County of San Diego

Jurisdiction: Local
Lead Agency:
County of San Diego

2012 Funding (Year 3)

• Amount of funding: $250,000
• Description of Project
  Awardee will:
  • Build and develop its accreditation team
  • Collect and review documents to submit to the Public Health Accreditation Board
  • Conduct quality improvement projects to improve organizational communication, health equity in programs and services, and workforce assessment and training
  • Share experiences, lessons learned, and best practices with other jurisdictions

2011 Funding (Year 2)

• Amount of funding: $250,000
• Description of Project
  Awardee will:
  • Increase accreditation readiness
  • Develop a performance improvement plan and implement quality improvement and performance improvement practices to ensure program efficiencies
  • Implement a comprehensive performance management system that links program performance to community health indicators
  • Engage in cross-jurisdictional partnerships to share strategies and practices
  • Develop a health equity plan that integrates with the performance management system as part of an increasing number of implemented promising and best practices

2010 Funding (Year 1)

Component I

• Amount of funding: $100,000
• 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