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Office of Workforce Policy and Planning
The goal of the Office of Workforce Policy and Planning  is to improve the ability of public health workers, nation-wide, to perform the essential services of public health and to prepare the workforce to respond to current and emerging health threats. The Office of Workforce Policy and Planning enhances the ability of the workforce to perform essential public health services through the following programs:
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Programs of the Office of Workforce Policy and Planning
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Workforce Development Workforce Development Strategic Plan
Activities include collaboration with partners to monitor workforce trends, identify competencies for practice, develop curriculum, design an integrated life long learning system, provide individual and organizational incentives for learning, conduct evaluation and research, and assure financial support.
Leadership Development Leadership Development
Builds leadership capacity by supporting the National Public Health Leadership Institute (PHLI), the Public Health Leadership Society, the Management Academy for Public Health (MAPH), the National Public Health Leadership Development Network, 18 state and regional leadership institutes, and the CDC/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Leadership and Management Institute.
Academic Partnerships Academic Partnerships
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have fostered partnerships with academic institutions and associations to build a diverse public health workforce pipeline, facilitate research and innovations, and strengthen academic-partnership linkages.
Centers for Workforce Development Centers for Public Health Preparedness
A national network which builds the capacity of public health and healthcare professionals to prepare for and respond to terrorism and other emerging public health threats through education and training.
Public Health Ready Public Health Ready
A program which prepares local public health agencies to respond and protect the public’s health from bioterrorism and other emergencies

This page last reviewed: July 12, 2004
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