On March 23, 2023, ASTHO President Anne Zink testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies regarding sustainable and flexible public health funding.
President Biden Releases FY24 Budget Proposal On March 9, the White House released President Biden’s FY24 budget proposal, which outlines the Administration’s funding priorities for the upcoming fiscal year. As a reminder, Congress has the ...
On April 4, 2022, the U.S. Senate indicated that they have reached an agreement on a $10 billion bipartisan emergency supplemental funding bill for the federal COVID-19 response.
This guide captures the experiences and best practices of state and local public health agencies and their partners who are currently in the Cardiff Model implementation phase.
The second half of Public Health Review's story on the opioid epidemic explores how coalitions in Kentucky are driving prevention efforts, what public health practitioners in West Virginia are doing to identify and care for newborns ...
One of tools presidents have to implement and drive their strategy are executive actions. Executive orders and presidential memoranda carry the force of law and allow presidents to move quickly, deliver a clear message, organize the ...
ASTHO Urges Congress to Increase Funding for Public Health Programs ARLINGTON, VA—Today, John Wiesman, ASTHO president and secretary of health at the Washington State Department of Health, submitted written testimony to the House ...
ASTHO Applauds Bipartisan Budget Deal ASTHO Applauds 2018 Bipartisan Budget Deal ARLINGTON, VA—Today, President Trump signed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 into law ending the very brief government shutdown. John Wiesman, ASTHO’s ...
Midterm Elections: Predictions on Congressional Priorities for Upcoming Session astho, association of state and territorial health officials, public health, opioid crisis, congressional priorities, sequestration cuts, healthy future task ...
ASTHO legislative alert, Dec. 20, 2022: End-of-Year Funding and Policy Package Summary
Public Health Implications of Debt Limit Increase astho, association of state and territorial health officials, debt ceiling, legislative alert, debt limit increase, debt limit, public health, covid funding, federal spending, president joe ...
In recent years, states and territories have started looking at braiding and layering funding streams as a way to leverage existing resources to achieve population-level impact. Adverse childhood experiences is one area that lends itself ...
Public Health Organizations Unite in Call to Restore State and Local Emergency Funding and Approve Emergency Supplemental for Zika ARLINGTON, VA—As the weather warms and the threat of Zika virus intensifies, state and local health agencies ...
State Health Officials to Congress: Act on Zika Funding Now ARLINGTON, VA—While Congress debates the future of federal funding for Zika preparedness and response, the Zika virus continues to spread. Rising case numbers and new information ...
COVID-19 revealed the dire straits of public health; now, with renewed funding, public health leaders discuss how to use COVID funding to build and maintain sustainable infrastructure.
On this episode, we examine opportunities for bipartisanship and forecast what the public health landscape may look like in the wake of the 2018 midterm elections.