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PUBLIC HEALTH TASK FORCE 2004: PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS <br />PUBLIC HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />PART I: CORE INFRASTRUCTURE <br />Accreditation Committee <br />1. Establish state -level support for a mandatory system of accreditation and an Accreditation <br />Board. $ 989,000/Page 12 <br />2. Fund local health departments on a one -time basis in their year of accreditation. <br />$ 1,100,000 annually for four (4) years /Page 12 <br />Accountability Committee <br />3. Establish an Office of Public Health Accountability. $ 300,000/Page 14 <br />4. Fund local health departments to improve their capacity to provide the Ten Essential Public <br />Health Services that will improve health outcomes and eliminate health disparities. <br />$15,000,000/Page 16 <br />Workforce Development Committee <br />5. Assess the needs of the public health workforce by: <br />Conducting a short-tern workforce assessment study; and $ 150,000/Page 18 <br />Identifying and disseminating core public health competencies. $ 10,000/Page 18 <br />6. Assure an adequately trained public health workforce by: (Page 19, all) <br />Developing and implementing an outreach and recruitment plan to ensure an <br />adequate, capable, culturally competent and diverse public health workforce.. <br />$10,000 <br />=> Fully funding necessary maintenance and operational needs of the Public Health <br />Training & Information Network (PHT1I); $ 600,000 <br />=> Creating public health internships at the state and local level; $ 150,000 <br />=* Creating public health scholarships; and $ 200,000 <br />=> Requiring training for Board of Health members and selected public health <br />management positions. $ 100,000 <br />5 <br />