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RESOLVE, with funding from theRobert Wood Johnson Foundation, convened a working group [PDF-591KB]of governmental public health leaders to develop a framework forFoundational Capabilities and Foundational Areas, and they need your feedback Development of a foundational capabilities and foundational areas framework builds on a 2012Institute of Medicine report [PDF-1.56MB] that recommended identifying a “minimum package of public health services” (recommendation 8), as well as efforts in Washington,Ohio [PDF-969KB], and other states to define such foundational capabilities and areas. Work to “cost out” the foundational capabilities and foundational areas framework is under way by Dr. Glen Mays, University of Kentucky, and a group of experts, with initial estimates coming late this fall.
For more information on the draft Foundational Capabilities and Foundational Areas framework, join national, state, and local leaders for a webinar onWednesday, October 1, 2014, from 3:00 to 4:00 (EDT). Click here to register.