Overview of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

1. Overview of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials ASTHO Insular Areas Health Officials Summit held in conjunction with the 56th PIHOA Board Meeting Honolulu, Hawaii August 11, 2014 Presented by Katie Sellers, DrPH

2. ASTHO Today • Provides access to 59 colleagues and agencies • Shares best practices in health policy and programs • Advocates for our interests at the national level for state-based public health (i.e., Congress, the Administration, our national partners, etc)

3. Organizational Goals • Strengthen state and territorial public health effectiveness • Serve as a collective voice for state and territorial public health • Serve as a “go-to” resource • Provides valuable opportunities for networking with peers • Provide support to state/territorial health officials over their entire life cycle • Work towards aligning the governmental public health enterprise across local, state/territorial and federal sectors • Help health agencies achieve public health accreditation

4. ASTHO and the US Insular Areas • ASTHO represents states, the District of Columbia, US Territories and Freely Associated States • Cooperative agreement with CDC • Increased outreach and engagement with insular areas • Provision of technical assistance • Staff time and modest funds for consultants • July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2018

5. ASTHO’s Public Health Focus Reference: Fineberg HV. “Public health and medicine.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2011. 41(4):S149-S151.

6. Products and services:Professional development • Executive Director’s site visit to your agency • On‐boarding process and services for new state/territorial health officials • State Health Leadership Initiative; First Days: A Guide for New Health Officials, CDC Orientation • Mentoring program • Customized technical assistance funds • Mini-grants for professional or organizational development; up to $5000 total

7. Products and services:Advocacy and policy development • ASTHO Hill Day • Washington, DC event to connect state health officials with their congressional representatives • ASTHO advocacy materials • Hill Day advocacy papers, action alert talking points, at-home advocacy toolkit • Other ASTHO advocacy activities • Interaction with high‐level Administration officials, opportunities to brief and testify before federal policymakers • ASTHO policy and position statements • Environmental Public Health Tracking, Health in All Policies, Workforce Development • ASTHO legislative and regulatory tracking materials • Legislative prospectus, end of session summary, issue profiles • ASTHO legislative alerts

8. Federal Engagement ASTHO is in constant contact with federal agencies and the U.S. Congress advocating on behalf of public health priorities • Example: Prescription drug misuse programs span many agencies and organizations: CDC, SAMHSA, HRSA, ONDCP, DOD, NIH, NIDA, FDA, and NGA • Met with more than 90 Congressional offices during March 2013 as part of ASTHO’s Hill Day activities.

9. Programmatic support • Peer network activities • Senior Deputies, Chief Financial Officers Workgroup, Directors of Public Health Preparedness, State Environmental Health Directors, State Legislative Liaisons, Accreditation Coordinator Learning Community, etc. • Information on evidence‐based and promising public health programs, policies, and services • ASTHO research publications: white papers, profile reports, case studies, Have You Shared stories

10. Executive Director ORGANIZATIONAL CHART Associate Executive Director Chief of Staff Chief Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Administrative Coordinator/Scheduler ChiefFinancial Officer Finance/Grants Chief Science & Strategy Chief Health Systems Transformation Chief Public Health Practice Chief Community Health & Prevention Governance Human Resources Federal Government Relations Health Integration Preparedness Planning & Evaluation Health Improvement Member Services Family and Child Health Informatics Environmental Health Research & Evaluation Communications Survey Research State Health Policy Performance & Quality Immunization & Infectious Diseases Development Workforce Research Health Transformation Meeting Services IT & Facilities January 2014

11. ASTHO on-call • Technical Assistance 24/7 • Assistance in response to your request for information or assistance on an issue • Policy, programmatic, management issue of current concern • Through infocenter@astho.org or direct contact with staff • Emergency Operations Center support to major regional and national emergencies

12. Emergency Response ASTHO plays an important role helping state health agencies coordinate with each other, the federal government, and other parties in times of emergency. • H1N1 • Gulf oil spill • Fukushima • Hurricane Sandy • Multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis • Pacific Dengue Outbreak

13. Networking and sharing of best/promising practices • ASTHO Annual Meeting • ASTHO Policy Summit • ASTHO Senior Deputy Meeting • Programmatic conferences/meetings • Maternal and Child Health, Preparedness, Injury Prevention • Learning collaboratives • Million Hearts

14. Networking and sharing of best/promising practices • Bi-weekly all-health official calls • State Public Health Weekly newsletter • Topics • Congressional funding updates • Funding opportunity announcements • Policy updates • Emergency and outbreak response • Content-area updates and sharing of promising practices • Public health reports • Open discussion on all calls

15. Networking and sharing of best/promising practices • Next call • Notes recording available

16. Most valuable aspects of ASTHO membership • Opportunity to network with peers • Up-to-date and accurate information provided by ASTHO • Policy development and advocacy • Knowledgeable and accessible staff

17. ASTHO • Paul Jarris, MD, MBA pjarris@astho.org • Ramon Bonzon Member Services rbonzon@astho.org • Telephone/On call: 202-371-9090 • TA: infocenter@astho.org • WEB: www.astho.org