invisible text Early Bird Prices for 2019 NACCHO Annual End May 18 Start making your plans now to attend NACCHO Annual 2019 in July in Orlando, FL. NACCHO is the only national organization that hosts annual conferences that specifically address the needs and concerns of local public health professionals. NACCHO Annual is one-of-a-kind, learning and networking opportunity for local health officials, and their public health partners from all geographic regions of the nation to share perspectives and engage in dialogue on common key public health practice issues. Register here. Highlights from our Partners invisible text RWJF Launches SDOH Digital Innovation Challenge Recognizing a need to help providers and patients access services and information on the social determinants of health, the Robert Wood Johnson foundation has launched an innovation challenge to spur digital solutions to this problem. RWJF is looking for solutions that can provide awareness of a community’s “SDOH landscape,” to better guide referrals and care decision making in clinical settings. Learn more here. invisible text Opportunity for Early-Career PH Professionals at APHA Advocacy Boot Camp The bootcamp will take place in Washington, DC, July 15-16. It is tailored for public health students and early-career professionals (graduating within the last five years). It aims to impart the “basics of how to advocate for evidence-based public health policies, including how to navigate Capitol Hill, how to amplify your advocacy with communications strategy and how to message your issue.” Learn more and register here. invisible text Colorado School of Public Health to Build Comprehensive Data Platform Leveraging their position as a data and research gatekeeper, the school will be building an extensive data tool accessible to public health professionals and the community. According to Tatiane Santos, who is coordinating the project, they “aim to curate an engaging and easy-to-navigate online platform through which all Colorado residents can educate themselves about the ‘State of Health’ in counties throughout the state. The online platform will provide access to an integrated database on the physical, emotional, social, environmental, and economic health of Colorado, along with state-of-the-art analytics and visualizations, that will be poised to answer broad questions.” They will be conducting some stakeholder engagement before building the tool. Learn more here. Opportunities & Resources invisible text Department of Justice Opioid Site-Based Programs Grants The Bureau of Justice Assistance at the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs is accepting applications for its Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-based Program (COAP) Fiscal Year 2019 Competitive Grant, due June 5, 2019. Information about the grant and how to apply are here. Learn more about how the COAP grant can provide assistance to help communities plan, develop, and implement comprehensive efforts to identify, respond to, and treat those impacted by the opioid epidemic by joining an informational webinar on April 29th at 2:00pm ET, which you can register for here. invisible text Click here for our curated list of funding opportunities! More resources of interest: Overdose Data to Action (Deadline: May 2) Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Implementation (Deadline: May 6) Youth Engagement in Sports: Collaboration to Improve Adolescent Physical Activity and Nutrition (Deadline: May 31) Improving Community Food Systems (Deadline: June 15) The Colorado Health Foundation Funding Opportunities(Deadlines in June and October) USDA Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant Program(Deadline: Ongoing) Economic Impact Initiative Grants(Deadline: on-going through local Rural Development office) EVENT CALENDAR   2019 CASBHC Conference May 1-3 Keystone, CO The Colorado Association for School Based Health Care (CASBHC)’s 2019 conference theme is “Bridging the Divide, Coming Together for Kids” Learn More   2019 Culture of Data Conference May 3 Parker, CO The Culture of Data (CoD) conference brings together community members, academia, state/local government and nonprofit organizations that share a goal of achieving health equity. Register   2019 NNPHI Annual Conference May 20-22, 2019 Washington, DC The National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) Annual Conference will advance conversations on preventing opioid overdose, connecting behavioral health and public health, advancing healthy aging, and much more. Register   2019 Shared Risk and Protective Factors May 29-31, 2019 Keystone, CO This conference draws young people and adults who are engaged in creating connected communities and safe, healthy, and successful youth. Register   2019 Colorado Counties, Inc. Summer Conference June 3 - 5 Keystone, CO One of two annual conference of county government leaders. Register   Civic Canopy Lecture with Angela Glover Blackwell June 6 Denver, CO This annual Canopy Lecture is designed to engage participants in an exploration of how we reweave the social fabric of communities. Tickets are $30. Register   2019 Public Health Improvement Training June 3 - 5 New Orleans, LA PHIT will feature a series of hands-on, skill-building workshops, sessions, and networking opportunities in performance improvement. Register   2019 Western Slope Rural Philanthropy Days June 12-14 Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Mesa, and Pitkin Rural Philanthropy Days (RPD) is a 3-day conference that convenes nonprofits, funders, and local governments to share ideas and opportunities to build the capacity of local organizations and communities to address regional social issues. Register   2019 Mental Health America Conference June 13-15, 2019 Washington, DC The 2019 MHA Annual Conference is themed Dueling Diagnoses: Mental Health and Chronic Conditions in Children and Adults. Learn More   2019 NACCHO Annual Conference July 9-11 Orlando, FL The 2019 theme for the NACCHO Annual is Improving the Nation’s Health Through Public and Private Partnerships. Early bird registration ends May 18. Register   2019 NALBOH Conference August 14-16 Denver, CO The 2019 National Association of Local Boards of Health Conference theme is ”Climb Every Mountain.” CALPHO will be holding it’s monthly meeting at the conference on 8/16, and will be hosting a CO specific BoH orientation as a pre-conference session on 8/14. Register   2019 Public Health in the Rockies August 28-30 Keystone, CO The 2019 PHiR is back at Keystone. The theme this year is “Equity and Social Justice: Innovation at Elevation.” Register   2019 CEHA Annual Education Conference September 17-20 Keystone, CO The Colorado Environmental Health Association’s annual conference. Save the date! Register   2019 APA Colorado State Conference September 18-20 Snowmass, CO This year's conference will focus on the balancing act that planners around the State must master. Learn More   2019 Public Health Law October 3 - 4 Plymouth, MI This summit will focus on navigating legal issues to collect, use, share and protect multi-sector data to improve the health of communities. Register   2019 All-In National Conference October 15 - 17 Baltimore, MD The third annual All In National Meeting is designed to lift up the hard-won knowledge and practical lessons from these pioneering local data sharing initiatives to accelerate our progress toward improved health equity for all. Learn More   Thank you for reading. If you have any comments or ideas for future CALPHO e-newsletters, please email us at info@calpho.org.    The purpose of this e-newsletter is to provide news updates, events and informational resources on hot topics in local public health and CALPHO. Any staff person of a CALPHO member agency is welcome to join our email list to receive this e-newsletter. If you have a colleague interested in receiving this e-newsletter, please forward this message to them. Copyright © Colorado Association of Local Public Health Officials 2019, All rights reserved.   Our mailing address is: 1385 S. Colorado Blvd., Bldg. A, Suite 622 Denver, Colorado 80222

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