What to know
- The Public Health Associate Program (PHAP) is a training program for early-career public health professionals with a recent college degree and an interest in public service and public health.
- Associates are assigned to host sites throughout the United States and U.S. territories.
2022 and 2023 Classes By State
Associates work at host sites including state, tribal, local, and territorial public health agencies, nongovernmental organizations such as community-based organizations, public health institutes and associations, and academic institutions.
This map shows which states and territories are currently hosting associates and the number of associates serving in each. Below the map is a list of all PHAP host sites by state/U.S. territory.
Contacts
2022 - 2024
Host Site: Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
Location: Anchorage, AK
Subject Area: Chronic Disease: Population Health
Host Site: Maniilaq Association
Location: Kotzebue, AK
Subject Area: Environmental Health
Host Site: Tanana Chiefs Conference
Location: Fairbanks, AK
Subject Area: Health Department Quality Improvement
2023 - 2025
Host Site: Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
Location: Anchorage, AK
Subject Area: Other Infectious Disease: Notifiable disease surveillance and reporting
2022 - 2024
Host Site: Navajo County Public Health Services District
Location: Show Low, AZ
Subject Areas: Environmental Health: General; Maternal & Child Health: Early childhood development
Host Site: Arizona Department of Health Services
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Subject Areas: Environmental Health: General; Foodborne/waterborne disease
2022 – 2024
Host Site: Arkansas Department of Health
Location: Little Rock, AR
Subject Area: Tuberculosis Prevention
2023 - 2025
Host Site: Arkansas Department of Health
Location: Little Rock, AR
Subject Area: Tuberculosis Prevention
2022 – 2024
Host Site: Los Angeles County Public Health Department
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Subject Areas: Immunizations, Vaccine Preventable Disease Investigation, Tuberculosis Prevention
Host Site: City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services
Location: Long Beach, CA
Subject Area: Communicable Disease
Host Site: California Department of Public Health
Location: Sacramento, CA
Subject Area: Public Health Surveillance (General)
Host Site: Kings County Health Department
Location: Hanford, CA
Subject Area: Accreditation
2023 – 2025
Host Site: Tulare County Health and Human Services
Location: Tulare, CA
Subject Area: Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention
Host Site: CDC Los Angeles Quarantine Station
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Subject Area: Other Infectious Disease: Quarantine Station
Host Site: Long Beach City Department of Health and Human Services
Location: Long Beach, CA
Subject Area: Other Infectious Disease: Notifiable disease surveillance and reporting; HIV/AIDS Prevention
Host Site: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention
Host Site: Los Angeles County Public Health Department
Location: Commerce, CA
Subject Area: Tuberculosis Prevention
2022 – 2024
Host Site: Boulder County Public Health
Location: Boulder, CO
Subject Area: Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response; Injury Prevention: Opioid/Prescription drug overdose; Chronic Disease: Nutrition/Obesity Prevention/Physical Activity Promotion
Host Site: National Environmental Health Association
Location: Denver, CO
Subject Area: Environmental Health: General
Host Site: Immunize Colorado
Location: Aurora, CO
Subject Area: Immunizations
2022 – 2024
Host Site: CNMI Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation
Location: Saipan, MP
Subject Area: Health Department Quality Improvement
2022 – 2024
Host Site: Connecticut Department of Public Health
Location: Hartford, CT
Subject Area: Immunizations; Public Health Surveillance (General)
Host Site: National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH)
Location: Washington, DC
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention; Public Health Policy & Law
Host Site: Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health
Location: Washington, DC
Subject Area: Community Health Improvement Planning (CHIP)/Community Health Assessments (CHA)
Host Site: District of Columbia Department of Health
Location: Washington, DC
Subject Area: Public Health Surveillance (General)
Host Site: National Association of Counties Research Foundation
Location: Washington, DC
Subject Area: Public Health Policy & Law
Host Site: National Association of County & City Health Officials
Location: Washington, DC
Subject Area: Immunizations
Host Site: National Indian Health Board
Location: Washington, DC
Subject Area: Environmental Health: General
Host Site: Society for Public Health Education
Location: Washington, DC
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care
2023 - 2025
Host Site: District of Columbia Department of Health
Location: Washington, DC
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention
Host Site: District of Columbia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Location: Washington, DC
Subject Area: Public Health Surveillance (General)
Host Site: Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health
Location: Washington, DC
Subject Area: Public Health Policy & Law
2022 – 2024
Host Site: Delaware Division of Public Health
Location: Dover, DE
Subject Area: Immunizations
2022 – 2024
Host Site: Miami-Dade County Health Department
Location: Miami, FL
Subject Area: Tuberculosis Prevention; HIV/AIDS Prevention
Host Site: Seminole County Health Department
Location: Sarasota, FL
Subject Area: Other Infectious Disease: Notifiable disease surveillance and reporting
Host Site: Manatee County Health Department
Location: Bradenton, FL
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care
2023 – 2025
Host Site: Martin County Health Department
Location: Stuart, FL
Subject Area: Public Health Surveillance (General)
Host Site: Brevard Health Alliance
Location: Melbourne, FL
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention
Host Site: Florida Department of Health
Location: Tallahassee, FL
Subject Area: Tuberculosis Prevention; Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response
2022–2024
Host Site: Georgia Department of Public Health
Location: Atlanta, GA
Subject Area: Adolescent & School Health (non-STI)
Host Site: Task Force for Global Health
Location: Decatur, GA
Subject Area: Viral Hepatitis Prevention
Host Site: District 3, Unit 4: East Metro Health District
Location: Lawrenceville, GA
Subject Area: Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention
Host Site: UGA Cooperative Extension
Location: Statesboro, GA
Subject Area: Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response
Host Site: Food Fortification Initiative
Location: Atlanta, GA
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care
Host Site: District 3, Unit 2: Fulton County Health District
Location: Atlanta, GA
Subject Area: Tuberculosis Prevention
Host Site: District 3, Unit 4: East Metro Health District
Location: Lawrenceville, GA
Subject Area: Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention
2023 - 2025
Host Site: District 5, Unit 2: North Central District
Location: Macon, GA
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention
Host Site: Gwinnett County Health Department
Location: Lawrenceville, GA
Subject Area: Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention; Tuberculosis Prevention
No associates are assigned to this state.
No associates are assigned to this state.
2022–2024
Host Site: Chicago Department of Public Health
Location: Chicago, IL
Subject Area: Community Health Improvement Planning (CHIP)/Community Health Assessments (CHA); Adolescent/School-based Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention; Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention
Host Site: Clay Department of Public Health
Location: Flora, IL
Subject Area: Environmental Health: Foodborne/Waterborne Disease
Host Site: Illinois Department of Public Health
Location: Chicago, IL
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention; Immunizations
Host Site: EverThrive Illinois
Location: Chicago, IL
Subject Area: Immunizations
Host Site: Lee County Health
Location: Dixon, IL
Subject Area: Injury Prevention: Opioid/Prescription drug overdose
2023 – 2025
Host Site: Chicago Department of Public Health
Location: Chicago, IL
Subject Area: Immunizations; Tuberculosis Prevention; Health Equity/Access to Care
2022–2024
Host Site: Indiana Department of Health
Location: South Bend, IN
Subject Area: Immunizations
2023 - 2025
Host Site: Indiana Department of Health
Location: South Bend, IN
Subject Area: Injury Prevention: Opioid/Prescription drug overdose
2022–2024
Host Site: Iowa Department of Public Health
Location: Des Moines, IA
Subject Area: Immunizations
Host Site: Iowa Cancer Consortium
Location: Coralville, IL
Subject Area: Chronic Disease: Cancer Prevention and Control
Host Site: Johnson County Public Health
Location: Iowa City
Subject Area: Community Health Improvement Planning (CHIP)/Community Health Assessments (CHA)
2023 - 2025
Host Site: Iowa Cancer Consortium
Location: Coralville, IL
Subject Area: Chronic Disease: Cancer Prevention and Control
No associates are assigned to this state.
2022–2024
Host Site: Cumberland Valley District Health Department
Location: Manchester, KY
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention
2023 - 2025
Host Site: Kentucky Department of Public Health
Location: Pikeville, KY
Subject Area: Community Health Improvement Planning (CHIP)/Community Health Assessments (CHA)
2022 – 2024
Host Site: Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care
Host Site: Louisiana OPH Bureau of Family Health
Location: New Orleans, LA
Subject Area: Injury Prevention: Violence
Host Site: City of New Orleans Department of Health
Location: New Orleans, LA
Subject Area: Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response
2023 – 2025
Host Site: City of New Orleans Department of Health
Location: New Orleans, LA
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention
2023 – 2025
Host Site: City of Portland Public Health Division
Location: Portland, ME
Subject Area: Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response
2022–2024
Host Site: Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services
Location: Rockville, MD
Subject Area: Chronic Disease: Population Health
Host Site: Maryland Department of Health
Location: Baltimore, MD
Subject Area: Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention; Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response
Host Site: Association of Immunization Managers
Location: Rockville, MD
Subject Area: Immunizations
Host Site: Baltimore City Health Department
Location: Baltimore, MD
Subject Area: Communicable Disease; HIV/AIDS Prevention; Maternal & Child Health Reproductive Health; Accreditation
2022–2024
Host Site: Methuen Health Department
Location: Methuen, MA
Subject Area: Health Department Quality Improvement
Host Site: Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Location: Boston, MA
Subject Area: Maternal & Child Health: Reproductive Health
2022–2024
Host Site: Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Subject Area: Injury Prevention: Violence
Host Site: Great Lake Inter-Tribal Council
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Subject Area: Injury Prevention: Opioid/Prescription Drug Overdose
2023–2025
Host Site: Washtenaw County Public Health Department
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Subject Area: Environmental Health: General
2022–2024
Host Site: Minneapolis Department, Health and Family Support
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Subject Area: Adolescent/School-based Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention
Host Site: Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention
Host Site: Minneapolis Department of Health
Location: St. Paul, MN
Subject Area: Environmental Health, Asthma and Air Pollution
Host Site: The Network for Public Health Law
Location: Edina, MN
Subject Area: Public Health Policy & Law
Host Site: Minnesota Department of Health
Location: St. Paul, MN
Subject Area: Public Health Policy/Law; Health Equity/Access to Care
2023–2025
Host Site: Minneapolis Department, Health and Family Support
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Subject Area: Adolescent/School-based Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention
No associates are assigned to this state.
2022–2024
Host Site: Clay County Public Health Center
Location: Liberty, MO
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care
Host Site: City of St. Louis Department of Health
Location: St. Louis, MO
Subject Area: Environmental Health: Foodborne/Waterborne Disease
Host Site: City of Kansas City Health Department
Location: Kansas City, MO
Subject Area: Health Department Quality Improvement
No associates are assigned to this state.
2022–2024
Host Site: Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Health Department
Location: Winnebago, NE
Subject Area: Accreditation
Host Site: Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Location: Lincoln, NE
Subject Area: Other Infectious Disease: Foodborne/Waterborne Disease Surveillance
2023 - 2025
Host Site: Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Location: Lincoln, NE
Subject Area: Vaccine Preventable Disease Investigation
2022–2024
Host Site: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
Location: Carson City, NV
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care: Food Insecurity
2023–2025
Host Site: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public and Behavioral Health
Location: Carson City, NV
Subject Area: Chronic Disease: Nutrition/Obesity Prevention/Physical Activity Promotion
2023–2025
Host Site: New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Location: Concord, NH
Subject Area: Immunizations
2022–2024
Host Site: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
Location: Trenton, NJ
Subject Area: Viral Hepatitis Prevention
2023 - 2025
Host Site: New Jersey Department of Health
Location: Trenton, NJ
Subject Area: Other Infectious Disease
Host Site: Rutgers University NJ Medical School
Location: Newark, NJ
Subject Area: Tuberculosis Prevention
2022–2024
Host Site: Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, Inc.
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Subject Area: Adolescent & School Health (non-STI)
2023–2025
Host Site: Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, Inc.
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Subject Area: Health Department Quality Improvement
2022–2024
Host Site: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Location: Queens, NY
Subject Areas: HIV/AIDS Prevention; Health Department Quality Improvement; Chronic Disease: Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention; Tuberculosis Prevention
Host Site: New York City Department of Homeless Service
Location: New York, NY
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care
2023–2025
Host Site: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Location: Long Island City, NY
Subject Area: Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response; Tuberculosis Prevention
2022–2024
Host Site: Public Health Authority of Cabarrus County
Location: Kannapolis, NC
Subject Area: Environmental Health
Host Site: Gaston County Health Department
Location: Gastonia, NC
Subject Area: Community Health Improvement Planning (CHIP)/Community Health Assessments (CHA)
Host Site: Rowan County Health Department
Location: Salisbury, NC
Subject Areas: Injury Prevention: Opioid/Prescription Drug Overdose; Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention
Host Site: NC Department of Health and Human Services
Location: Raleigh, NC
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care
2023–2025
Host Site: Public Health Authority of Cabarrus County
Location: Kannapolis, NC
Subject Areas: Public Health Policy & Law; Adolescent & School Health (non-STI)
Host Site: WNC Bridge Foundation
Location: Asheville, NC
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care
Host Site: Mecklenburg County Health Department
Location: Charlotte, NC
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention
No associates are assigned to this state.
2023–2025
Host Site: Neighborhood Health Care, Inc.
Location: Cleveland, OH
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care
Host Site: Clermont County Public Health
Location: Batavia, OH
Subject Area: Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention
2022–2024
Host Site: Chickasaw Nation Department of Health, Division of Research and Public Health (DRPH)
Location: Ada, OK
Subject Areas: Community Health Improvement Planning (CHIP)/Community Health Assessments (CHA); Health Department Quality Improvement; Environmental Health
2022–2024
Host Site: Benton County Health Department
Location: Corvallis, OR
Subject Area: Community Health Improvement Planning (CHIP)/Community Health Assessments (CHA)
Host Site: Oregon Health Authority
Location: Portland, OR
Subject Area: Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response
2023–2025
Host Site: Marion County Health Department
Location: Salem, OR
Subject Area: Chronic Disease: Tobacco prevention and control
2022–2024
Host Site: Pennsylvania Coalition for Oral Health
Location: Delmont, PA
Subject Area: Oral Health
Host Site: Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Subject Area: Vaccine Preventable Disease Investigation
2022–2024
Host Site: Puerto Rico Departamento de Salud
Location: San Juan, PR
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care
2023–2025
Host Site: CDC Dengue Branch
Location: San Juan, PR
Subject Area: Health Department Quality Improvement
2022–2024
Host Site: Rhode Island Department of Health
Location: Providence, RI
Subject Area: Accreditation; Maternal & Child Health: Reproductive Health
2023–2025
Host Site: Rhode Island Department of Health
Location: Providence, RI
Subject Area: Adolescent & School Health (non-STI)
2022–2024
Host Site: SC Department of Health and Environmental Control
Location: Columbia, SC
Subject Area: Immunizations
2023–2025
Host Site: Spartanburg Regional Healthcare Foundation
Location: Spartanburg, SC
Subject Area: Adolescent/School-based Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention
No associates are assigned to this state.
2022–2024
Host Site: Metro Public Health Department
Location: Nashville, TN
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care
Host Site: Tennessee Department of Health
Location: Nashville, TN
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention; Other Infectious Disease: Foodborne/Waterborne Human Illness/Disease Surveillance/Investigation/Prevention; Public Health Surveillance
Host Site: Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Subject Area: Immunizations
2023–2025
Host Site: City of Chattanooga- Office of Community Health
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Subject Area: Injury Prevention: Violence (interpersonal)
Host Site: East Tennessee State University Center for Rural Health Research
Location: Johnson City, TN
Subject Area: Injury Prevention: Opioid/Prescription drug overdose prevention
2022–2024
Host Site: Houston Department of Health and Human Services
Location: Houston, TX
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention
Host Site: Austin Public Health
Location: Austin, TX
Subject Areas: Health Equity/Access to Care; HIV/AIDS Prevention
Host Site: San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
Location: San Antonio, TX
Subject Areas: Environmental Health: Asthma and air pollution; Health Department Quality Improvement
Host Site: Dallas County Health and Human Services
Location: Dallas, TX
Subject Areas: Accreditation; Chronic Disease: Diabetes
2023–2025
Host Site: Austin Public Health
Location: Austin, TX
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention
Host Site: Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services
Location: Houston, TX
Subject Area: Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response
2022–2024
Host Site: US Virgin Islands Department of Health
Location: St. Thomas, USVI
Subject Area: Chronic Disease: Nutrition/Obesity Prevention/Physical Activity Promotion
2022–2024
Host Site: Utah Department of Health
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Subject Area: Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response
2023–2025
Host Site: Utah Department of Health
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Subject Area: Health Department Quality Improvement
2022–2024
Host Site: Mt Ascutney Hospital and Health Center
Location: Windsor, VT
Subject Area: Community Health Improvement Planning (CHIP)/Community Health Assessment (CHA)
2022–2024
Host Site: Richmond City Health Department
Location: Richmond, VA
Subject Area: Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response
2023–2025
Host Site: Blue Ridge Health District
Location: Charlottesville, VA
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention
Host Site: Central Shenandoah Health District
Location: Waynesboro, VA
Subject Area: Adolescent/School-based Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention
Host Site: Virginia Department of Health
Location: Richmond, VA
Subject Area: Maternal & Child Health: Early childhood development
2022–2024
Host Site: Spokane Regional Health District
Location: Spokane, WA
Subject Area: Other Infectious Disease: Notifiable Disease Surveillance and Reporting
2022–2024
Host Site: West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
Location: Charleston, WV
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention
2023–2025
Host Site: West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
Location: Charleston, WV
Subject Area: Chronic Disease: Population Health
2023–2025
Host Site: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Location: Madison, WI
Subject Area: Environmental Health: Lead poisoning prevention
2022–2024
Host Site: Wyoming Department of Health
Location: Cheyenne, WY
Subject Area: Adolescent/School-based Sexually Transmitted/Disease Prevention