ADVANCING COLORADO'S PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE CAPACITY, DATA, AND EQUITY THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH TRANSFORMATION - THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT (CDPHE) WILL USE CDC GRANT FUNDS TO STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIPS AND BUILD RESILIENCE AMONG COLORADO’S PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE, DIRECT SYSTEMS AND RESOURCES TO PRIORITIZE HEALTH EQUITY ACROSS COLORADO, AND FUND STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS IN STATEWIDE PROGRAMS AND IN 53 LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES (LPHAS). CDPHE WILL DISBURSE 45% OF THE WORKFORCE STRATEGY FUNDING TO LPHAS IN THE FIRST YEAR USING AN EQUITABLE FORMULA FOR ALLOCATION. CDPHE WILL ALSO DISBURSE $600,000 TO TWO TRIBES IN COLORADO. THE STATE OF COLORADO MUST CONTINUE TO TRANSFORM ITS PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE. THE GOAL OF THIS PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO LEAD AND SUPPORT COLORADO’S PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM TO CREATE A STRONGER SYSTEM THAT IS FLEXIBLE, HAS ADEQUATE CAPACITY, EQUITABLE RESOURCES, AND IS SUPPORTED BY DATA AND TECHNOLOGY. CDPHE IS BUILDING CONNECTIONS AND EFFICIENC

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ADVANCING COLORADO'S PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE CAPACITY, DATA, AND EQUITY THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH TRANSFORMATION - THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT (CDPHE) WILL USE CDC GRANT FUNDS TO STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIPS AND BUILD RESILIENCE AMONG COLORADO’S PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE, DIRECT SYSTEMS AND RESOURCES TO PRIORITIZE HEALTH EQUITY ACROSS COLORADO, AND FUND STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS IN STATEWIDE PROGRAMS AND IN 53 LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES (LPHAS). CDPHE WILL DISBURSE 45% OF THE WORKFORCE STRATEGY FUNDING TO LPHAS IN THE FIRST YEAR USING AN EQUITABLE FORMULA FOR ALLOCATION. CDPHE WILL ALSO DISBURSE $600,000 TO TWO TRIBES IN COLORADO. THE STATE OF COLORADO MUST CONTINUE TO TRANSFORM ITS PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE. THE GOAL OF THIS PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO LEAD AND SUPPORT COLORADO’S PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM TO CREATE A STRONGER SYSTEM THAT IS FLEXIBLE, HAS ADEQUATE CAPACITY, EQUITABLE RESOURCES, AND IS SUPPORTED BY DATA AND TECHNOLOGY. CDPHE IS BUILDING CONNECTIONS AND EFFICIENC