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Public Health Modernization Toolkit: Key Commitments, Priorities, and Strategies to Advance Collaboration between Public Health and Health Systems

NASHP

A precondition of sustaining these partnerships is sustained investment in state and local public health capacity. Funding for state and local health departments decreased 17 percent between 2009 and 2019, while experts estimate that an additional $4.5

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State Strategies to Increase Diversity in the Behavioral Health Workforce

NASHP

The 2020 West Virginia Behavioral Health Workforce Development Plan , a product of a state-university partnership funded through the federal State Opioid Response (SOR) grant, places specific emphasis on SUD treatment workforce, and highlights the need to engage equity and diversity leaders in behavioral health workforce development.

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Family Caregiver Services and Supports

NASHP

Florida’s 1915(b)/1915(c) MLTSS program requires managed care organizations to offer a family caregiver training program as one of several quality enhancement s, along with fall prevention in-home and information on end-of-life issues and advanced directives. Family caregivers are generally a safety net of support.

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