DEPARTMENT: Health
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Vincent R. Nathan, PhD, MPH
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Authorizing Submission for CDC Public Health Associate Program Assignees
SUMMARY:
This Ordinance ratifying the submission of four applications to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Public Health Associate Program (PHAP), and authorizing the assignment of up to four Public Health Associates in the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (Metro Health) for a two-year period beginning October 2016, and authorizes the Director of Public Health to execute all necessary documents. These positions will be 100% funded by the CDC.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Public Health Associate Program was founded in 2007 as a pilot program to support the CDC's frontline public health focus and to meet the need for a continual source of field-tested, experienced, and dedicated public health professionals. In 2010, with the help of funding from the Affordable Care Act's Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF), PHAP progressed from a pilot program to nationwide implementation-hiring 65 associates in 2010. Now the program has more than 325 associates fulfilling hands-on workforce needs in public health agencies across 44 states, one territory, and the District of Columbia.
The PHAP program provides an opportunity for front-line individuals with at least a Bachelor's Degree in science or liberal arts to gain practical experience in a public health setting. Assigned associates are civil service personnel hired by CDC to serve under an excepted service appointment not-to-exceed two years. Assignments are individually tailored to meet local needs in the delivery of public health services such as case investigation, disease surveillance, health promotion, community outreach and public health administration.
This Ordinance will allow a Public Health Associate to work in Metro Health's Communicable Disease or Operations ...
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