West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

Jurisdiction: Statewide
Lead Agency:
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

2012 Funding (Year 3)

• Amount of funding: $657,600
• Description of Project
  Awardee will:
  • Implement quality improvement and performance management initiatives identified through the state public health assessment
  • Focus on effective administration through the strategic planning process
  • Implement public health accreditation readiness activities
  • Focus on improving staff quality and effectiveness
  • Identify and implement performance management and quality improvement projects to improve efficiencies

2011 Funding (Year 2)

• Amount of funding: $657,600
• Description of Project
  Awardee will:
  • Identify and implement performance and quality  improvement initiatives within state and local public health agencies
  • Engage in cross-jurisdictional partnerships of health departments and system partners to increase development and implementation of evidence-based policies and laws to improve health
  • Engage with local health departments to implement electronic environmental health reporting and increase development and implementation of evidence-based policies and laws resulting from real-time data to improve environmental health
  • Implement an annual Learning Congress to identify promising and best practices

2010 Funding (Year 1)

Component I

• Amount of funding: $200,000
• 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

Component II

• 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.