Each finalist brought different strengths to the new iteration of the SHLI program. We will be sure to keep ASTHO members updated on the nominations process. The working group launch is set for July 20. Experience developing and writing policies, procedures and protocols. David Harvey is executive director of the National Coalition of STD Directors. We will monitor the appointment process and share any updates as we receive them. Annual Meeting and Policy Summit Registration Open! Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: How States Can Help Advance the Knowledge Base for Primary Prevention and Best Practices of Care A policy primer giving an array of strategies and examples for state health agencies to deal with babies being born addicted to opioids. David, who is still actively involved with the organization, had a vision to motivate patients to become more active and improve ones health. North Sacramento/Grass Valley, California. Are you ready to join an organization that puts people first? But also a place of solutions, not a place of just admiring problems, but a place of collaborating to find solutions to problems. Keep up the good work please - the easiest way to submit your stories is by [email protected]. The Board of Directors is comprised of ASTHO members who provide the organization with vision and expertise that guides the organization in its endeavors. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ASTHO Hosts National Alliance for Radiation Readiness Meeting On June 27 and 28, ASTHO hosted the annual meeting of the National Alliance for Radiation Readiness in Arlington, VA. Our programs provide technical assistance and training and conduct assessment, policy development and quality assurance activities through local public health departments, community-based organizations and with a wide array of public-private partnerships. The Adolescent Health, ScreenWise & Reproductive Health Section promotes health, well-being and quality of life for all Oregonians. On Friday, ASTHO convened a call with CDC and leadership from 10 states (AZ, IL, LA, MA, NM, NC, OH, PA, TN, and WA) that will now be included as a second cohort forZika Care Connect. But until we create systems that are better set up to respond, we won't have different outcomes. Alabama Scott Harris, MD, MPH State Health Officer On June 29, ASTHO hosted an in-person meeting for the states participating in the Cancer Linkages project. We offer a work-from-home arrangement as well as generous benefits, bonus, retirement, and time off benefits as well as provisions for volunteer and healthy living activities. We will check, however, to make sure that is the case. I went to the grocery store and I turned on the radio and it was him talking to a newscaster about a beach towel that he didn't have and he should have had, and he was gonna sell it on eBay to raise funds for public health, and it was just funny and fun. ASTHO Member Directory | ASTHO The Board and a Strategic Planning Committee will oversee the process and will include a staff feedback component, as well as feedback from funding partners, affiliates, and other public health partnersand ASTHO members, of course. Through the development and use of evidence-based policies, tools, educational resources, programs and clinical preventive services we support the health and development of adolescents, and sexual and reproductive health across the lifespan. Week of June 12, 2017 ASTHO's board met in Atlanta last week and we had an excellent series of discussions with CDC leadership. Meeting with HHS Intergovernmental and External Affairs Team. David, who is still actively involved with the organization, had a vision to motivate patients to become more active and improve ones health.