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For Immediate Release
December 5, 2022
Contact: Elizabeth Goodsitt/Jennifer Miller 608-266-1683
DHS Awarded $45 Million to Support Public Health Workforce Development?
?Grant from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to advance public health workforce development at state and local levels over next five years?
Today, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced it has been awarded a $45 million grant to assess the statewide public health system to help build a stronger public health workforce through retention, recruitment, and training efforts. The funding is part of $3.2 billion being awarded from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to state, local, and territorial jurisdictions across the U.S. to support the public health workforce and infrastructure nationwide.
?Wisconsin?s state, local, and tribal health departments are the backbone of the work being done all across our state to support healthy individuals, families, and communities,? said Secretary-designee Karen Timberlake. ?We applaud the CDC for this investment into our state?s public health infrastructure. This is a win not only for our public health workforce, but for every community that will benefit from enhanced capacity to work collaboratively to build stronger, safer, and healthier communities.?
View the entire news release.
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