Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Jurisdiction: Statewide
Lead Agency:
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

2012 Funding (Year 3)

• Amount of funding: $400,000
• Description of Project
  Awardee will:
  • Release community health assessment and the 2012 state health improvement program progress report
  • Continue to implement its state health improvement process
  • Launch its strategic planning process and complete its strategic plan
  • Address deficiencies identified in the organizational self-assessment, which measured gaps in meeting and/or conforming with national Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) standards
  • Prepare a PHAB readiness plan, identify staff roles, assemble documentation, and submit PHAB application for accreditation
  • Implement three quality improvement initiatives in performance management, asthma management in schools, and HIV and sexually transmitted infections clinical care guidelines at specific provider sites
  • Contract with the Public Health Foundation to provide consultation in public health workforce development and to help create a Maryland public health workforce development plan that complies with PHAB standards

2011 Funding (Year 2)

• Amount of funding: $400,000
• Description of Project
  Awardee will:
  • Continue development of a state health improvement plan (SHIP) through public engagement, measure refinement, and support of local action
  • Provide resources and technical assistance to local communities for community health assessments and alignment of activites with the SHIP
  • Develop an interactive dashboard to frame regional and local community health assessments
  • Hold regional meetings across the state to bring together hospital community benefit personnel, local health department leadership, and community providers to encourage collaboration
  • Identify a process for assessment of their public health system
  • Develop an agency strategic plan

2010 Funding (Year 1)

Component I

• Amount of funding: $300,000
• Description of Project:
  Awardee will:
  
  • Focus on building, institutionalizing, and implementing performance management capacity within health departments
  • Support full-time "Performance Improvement Manager" who will participate in a national network of performance improvement professionals supported by CDC