STRENGTHENING NEW JERSEY'S PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE, WORKFORCE AND DATA SYSTEMS THROUGH INNOVATION AND COMMITMENT TO ACTION. - PURPOSE NEW JERSEY’S PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM IS AT A CRITICAL INFLECTION POINT. AS NEW JERSEY EMERGES FROM THE COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, THERE IS WIDESPREAD COMMITMENT WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM TO THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE AND TO EMBED MANY OF THE NOVEL STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL APPROACHES CREATED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. APPROACH USING PAST AND ONGOING FUNDS FROM THE CDC, NJDOH HAS LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION AND SCALABILITY OF EQUITABLE PUBLIC HEALTH OUTCOMES. THIS GRANT WILL FACILITATE CONTINUED INNOVATION AND MODERNIZATION OF NEW JERSEY’S PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM THROUGH A MATRIX OF SUPPORT TO STATE AND LOCAL HEALTH AGENCIES. WORKPLAN AND OUTCOMES STRATEGY A1: WORKFORCE –BY HIRING A WORKFORCE DIRECTOR TO LEAD A NEWLY ESTABLISHED OFFICE OF WORKFORCE PLANNING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPM

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STRENGTHENING NEW JERSEY'S PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE, WORKFORCE AND DATA SYSTEMS THROUGH INNOVATION AND COMMITMENT TO ACTION. - PURPOSE NEW JERSEY’S PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM IS AT A CRITICAL INFLECTION POINT. AS NEW JERSEY EMERGES FROM THE COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, THERE IS WIDESPREAD COMMITMENT WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM TO THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE AND TO EMBED MANY OF THE NOVEL STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL APPROACHES CREATED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. APPROACH USING PAST AND ONGOING FUNDS FROM THE CDC, NJDOH HAS LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION AND SCALABILITY OF EQUITABLE PUBLIC HEALTH OUTCOMES. THIS GRANT WILL FACILITATE CONTINUED INNOVATION AND MODERNIZATION OF NEW JERSEY’S PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM THROUGH A MATRIX OF SUPPORT TO STATE AND LOCAL HEALTH AGENCIES. WORKPLAN AND OUTCOMES STRATEGY A1: WORKFORCE –BY HIRING A WORKFORCE DIRECTOR TO LEAD A NEWLY ESTABLISHED OFFICE OF WORKFORCE PLANNING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPM