ACTIVITIES SUPPORTING CONNECTICUT'S INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE, WORKFORCE, AND DATA SYSTEMS - THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS LAID BARE THE PERVASIVE HEALTH INEQUITIES THAT IMPACT EVERY COMMUNITY IN OUR COUNTRY AS WELL AS THE INADEQUACY OF OUR NATIONWIDE PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE TO QUICKLY AND FORCEFULLY RESPOND TO EMERGING PUBLIC HEALTH THREATS. THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, COUPLED WITH AN AGING WORKFORCE AND INSUFFICIENT RAPID PATHWAYS INTO THE PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE PIPELINE, HAVE LED TO A SIGNIFICANT DEFICIT IN AVAILABLE PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS IN OUR STATE. ALTHOUGH THE NEED FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES EXTENDS TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN EVERY COMMUNITY IN CONNECTICUT, THERE ARE HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN OUR STATE WHERE NEW INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY ARE NEEDED MOST. AS WITH ANY OTHER STATE, COMMUNITY HEALTH EQUITY ISSUES AND HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS TEND TO BE CONCENTRATED IN AND AROUN

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ACTIVITIES SUPPORTING CONNECTICUT'S INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE, WORKFORCE, AND DATA SYSTEMS - THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS LAID BARE THE PERVASIVE HEALTH INEQUITIES THAT IMPACT EVERY COMMUNITY IN OUR COUNTRY AS WELL AS THE INADEQUACY OF OUR NATIONWIDE PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE TO QUICKLY AND FORCEFULLY RESPOND TO EMERGING PUBLIC HEALTH THREATS. THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, COUPLED WITH AN AGING WORKFORCE AND INSUFFICIENT RAPID PATHWAYS INTO THE PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE PIPELINE, HAVE LED TO A SIGNIFICANT DEFICIT IN AVAILABLE PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS IN OUR STATE. ALTHOUGH THE NEED FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES EXTENDS TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN EVERY COMMUNITY IN CONNECTICUT, THERE ARE HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN OUR STATE WHERE NEW INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY ARE NEEDED MOST. AS WITH ANY OTHER STATE, COMMUNITY HEALTH EQUITY ISSUES AND HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS TEND TO BE CONCENTRATED IN AND AROUN