Thursday, October 07, 2010
Kentucky To Receive Health Funding
KENTUCKY....
As part of a $42.5 million award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kentucky will receive $1 million in federal grant funding over five years aimed at improving performance management for state and local health departments. The Kentucky Department for Public Health may use the funds to collect data to inform decisions, monitor and evaluate quality, make improvements throughout the state public health system and to hire two full-time staff members to focus on systems and processes within the state health department and coordinate comparable activities at local health departments.
As part of a $42.5 million award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kentucky will receive $1 million in federal grant funding over five years aimed at improving performance management for state and local health departments. The Kentucky Department for Public Health may use the funds to collect data to inform decisions, monitor and evaluate quality, make improvements throughout the state public health system and to hire two full-time staff members to focus on systems and processes within the state health department and coordinate comparable activities at local health departments.