Hawaii Department of Health

Jurisdiction: Statewide
Lead Agency:
Hawaii Department of Health

2012 Funding (Year 3)

• Amount of funding: $607,600
• Description of Project
  Awardee will:
  • Increase public health accreditation readiness through an internal operational readiness assessment, community health assessments, and staff training
  • Promote continuous quality improvement throughout the agency by providing training on quality and process improvement (QI & PI) and providing ongoing support encouraging the implementation of newly acquired QI & PI knowledge and skills
  • Develop a comprehensive new employee onboarding and training system to increase employee and program effectiveness
  • Develop an agency-wide performance management system to provide timely and accurate information on key effectiveness measures
  • Modernize the Hawaii vital statistics system using cost-saving methods that reduce service delivery times

2011 Funding (Year 2)

• Amount of funding: $607,600
• Description of Project
  Awardee will:
  • Support ongoing activities from year one
  • Provide training and support for best practices in management science and public health
  • Create a roadmap for public health accreditation
  • Support the training and implementation activities of an interdepartmental team of staff focused on administrative simplification projects to improve efficiency of critical public health business processes
  • Train leadership and staff of sister executive agencies on public health concepts to support a Health in All Policies initiative and extend the reach of public health into other areas such as transportation, agriculture, and human services
  • Perform health impact assessments with partners to understand how non-public health policies can improve population health outcomes

2010 Funding (Year 1)

• Amount of funding: $1,000,000
• Description of Project:
  Awardee will enhance public health improvement efforts beyond Component I through two or more categories including: performance management, policy and workforce development, public health system development/redevelopment and best practice implementation.