Workforce Development

July 2021

Check out the agenda for the MIPA summit – a free event on Wednesday, Dec 9 from 8a-12:45p (Central) –

The seminar will feature presentations on both the measles outbreak and the upcoming flu season, adult vaccinations, and current immunizations policy efforts.

The National Council for Behavioral Health will select up to 40 health officials to participate in the fifth cohort of this 8-month professional development initiative.

Governor JB Pritzker signed an executive order ensuring workforce development funding is directed to growing industries that will create the jobs of the future.

Dr. Welter emphasized the importance of leadership capacity building for bolstering the public health workforce from the grassroots up to the national level.

Illinois Workforce Development Plan 2018-2021

The PHIST Committee would like your input on 2 documents prepared on the IL Workforce Development Plan.

In addition to facts about the opioid epidemic, Ryan weaves his personal story of heroin addiction, incarceration, and how he lost his son to a heroin overdose.

Join the meeting to help develop plans for all Illinois public health students to connect with each other!

The purpose of the Forums are to expose students to the many growing careers paths available in the rural health arena and how they are not all related to direct patient care. *The Forums are free but registration is required to get an accurate headcount.

The overwhelmingly urban concentration of social work professionals leaves individuals and families in geographically less-populated areas inadequately covered by critical social support systems.