Calendar of Events

ASTLHLO

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Association of State and Territorial Local Health Liaison Officials

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Events and Activities

ASTLHLO
2007 Annual Meeting

Meeting Notes from Sylvia Pirani, Immediate Past President

Ten of us representing nine states (New York, Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Washington, Missouri, Connecticut, Oregon and Alabama) had a great meeting on Wednesday in Columbus as part of the NACCHO meeting. We did the following (though not in this order):

1. Met with Grace Gorenflo from NACCHO and Dr. Al Gray, the new CEO of the Public Health Accreditation Board (http://www.phaboard.org) and learned about the progress that the new agency is making toward establishing a process to accredit state and local health departments.

2. Discussed the NACCHO development of a new local health director orientation program (www.naccho.org).

3. Heard from each state representative on the public health
practice/infrastructure/workforce issues each is working on with the local health departments and boards of health. As a result of this discussion, we identified resources that states are eager to share; these are in the ASTLHLO Sharing Document.

3. Identified some topics that we would like to discuss on our regular conference calls. These include the following:

Costing Out Public Health, Strategies and Issues Related to Small Local Health Departments that are combining as districts/regions to improve service delivery, Education and Experience Requirements

for Public Health Directors/Commissioners, Workforce Development, Recruitment, Retention and Preparing Future Leaders, State Progress

Toward Accreditation, and How States' Local Health Liaisons Conduct Customer Service.

4. Agreed that the affiliate should meet monthly by conference call.

5. Proposed that we allocate funding to support strategic planning.

6. Unanimously approved the new slate of officers (see the ASTLHLO association information frame on the Home Page).

Special Events

ASTLHLO
2008 Annual Meeting
Sacramento, CA

Our 2008 Annual Meeting

will be held in conjuction

with the

ASTHO - NACCHO Joint Conference

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Please visit this page for future updates

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Meet colleagues from other states, help develop ASTLHLO strategies for the coming year, hear from national experts, participate in lively discussion on local public health improvement and make new friends!

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Conference Calls

Conference calls are hosted by the ASTLHLO President, each month. The purpose of these calls is to update members on new and evolving public health initiatives and issues occuring at the national level, and to discuss and share member experiences on a variety of special topics.

The dial-in phone number and participant code are provided by e-mail approximately two weeks prior to each call. All conference calls are from 3:00 to 4:00 PM (EST).

Meeting Notes for each conference call are available below.

Conference Call Calendar

Topics

September 10, 2007

Improving Local Services Through Regionalization

and

Funding of Local Liaison Positions

October 15, 2007

Costing Out Public Health

November 19, 2007

Requirements for Public Health Directors/Commissioners

December 10, 2007

Workforce Development, Recruitment, Retention and Preparing Future Leaders

January 14, 2008

State Progress Toward Accreditation

February 11, 2008

How State Local Health Liaisons Conduct Customer Service

Meeting Notes:

September 10, 2007

October 15, 2007

Prospective members are welcome to learn more about ASTLHLO by attending an event.

For more information, please contact us.

2008
Association of State and Territorial Local Health Liaison Officials