Podcast From Washington: Experts Discuss Changes in Local Health Department Infrastructure From New Forces of Change Survey Report
Release Date: 06/14/2024
NACCHO’s Podcast From Washington: Experts Discuss Key Findings From NACCHO’s New 2024 Public Health Informatics Profile
The NACCHO Podcast Series
Washington, DC, August 23, 2024 — On this month’s podcast, the ’ (NACCHO) Victoria Van de Vate, Director of Government Affairs, and Lauren Mastroberardino, Government Affairs Senior Specialist, provided an outlook for federal funding this fall, amid the summer Congressional recess and the upcoming election season. They also discussed the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill (also known as the Labor-HHS bill), and how that sets up possible funding negotiations later this year. For more updates...
info_outline
NACCHO’s Podcast From Washington: Experts Discuss Key Findings From NACCHO’s Recent Immunization Study
The NACCHO Podcast Series
Washington, DC, July 12, 2024 — On this month’s podcast, the ’ (NACCHO) Victoria Van de Vate, Director of Government Affairs, and Lauren Mastroberardino, Government Affairs Senior Specialist, discussed the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill (also known as the Labor-HHS bill). The bill covers topline dollar amounts for key public health agencies as well as programs important to local health departments. For more updates and to subscribe to the weekly newsletter, visit: . Later in the...
info_outline
Podcast From Washington: Experts Discuss Changes in Local Health Department Infrastructure From New Forces of Change Survey Report
The NACCHO Podcast Series
Washington, DC, June 14, 2024 — On this month’s podcast, the ’ (NACCHO) Victoria Van de Vate, Director of Government Affairs, and Lauren Mastroberardino, Government Affairs Senior Specialist, provided an outlook on the Fiscal Year 2025 federal funding landscape and the implications for local public health. Later in the program (5:02), NACCHO’s Kellie Hall, Director of Data Communications; David Okereke, Senior Research Specialist; Victoria Van de Vate, Director of Government Affairs; and Meghan Shea, Senior Program Analyst for Informatics, discussed important research...
info_outline
Podcast From Washington: Update on H5N1 and Local Health Department Pilot Program Addresses Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy
The NACCHO Podcast Series
Washington, DC, May 17, 2024 — On this month’s podcast, the ’ (NACCHO) Adriane Casalotti, Chief of Government and Public Affairs, and Victoria Van de Vate, Director of Government Affairs discussed the current status of the H5N1 avian “bird” flu outbreak in dairy cattle and the situation on coordinating a federal-level response, from making personal protective equipment (PPE) readily available to testing livestock and farmworkers. The (CDC) recommends that local health departments connect individuals to testing if they observe an increase in sick animals and farmworkers,...
info_outline
Podcast from Washington: New Changes to the WIC Program and Local Health Officer Discusses Overdose Crisis in America
The NACCHO Podcast Series
Washington, DC, April 19, 2024 — On this month’s podcast, the ’ (NACCHO) Victoria Van de Vate, Director of Government Affairs, and Lauren Mastroberardino, Government Affairs Senior Specialist, spoke about recent changes to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program and for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, which include programs and agencies crucial for public health. Sign up to receive our Congressional Action Alerts. Later in the program (5:14), Emily Winkelstein, Director of Overdose...
info_outline
Podcast from Washington: Local Public Health on the Hill Recap and Local Health Department Addresses the U.S. Measles Outbreak
The NACCHO Podcast Series
Washington, DC, March 22, 2024 — On this month’s podcast, the ’ (NACCHO) Victoria Van de Vate, Director of Government Affairs, and Lauren Mastroberardino, Government Affairs Senior Specialist, recapped NACCHO’s annual Local Public Health on the Hill event, which engaged over 100 Congressional Offices on key policy and funding needs of local health departments. Later, they discussed the release of President Biden’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget proposal. Learn more about the , and read NACCHO’s blog post, “.” Later in the program (6:21), Robin Mowson, Director of...
info_outline
Podcast From Washington: FY2024 Appropriations Update and NACCHO Releases New Data on Local Health Department Infrastructure and Services
The NACCHO Podcast Series
On this month’s podcast, the ’ (NACCHO) Lauren Mastroberardino, Government Affairs Senior Specialist, gives an update on the FY2024 appropriations negotiations and what to expect from Congress. Later in the program (2:36), Timothy McCall, NACCHO’s Director of Research, was joined by NACCHO staff, Adriane Casalotti, Chief of Government and Public Affairs, and Victoria Van de Vate, Director of Government Affairs, to discuss on the recent release of the (Profile Study). The Profile Study represents the largest and most reliable data source on local health department infrastructure...
info_outline
Podcast from Washington: Hill Update and NACCHO’s 2024 Legislative and Policy Agenda
The NACCHO Podcast Series
On this week’s podcast, the ’ Victoria Van de Vate, Director of Government Affairs, and Lauren Mastroberardino, Government Affairs Senior Specialist, cover the appropriations process and give an update on government funding, including of unobligated funds. They also discuss NACCHO’s 2024 legislative and policy agenda, highlighting this year’s most important issues for local public health. Sign up for the weekly newsletter:
info_outline
Podcast From Washington: Harassment of Public Health Officials During COVID-19 and its Lasting Impact
The NACCHO Podcast Series
On this week’s podcast, the ’ Victoria Van de Vate, Director of Government Affairs, and Lauren Mastroberardino, Government Affairs Senior Specialist, provided a Congressional update on upcoming government funding challenges. They also discussed recent letters that NACCHO sent to the on and to the Division of STD Prevention . Later in the program (4:50), Timothy McCall, NACCHO’s Director of Research, hosted a discussion with co-authors Rita Burke, Associate Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences and Pediatrics at the ; Larissa Chiari-Keith, Chief...
info_outline
Podcast From Washington: NACCHO Talks Alarming Rise in Syphilis Cases and Local Health Departments Work to Improve Public Health Infrastructure
The NACCHO Podcast Series
On this week's podcast, the Victoria Van de Vate, Director of Government Affiars, and Lauren Mastroberardino, Government Affairs Senior Specialist, provided an update on the new "laddered" Continuing Resolution, which created two funding deadlines in early 2024 and avoided an end-of-year government shutdown. They gave an analysis on the House Labor-HHS bill. Also, Mastroberardino and Van de Vate discussed NACCHO's recent response to an RFI from Senator Bill Cassidy on modernizing the CDC as well as a urging them to prioritize the Bicillin L-A shortage, which is the only treatement...
info_outlineWashington, DC, June 14, 2024 — On this month’s podcast, the National Association of County and City Health Officials’ (NACCHO) Victoria Van de Vate, Director of Government Affairs, and Lauren Mastroberardino, Government Affairs Senior Specialist, provided an outlook on the Fiscal Year 2025 federal funding landscape and the implications for local public health.
Later in the program (5:02), NACCHO’s Kellie Hall, Director of Data Communications; David Okereke, Senior Research Specialist; Victoria Van de Vate, Director of Government Affairs; and Meghan Shea, Senior Program Analyst for Informatics, discussed important research findings from NACCHO’s 2023 Forces of Change Survey, which assesses changes in local health department infrastructure driven by public health trends. The recently released report describes local health department billing capacity, the use and growth of the community health worker workforce, social determinants of health activities, and data modernization efforts.
To learn more about the findings from the 2023 Forces of Change Survey, visit www.naccho.org/forces.
###
About NACCHO
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) represents the over 3,300 local governmental health departments across the country. These city, county, metropolitan, district, and tribal departments work every day to protect and promote health and well-being for all people in their communities. For more information, visit www.naccho.org.