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Project

DHHS-ACL Expanding the Public Health Workforce

Center:

GU-Guam Center for Excellence in Disabilities Education, UCEDD

Fiscal Year:

2025

Contact Information:

Michelle Aguigui
[email protected]
671-735-2489

Project Description:

Provides funding to recruit, hire, and train public health workers to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare for future public health challenges. Professionals funded through this program may provide a wide range of public health services and supports, including culturally affirmative and linguistically accessible information, assistance with accessing vaccines (including boosters) and connecting to other services, transition and diversion from high-risk congregate settings to community living, health and wellness programs, activities that address social isolation and social determinants of health, and other activities that support the public health and wellbeing of older adults and people with disabilities.

Keyword(s):

MCH Telehealth Capacity for Public Health Systems

Core Function(s):

Developing & Disseminating Information, Continuing Education/Community Training, Demonstration Services

Area of Emphasis

Quality Assurance, Health-Related Activities

Target Audience:

Adults with Disabilities, Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances, Limited English, Geographic Areas, Rural/Remote, Territory

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

Single-County, State