Health Administration

The Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) has released the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for 2 new grants to fight the opioid crisis.

The FDA is urging Naloxone carriers to check their product against a national recall list.

Check out the latest update from Brittan Bolin, IPHA legislative consultant.

Check out the latest update from Brittan Bolin, IPHA legislative consultant.

ChangeLab Solutions has made available a Model Health in All Policies Resolution specifically designed to help communities institutionalize a Health in All Policies approach.

IPHA, with funding from the HRSA funded Great Lakes Public Health Training Collaborative, announces the availability of up to five $1,000 Public Health 3.0 Best Practice Awards. Recipients will be certified local health departments in Illinois who propose a project to move their agency forward in implementing the PH 3.0 framework.

CDC Coalition’s FY19 request letter sent to House and Senate Labor-HHS-Education appropriations subcommittee leaders

The webinar is free and open to anyone with an interest in addressing trauma in Illinois and/or an interest in learning more about the IPHA Trauma-Free Illinois Initiative.

Check out the latest update from Brittan Bolin, IPHA legislative consultant.

This will be an exciting two-day event for local health department staff, hospitals, and community partners to explore how the Illinois public health system can integrate the recommendations and components from Public Health 3.0

On Monday, April 23, there will be a Medicaid Health Plan Benefits Open House at the Adams County Health Department in Quincy

The Aetna Foundation will award up to $2 million in grants for projects that address issues in the following domains: Built Environment, Community Safety, Environmental Exposures, Healthy Behaviors, and Social/Economic Factors.

The University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health is sponsoring scholarships to attend the Public Health 3.0 Illinois Workforce Development Forum.

On Monday, April 16, there will be a Medicaid Health Plan Benefits Open House at the Effingham County Health Department in Effingham.

In order to help inform eligible Medicaid enrollees about their new HealthChoice Illinois benefits and plan options, IlliniCare and other MCOs have scheduled 5 Medicaid Health Plan Benefits Open Houses to be held at various public health departments in central and southern Illinois.

Applications Open in April 2018 for Kresge’s Emerging Leaders in Public Health Initiative

On Friday, April 6th, there will be a Medicaid Benefits Open House at the Sangamon County Department of Public Health in Springfield.

Join the Midwestern Public Health Practice Center for a Digital Exchange of resources, best practices, and new approaches to Public Health 3.0 to build strong leaders and develop the workforce.

The IL Rural Health Association is hosting two Student Rural Health Career Forums this spring and we are in need of a Public Health Administrator and Mental Health Professional to serve as a panelist at each one. Each panelist will speak for about 5-7 minutes about what they do and what path they took to get there.

Anyone can nominate an individual community member in various categories including youth, adult, senior/retiree, AmeriCorps member, and Senior Corps member for their volunteer service efforts in 2017.

See report on bills being monitored by IPHA.

Learn about cash incentives and opportunities to lower your facilities’ energy costs.

See report on bills being monitored by IPHA.

President Trump’s second health secretary won Senate approval Wednesday.

BCBSIL is offering a Provider Workshop in Southern IL to introduce their new Medicaid program, Blue Cross Community Health Plans (BCCHP).