CDC Foundation, ASTHO and MPHI Provide Support to Strengthen Public Health Partnerships to Advance Health Equity
As a result, governmental public health has received an influx of funding to address health inequities and to strengthen the public health workforce and infrastructure.
- As a result, governmental public health has received an influx of funding to address health inequities and to strengthen the public health workforce and infrastructure.
- The CDC Foundation, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and Michigan Public Health Institute (MPHI) announced today STRETCH 2.0, a project building upon the STRETCH Initiative (Strategies to Repair Equity and Transform Community Health ).
- This initiative aims to strengthen the relationship between the community and state public health agencies because community voice and experience is pivotal to ensuring public health prioritizes and addresses the underlying causes of public health challenges.
- STRETCH will help participating state health agencies and communities coordinate their health equity work across funding opportunities, such as the Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG).