Fellow Resources

Onboarding Information

Welcome to the New York State Public Health Corps (NYSPHC)!

We are pleased that you are part of this program as a Fellow at the New York State Department of Health, a Local Health Departments (LHD), or a community-based organization (CBO), referred to as "Host Organizations." This section provides information about recommended and mandatory training and education sessions offered throughout your Fellowship period. We ask that you review the onboarding checklist and orientation handbook upon joining the project and refer to it whenever needed. The orientation handbook serves as a general guide for understanding the NYSPHC project, staff, and stakeholder responsibilities. The orientation handbook also has room at the end to record your participation in the training and events listed below. The NYSPHC Fellow Onboarding Checklist should be used as a tool to guide you through the first six months of your Fellowship.

October Orientation in the LMS:

NYSPHC Townhall - August 21, 2024
- Meet with NYSPHC and PCG with additional questions and programmatic overview/expectations
Slides | The recording link can be found here. Password: NYSPHC@2024

NYSPHC Core Competencies

The NYSPHC Fellowship Program measures competency gain during the Fellowship period through program evaluation efforts. A focus on core competencies for public health professionals through training and education enables participants to be successful practitioners of public health.

The Core Competencies for the NYSPHC Fellowship Program are:

Effective Communication: Communicate in a way that persuades different audiences to act.
Data-Based Decision Making: Identify appropriate sources and evidence-based approaches to address public health issues.
Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI): Support development of a diverse public health workforce demonstrated through incorporating health equity and social justice principles to deliver socially, culturally, and linguistically appropriate programs and services to individuals and the populations in a community.
Budget and Financial Management: Identify financial analysis methods used to leverage funding mechanisms to develop sustainable funding models to support programs and services.
Change Management: Assess the drivers in one’s community to modify programmatic practices that may influence public health programs and services.
Systems & Strategic Thinking: Create and apply quality improvement processes to address the impacts of social determinants of health in individuals, families, and the overall community.
Community Engagement: Engage community members in the design and implementation of programs to improve health in a community.
Cross Sectoral Partnerships: Build and engage collaborations within the public health system among traditional and nontraditional partners to improve the health of a community.
Policy Engagement: Collect information and identify options for the feasibility of implementing policies external to the organization that affect the health of the community.
Specialized Skills: Technical skills and content knowledge specific to a programmatic area.

What are Core Competencies and how were they developed?

Used by public health agencies and academic institutions across the country, the Core Competencies provide a framework for workforce development planning and action, and can serve as a starting point for public health professionals and organizations working to better understand and meet workforce development needs, improve performance, prepare for accreditation, and enhance the health of the communities they serve. Organizations are encouraged to interpret and adapt the Core Competencies in ways that meet their specific organizational needs. (Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals)

The Core Competencies are a set of agreed upon knowledge, skills and abilities identified as key to the success of public health professionals, and are used nationally as a framework for public health workforce development. The concept and original Core Competencies were initially conceived by the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) and have had multiple updates through the years since 2001.

In 2014, the de Beaumont Foundation introduced the Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey (PH WINS), which measures training needs, and is the only nationally representative survey of state and local government public health employees in the United States. PH WINS uses a modified subset of the Core Competencies to measure training needs that are actionable and measurable and provides the data through a national dashboard and through password protected dashboards to participating health departments. PH WINS also aligns with the de Beaumont Foundation’s strategic skills and ultimately supports the public health workforce by measuring strengths and gaps to inform future investments in funding, training, recruitment, and retention. You can find the PH WINS 2021 National Dashboards here.

The NYSPHC Core Competencies form the foundation of Fellow training programming, and related topics are presented throughout the Educational Series, Regional Consortia Meetings, and the annual NYSPHC Summit. The Public Health Essentials certificate course and the Building Expertise in Administration and Management (BEAM) Certificate Program also covers several of the NYSPHC Core Competencies. Assessment of competency gain will be executed through surveys throughout the Fellowship period.

eCornell: Public Health Essentials Certificate Program

By the end of this Public Health Essentials Training, you will be equipped with tools and skills needed to excel in the public health field. After your successful completion of the training program, you will receive a professional certificate from Cornell University.

The course is fully online, facilitated, and asynchronous in nature, meaning there is no set time to meet with a class. You can work at your own pace to meet the deadlines for assignments.
Through the class, you will build a learning community with other New York State Public Health Corps Fellows. Please plan to spend about 5 hours per week on your learning.
The course work that you’ll complete will help you accelerate your impact in your communities, help you support COVID-19 education and awareness, increase demand for and acceptance of vaccines, support COVID-19 prevention practices, help connect clients with services, and contribute to health promotion and preparedness activities addressing the social determinants of health.

Instructions for enrollment will be sent after you begin your Fellowship. After enrolling, you will receive an automated confirmation email from eCornell (ec_helpdesk@cornell.edu). Please check your spam or junk folder in case the enrollment confirmation is not in your inbox. The confirmation email will have information about the course start date, how to access the online course, and a form to complete if you need learning accommodations. If you have any questions regarding the Cornell University Public Health Essentials Program, please email: ec_helpdesk@cornell.edu.

Fellows who have previously completed the Public Health Essentials Training will be required to complete the Public Health Leadership Essentials certificate program. This engaged certificate program helps Fellows build out their public health leadership toolkit to support planning, implementation, and performance. Following successful completion of the training program, Fellows will receive a professional certificate from Cornell University. More detailed information will be shared in late 2024.

FAQs on Proper Citation and Plagiarism

Q: What is plagiarism?

A: Plagiarism is when you write or say other people’s words, or use their graphic or image, without giving them the credit.

Q: Why does plagiarism matter?

A: Plagiarizing is kind of like stealing. If others have done the research, crafted great writing, developed a cool infographic, they deserve the credit!

Q: Can I use other people’s words or graphics?

A: Yes, in many cases you can, but you need to give them credit. This is called “citation.”

Q: What is citation?

A: Citation is when you give someone credit for the facts or words or ideas or graphics you are sharing. The added benefit of citation is that is shows the reader that you have done background work and that your ideas are based on facts or evidence.

Q: How do I avoid plagiarism?

A: If you’ve used someone else's ideas: list the source (website, book, author, etc.). If you’ve used someone else's words: put the words in “quotation marks” to show that you are quoting someone, and list the source (website, book, author, etc.). If you read someone else’s words and then re-state them as your own, this is called paraphrasing. In this case, you do not need to use “quotation marks” but you do need to list the source (website, book, author, etc.).

Q: Why is proper citation important?

A: Documents are more trustworthy to a reader if there are citations. It shows that the writer is using evidence to elaborate ideas, not just making stuff up!

Building Expertise in Administration and Management (BEAM) Certificate Program

The Building Expertise in Administration and Management (BEAM) certificate program is offered by the University of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine and the School of Business Administration in partnership with the de Beaumont Foundation to develop public health leaders. Through the BEAM certificate program, public health professionals will gain a solid foundation in essential business administration skills that are necessary for career growth and professional development. Students will examine basic budgeting in public health, finance, accounting, contracts, resource management, and strategic thinking.

The BEAM Certificate program is an online, self-paced, interactive, 15-to-20-hour certificate program built around six learning priorities (modules):

Strategic Problem Definition — Understanding the challenges underlying resource allocation.
Budgeting — Developing budgets by allocating staff and financial resources to best achieve program goals and outcomes.
Procurement — Learning about the procurement process, including federal, state, and organizational rules for allocating funds to external entities.
Contracts — Understanding contract development and execution, including scopes of work and outcomes-based expectations.
Contract Monitoring — Learning how to analyze, report on, and document a contractor’s performance.
Financial Health — Understand the importance of a program’s financial health in relationship to the organization’s financial health.

New York Learns Public Health (NYLearnsPH) Learning Management System (LMS)

About the New York Learns Public Health (NYLearnsPH) Learning Management System:

The LMS is a web-based tool designed to facilitate the registration and tracking of learners in competency-based courses for staff in state, local public health and allied health agencies throughout New York. The LMS allow Users (Learners) to search an online Course Catalog, enroll in courses, complete online quizzes, and track their continuing education.

LMS Support: Call 518-473-4223 and select Option 3, or email edlearn@health.ny.gov

NYLearnsPH URL: https://nylearnsph.com

Fellow LMS Accounts:

Fellows who are new to the LMS must register for the system. The guide linked below, “New User Registration”, explains how to register as a first time user.
Once you have successfully registered for the LMS, you will be able to enroll in the Educational Series Certificate program by following the steps in the guide, “Certificate Program Enrollment.”
Fellows with existing accounts should test their login to be sure you have access to the system. For assistance with username or password refer to the guide, “Retrieving Account Information.” For assistance with secret questions or to update your email address, email edlearn@health.ny.gov and provide a phone number and date/time you can be reached for assistance.

Please see user guides below:

NYSPHC Educational Series

The New York State Public Health Corps (NYSPHC) Educational Series consists of live monthly educational sessions with various topics and speakers focusing on relevant public health topics. The sessions will be recorded and made available through the LMS to ensure all NYSPHC Program Participants have access. The goal of the Educational Series is to provide NYSPHC Program Participants with opportunities to expand their strategic skills and knowledge on emerging public health activities, programming, and state priorities. Fellow participation with the NYSPHC Education Series trainings is mandatory.

Series 3 (October 2024 through July 2025)

Effective Communication

October 9th, 2024, 12PM to 1PM
Title: Engaging Our Communities: Health Equity in New York State
PPT Slide Deck
Recording & Quiz Questions in the LMS

Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI)

November 13th, 2024, 12PM to 1PM
Title: Fostering Impactful Engagement: Community-Centered Strategies for Equitable Public Health Programs
PPT Slide Deck
Recording & Quiz Questions in the LMS

Policy Engagement

January 8th, 2025, 12PM to 1PM
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Recording & Quiz Questions in the LMS

Community Engagement

February 12th, 2025, 12PM to 1PM
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Recording & Quiz Questions in the LMS

Cross Sectoral Partnerships

April 9th, 2025, 12PM to 1PM
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PPT Slide Deck
Recording & Quiz Questions in the LMS

Specialized Skills #1

May 14th, 2025, 12PM to 1PM
Title: Visualizing New York State Data: An Overview of the Prevention Agenda and Community Health Indicator Reports Dashboards and How to Use Excel to Generate Your Own Visualizations
PPT Slide Deck
Recording & Quiz Questions in the LMS

Specialized Skills #2

July 9th, 2025, 12PM to 1PM
Title:
PPT Slide Deck
Recording & Quiz Questions in the LMS

Consortia Meetings

The New York State Public Health Corps (NYSPHC) Consortia Meetings will consist of three live sessions per Fellowship year for a total of six sessions during the Fellowship period. The purpose of the consortia meetings is to bring Fellows, Supervisors, host organization staff, and Mentors together to collectively enhance the public health infrastructure at host organizations through collaboration and networking with an informational presentation followed by breakout sessions to further discuss the meeting topic and promote networking. Consortia Meetings also feature four Fellow Spotlights per meeting to showcase Fellow projects and promote networking amongst Fellows doing similar work.

Fellow participation with the NYSPHC Consortia Meetings is not mandatory but is highly encouraged. Depending on the content of the session, Consortia meetings may not be recorded so, again, we strongly encourage live participation.

Year 1 - September 2024 through March 2025

September 2024

Title: Leadership Compass
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December 2024

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March 2025

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Year 2 - September 2025 through March 2026

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December 2025

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March 2026

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Newsletters

NYSPHC Friendly Newsletter (Bi-annual)

Check back Fall 2024!

eDistance Learning Newsletter (monthly)

Aware Prepare Newsletter (monthly)

Public Health Podcasts

New York Public Health Now is a conversational bi-weekly podcast with a rotating roster of passionate, front line public health specialists at the New York State Department of Health and beyond.

With each new episode, Public Health Now will talk about timely and important topics such as health equity, the opioid epidemic, respiratory viruses, maternal mortality, Medicaid recertification, climate change, air and water quality, and more. We’ll also discuss all the great work happening at the Department in places like the Wadsworth Center, New York’s world-class public health laboratory, and New York State of Health, our health insurance marketplace.

Questions or comments: PublicHealthNowPodcast@health.ny.gov

The Public Health Spotlight Podcast

Join The NYSPHC Fellowship Program And Get Hands-On Public Health Experience!

Check out this episode of the Public Health Review Morning Review featuring Kara Kane, Public Information Office from Erie County Department of Health.

NYSPHC Fellow Travel Center

This list includes our NYSPHC Fellow Travel Policy & Procedures document along with other Travel documents that Fellows are required to complete for travel request purposes.

NYSPHC Summit 2025:

2025 NYS Public Health Corps Summit Travel Policies & Procedures
Non-Employee Travel - 2025 Summit Worksheet
Summit Travel Process Video
- The following password must be entered to access the video recording: Summit2025

Annual NYSPHC Summit

Overview

The NYSPHC Fellowship Annual Summit provides opportunities for Fellows to expand the breadth and depth of their public health knowledge. Additionally, the Summit provides opportunities for Fellows to engage with peer Fellows, Regional Teams, and Mentors from across the state to learn about the unique efforts being carried out in each region. Through delivery of information from keynote and plenary speakers, professional development opportunities, peer-to-peer experience sharing and networking, panel presentations, poster presentations, and focused public health workshops, the Fellows can take new skills and knowledge back into the field and support efforts to improve health outcomes for New Yorkers.

The goal of the Annual Summit is to support collaboration and knowledge sharing as well as provide networking opportunities for Fellows as they prepare for the next step in their public health careers.

2025 Fellowship Summit

Abstract Development Workshop Materials

Workshop on Developing Abstracts PPT Slides
Call for Poster and Presentation Abstracts Guidelines
2025 NYSPHC Summit Abstract Review Criteria
Abstract Development Workshop Session Recording (passcode: NYSPHC2024!)

Events, Webinars, Recordings for All Fellows

Ongoing events, webinars and an archive of these webinar recordings are available for Fellows to access and review. Tip: Visit the Resources by Region Section for additional regional resources.

August 2024 Orientation

Day 1 - Overview of NYSPHC Program
- Introductions, Program history and Key points
Slides | Recording in LMS soon!

Day 2 - Roles and Expectations
- Review Roles of Supervisors, NYSPHC, Fellows and PCG
Slides | Recording in LMS soon!

Day 3 - Professional Development
- Discuss the learning opportunities available
Slides | Recording in LMS soon!

Day 4 - Mentorship and Networking
- Meet with Mentors and understand expectations for the duration of the Fellowship
Slides | Recording in LMS soon!

Public Health Trainings

These are optional trainings to help Fellows grow their knowledge and skills across public health. If training is no longer available or you'd like to recommend a training, please fill out our Feedback Form.

General Public Health Trainings

Orientation to Public Health

Orientation to Public Health provides learners with a basic understanding of the 10 Essential Public Health Services, a framework "to protect and promote the health of all people in all communities." The training consists of two parts: Part One introduces public health's mission and core functions, and Part Two describes the ten essential services.
The training uses real public health scenarios and the metaphor of a new worker orientation to present information. By responding to emails, completing assigned tasks, and participating in simulated meetings with new coworkers, the learner discovers that public health is a part of everyday life, and how agencies work to accomplish its mission.

Public Health Training & Resource Hub

Contains online trainings and webinars across a wide variety of public health areas: emergency preparedness, environmental health, data analysis, health equity, etc.

Career Development

Charting Your Public Health Career Path

There are so many different career paths in public health, it can be hard to know where to start. This training will help you assess what is important to you, what skills you like to use, and what kinds of organizations do the work you care about in public health.

How to Get Hired at a State or Local Health Department – 4-Part Series

Moderated by Heather Krasna, PhD this four-part webinar series will serve as a valuable starting point for those seeking employment in state and local public health departments. This webinar is of particular interest to MPH, DrPH, and other public health students and recent grads, NYS Public Health Corps Fellows, and AmeriCorps members. This series is not intended for those already employed by state and local health departments unless transitioning from temporary to permanent positions.

Chronic Disease

How Food Insecurity Feeds Diabetes

Social determinants of health impact people with diabetes in many ways. For example, about 20% of individuals with diabetes face food insecurity, which leads to increased risk or poor management of diabetes. Diabetes is a complex condition, and people with diabetes face many challenges in managing it, including having access to and eating healthy foods. Black adults and people with low income are more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes and more likely than whites to be food insecure (Walker et al. 2020). This webcast will focus on how public health and healthcare providers can help address this important social determinant contributing to the incidence of diabetes and to disparities in diabetes.

New Strategies to Reduce Harm from Unhealthy Diets and Obesity

For more than 30 years, public health professionals, researchers, activists, and the public have debated whether obesity is an overriding threat to public health, a myth, or some mix of the two. Moving beyond this passionate but sometimes sterile dispute will require new thinking and the application of new frameworks and lenses. In this webinar, Nicholas Freudenberg, Distinguished Professor of Public Health at the CUNY School of Public Health, will seek to highlight some of the agreement and disagreements about the concept of obesity and suggest new strategies to reduce the human and planetary harms of unhealthy diets and the structures and environments that encourage them.

Communicable Disease

Confronting Barriers to Vaccine Acceptance: Create Effective Communication Using Behavioral Science

This course outlines how to confront barriers to vaccine acceptance by creating effective communication using behavioral science, health literacy, and techniques to combat misinformation. It provides an introduction to the key tools from each of those fields, then instructs on the five-step process of developing vaccine communications. It includes case studies to show how these principles have been applied in a real-world setting. This course is appropriate for anyone communicating about vaccination, from healthcare workers in one-on-one communications to public health promotion specialists developing full communication campaigns.

Communications

Comms Crash Course: Developing and Producing Videos to Expand Public Health Messaging

Webinar panel on the development of public health education videos to various audiences.

Harnessing the Power of Music, Movement, Culture, and Science to Build Youth Health Literacy and Inspire Health Behavior Change

Join us for an inspiring session featuring Lori Rose Benson, CEO of Hip Hop Public Health, a non-profit dedicated to creating and disseminating research-based educational resources by harnessing the power of music and culture to improve health in communities that are underserved. Lori will take us on a journey through Hip Hop Public Health’s visionary approach to enhance health education and public health communication via the intersection of music, movement, culture, and science, revealing how these elements can be harnessed to cultivate positive health behavior change among today's youth.

Public Health Communications Collaborative Academy: Strengthening Public Health Communications through Community Engagement

Community engagement is vital for public health communicators for building trust and credibility, understanding community needs, promoting a sense of ownership and participation in healthy initiatives, and fostering collaboration.

Health Literacy - 2 Part Training

Health Literacy and Public Health
This training introduces the concept of health literacy, provides strategies for considering literacy when creating public health messages for the general public, and provides strategies for considering literacy in direct public health services to the public.
Strategies for Addressing Low Health Literacy
This training provides practical techniques for addressing literacy issues in spoken and written communications.

Community Engagement & Partnership Development

Community Dimensions of Public Health Practice - 2 Part Training

Building Relationships to Improve the Health of the Community
This self-paced, online course is Part 1 of 2 on Community Dimensions of Public Health Practice. Community partnerships are beneficial to achieving broad public health goals, including the development, implementation, evaluation and promotion of population-based health programs. It is important to develop relationships with partners and stakeholders for a given public health problem and understand a public health professional’s role in making these partnerships successful.
Community Engagement as a Process for Improving the Health of the Community
This self-paced, online course is Part 2 of 2 on Community Dimensions of Public Health Practice. Community partnerships are beneficial to achieving broad public health goals, including the development, implementation, evaluation and promotion of population-based health programs. These partnerships and their level of engagement are critical to the process of improving the health of a community.

Data Analysis & Epidemiology

Developing Effective Virtual Meetings

Unlock the secrets to running effective and engaging virtual meetings with our exclusive masterclass series. Learn the ABCs of virtual meeting mastery and pinpoint specific techniques for engaging participants. Over four dynamic sessions, we will equip you with skills and strategies to transform your virtual meetings into productive and impactful experiences. Each session of this series is designed to provide you with practical, actionable insights and techniques. Invest in your professional development and master the art of virtual meetings. This series has been crafted with epidemiologists in mind: scenarios and examples will be relevant for epidemiologists who lead virtual meetings.
You will need to create a free CSTE account to access this training.

Infodemiology Training Program

The Infodemiology Training Program is designed for epidemiologists, program evaluators, coordinators, communications staff, and other public health professionals. The flexible training modules will give you the basics on infodemiology and the applied skills to help improve public health by tracking, analyzing, and responding to trending narratives.

Qualitative Methods in Public Health Practice

Whether gaining insight during community health assessments or learning more in-depth about findings from research or evaluation surveys, qualitative methods are an important tool in public health practice. This course provides an overview of qualitative research methods, including common study designs, processes for data management, and considerations for interpreting findings.

Using Data Visualization in Public Health Communications

This webinar reviews different strategies for producing clear, engaging data visuals for public health education.

Disability & Health

Collaborative Health Care for Individuals with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities

The challenges people with disabilities experience when receiving health care services or participating in programs that promote health are monumental and can be overwhelming. Often multiple barriers make it extremely difficult or even impossible for people with disabilities to access and effectively receive healthcare. This Public Health Live will provide a background on overall health for people with disabilities, describe barriers faced by people with disabilities, and address how small changes within a provider’s office, engagement with patients, and collaboration with partners can improve healthcare for people with disabilities. Specific focus is placed on people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.

Disability Etiquette

Did you know that people with disabilities are the largest minority group in the United States? If your programs, environments, policies, procedures, communication strategies, and facilities are not accessible and inclusive to all, you are missing out on over 25% of the population. This Disability Etiquette training provides information, tools, and strategies for everyone. If you interact with the public professionally, or personally, this training is for you. It will help you build confidence to interact with people with disabilities effectively and respectfully.

Environmental Health

Climate Change and Flooding Risk: How Local Health Departments and Communities Can Prepare

This course focuses on how local health departments and their community partners can prepare for and address extreme precipitation events and the floods they cause. It will describe the specific steps that a fictitious local health department (based on a real county in upstate New York) took to learn about, quantify and assess the potential for flooding and then the steps they took to prepare and respond. It will describe the technical and adaptive challenges they faced.

National Disaster Preparedness Training Center at the University of Hawai'i

The National Disaster Preparedness Training Center offers a variety of courses around environmental disasters and emergency preparedness including community resilience, climate adaption planning, flooding hazards, and winter weather hazards, among other topics.

Tulane University Environmental Public Health Online Courses

Environmental Public Health Online Courses (EPHOC) is a comprehensive package of courses for environmental public health practitioners. The 15 courses are taught by experts in their field and include information on various roles and responsibilities of environmental public health staff. Target audiences include: new-hire environmental public health professionals; individuals preparing for a state or national credential exam; environmental health and other students; and environmental public health professionals wanting to improve their technical knowledge.

Grants & Financial Management

Grant Writing Series - 4 Part Training

Effective Grant Seeking Strategies to Build Impactful Programs
Health and behavioral healthcare services organizations are benefitting from unprecedented access to public and private grant funding. While this presents a significant opportunity to expand your programming to meet community needs, there are significant risks to “chasing funds,” such as mission drift, increased staff burnout within an already overburdened workforce, and the inability to sustain programs and staff beyond the grant period. This webinar will provide concrete strategies for:
- Understanding the funder landscape, including an overview of current and upcoming funding opportunities that organizations can use to build capacity and better serve their communities
- Making informed, strategic decisions with your team about whether or not a grant opportunity is worth pursuing, including an assessment of the grant’s impact in helping your organization meet its overall goals and the ability to align the funded activities with system drivers that will support long term sustainability
- Developing awareness of and implementing tools and tactics that can enhance an organization’s ability to attract grants of all types
Successful Grant Seeking Strategies for SAMHSA Grants
During this virtual presentation, HMA will go through a deep dive discussion into the realities of seeking SAMHSA grants. We will provide an overview of some of SAMHSA’s most common recurring program areas that are relevant to NYSACHO members, including when (if projected for FY23 and not yet released) those Requests for Proposals (RFPs) are expected to be released. We will also provide a description of SAMHSA’s proposal review process, sharing tangible tips and tricks that members can use to:
- Prepare themselves in advance of a SAMHSA’s RFP release to ease the burden of application development
- Develop and submit a highly competitive grant application to SAMHSA, with an eye toward the review criteria at which the independent reviewers will be looking
- Understand the requirements and expectations, should their application be successful, for which all applicants should be preparing
- Overcome common pitfalls during the SAMHSA application process
How to Win Funding from HRSA
In this session, participants will learn about how to find, vet, and successfully pursue grant opportunities from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), a division of the US Department of Health and Human Services. Participants will be presented with information regarding HRSA’s current and future funding priorities, what entities are eligible applicants, and how to locate specific grant opportunities. Participants will also be provided with an overview of HRSA’s grant application process and structure, how grants are evaluated, and key tips for submitting a successful application.
Successful Strategies for Attaining Foundation Grants
In this webinar, HMA will share strategies for NYSACHO members who are seeking private grants from Foundations. In addition to providing an overview of different types of Foundation funders, we will provide a Go-No Go Decision Making tool that agencies can use to identify the right Foundation funder (and funding opportunity) that meets their longer term strategies. We will also talk about the importance of relationship building with Foundation funders, including the commonly held misconception that not being awarded funding after your first application to a Foundation is a failure. Finally, we will discuss the traditional process for seeking Foundation funding, from the Letter of Intent all the way through the Invitation to Apply process, including the important ways this process differs from government grant making.

Planning for Success: Managing Business and Finance in Public Health

This 7-part program covers basic financial management and business planning skills designed to help public health workers ensure the success of their organization's long term vision through informed planning and financial well-being. The program consists of seven separate components including a podcast, four self-paced trainings, and two on-demand trainings, each covering different aspects of either financial management or business planning in public health.

Health Equity

Addressing Health Equity

This course illustrates the conditions that shape health and health disparities. In addition to describing the complex interplay of social conditions associated with health disparities, it also provides a framework for exploring public and community health strategies to promote health equity.

Expansive Connections: Integrating Cultural Humility in Public Health Practice

This course will deepen our understanding of cultural humility, relevant related concepts, start exploring our own biases, create strong and expansive connections, and cultivate sustainable practices that promote health equity for all.

Maternal, Infant, and Child Health

Maternal Mental Health as a Driver of Maternal Mortality

Local health departments play an important role in reducing maternal deaths. This course seeks to expand this focus, and examine the impact of maternal mental health as a driver of maternal mortality. It will outline the problem of maternal mental health in urban and rural contexts, and then discuss how local health departments and their community partners can respond to the problem.

Psychological Principles for Effective Youth Tobacco Prevention Communications

This course will describe the importance of preventing youth tobacco use and present behavioral health models to promote anti-tobacco messaging effectively.

Mental Health

Flourishing through Adversity: How Can Stress and Emotional Experiences Make Us Resilient and Avoid Burnout

How do you handle stress and stressors at work, school, and life? In this session, current research in positive psychology, emotionality, and health will be presented. Dr. Gloria will discuss how experiences of certain emotions affect our abilities to cope with stress, and their influences on our mental and physical health. During this talk, audience members will participate in an exercise to score their own stressors and emotional experiences and learn the implications of their results. Our session will then conclude with recommendations on how to reduce stress, increase positivity, improve coping, be happier, be healthier, and be able to flourish at work, school, and in life.

Mental Health First Aid

Psychological First Aid is an early intervention that can be used to support anyone who is stressed or distressed, including patients, clients, and colleagues. This training will present a toolkit of supportive elements that can be used to help others, regardless of the setting or source of the stress, in order to remove barriers to natural resilience.

Public Health Infrastructure Development

Local Health Department Accreditation Process: Training Series from Cattaraugus County

This series of eight videos starts with the basics of what the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) is trying to accomplish through its accreditation process. It is followed by a series of videos that explaining the key documents and concepts behind them. It looks at the example of the Cattaraugus County Health Department as it navigates its way through accreditation. It is a must watch for small, local health departments in NYS that are considering accreditation or are going through the accreditation process.

Rebuilding the Public Health Workforce: Insights into Using the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals to Support Workforce Development

As public health professionals our core functions of assessment, policy development and assurance are critical in addressing the opioid epidemic as the leading public health crisis today. In this training, designed specifically for Public Health professionals, participants will have the opportunity to explore Substance Use Disorders (SUD) and the current opioid epidemic through a Public Health lens.

Recruitment and Retention in Public Health

In this course, Dr. Heather Krasna, Associate Dean, Career Services and Professional Development provides a a crash course on recruitment and retention of new hires, from start to finish.

Violence & Injury Prevention

A Systems Approach to Reduce Gun Violence

Gun violence is a major public health issue causing significant death, injuries and years of life lost. Gun violence and gun safety are complex public health problems and challenges that can benefit from a systems-thinking approach. This course will focus on how local health departments can take action to address gun violence in their communities. The course describes two examples of how different counties in the state are applying the public health approach to gun violence in their communities and using systems thinking to help define the problem and identify risk factors and areas to intervene.

Poison Prevention Training

Our poison center aims to spread the message of poison prevention to the 7.4 million people throughout our service area. However, we can't do this alone and we need your help. Whether the audience you choose to share our safety information with is your child/children, students, a scout group, staff, etc. – this training makes explaining poison prevention an easy process.

Science of Firearm Injury Prevention Among Children & Teens

Firearm injuries are a leading cause of death among children and teens. However, there are many ways that these injuries and deaths can be prevented using evidence-based practices and policies. Presented by the University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention and the Firearm Safety among Children and Teens (FACTS) Consortium, the Science of Firearm Safety Among Children & Teens Massive Open Online Course covers a range of firearm injury topics including: firearm-related suicide; unintentional firearm injury; community and youth violence; intimate partner violence; school and mass shootings; and officer-involved shootings. The course also covers important gaps in existing research and future directions for expanding the knowledge base of the field. This course is designed for multiple fields and levels of training, including students and researchers from public health, medicine, public policy, social work, nursing, criminology, sociology and psychology fields.

Fellow Directory

The NYSPHC program is creating a Fellow Directory! Its purpose is to create connection between Fellows and foster community, networking, and communication. Please see attached sample of Fellow Directory profile for your reference.

If you are interested in being a part of this Directory, please complete the questionnaire in the link below.

Please note:

Participation in the Photo Directory is OPTIONAL.
NYSPHC may edit your submission based on space constraints of the template or grammar.
If you provide your work e-mail address, work phone number, or Professional LinkedIn URL, you give permission to be contacted by your NYSPHC peers.
The Fellow Directory will be located only on the Training & Resources website. When a Fellow submits the form, permission to post to the T&R website is implied as stated on the form.

To participate in the Fellow Directory, please complete this questionnaire at your earliest convenience. Please reach out to your FPC if you have any questions.

The Fellow Directory will be posted by the end of 2024 so submit your information in this questionnaire and check back soon!

Helpful Resources and Websites

LinkedIn
This is the link to the NYSPHC program LinkedIn private group, where you can connect with other fellows, access resources, and stay updated on program announcements. Make sure to join and stay engaged with the community!

How to add Fellowship to LinkedIn
This LinkedIn template serves as a guide for NYSPHC fellows to present their fellowship experience on their LinkedIn profile. It provides step-by-step instructions to help fellows effectively showcase their job experience, skills, and impact on their profile.

How to add Fellowship to Resume
This resume template is designed specifically for NYSPHC fellows, providing a structured format to effectively highlight their fellowship experience.

NYS Public Health Corps Website
Visit the NYS Public Health Corps Public Website to apply for the NYSPHC fellowship program, get an in-depth overview of the program, and learn more about Public Health AmeriCorps. This site provides the information you need about the fellowship, including program details, benefits, and the application process

NYSPHC Fellow Logo

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