Become a Host Site for CAHD Public Health Residents

The CAHD Public Health Residency Program is a one-year residency for recent public health graduates to gain the skills, experience, and relationships to secure future positions at your local health department. The program is open to recent graduates with a undergraduate or graduate-level degree in public health and related degrees. CAHD Residents will spend one year gaining hands-on experience, in addition to remote trainings and professional development opportunities through the CAHD Program Office. CAHD Residents are also eligible to receive up to $10,000 as a cash stipend that can be used to support student loan repayment at program completion. LHDs serve as the host site and employer of CAHD residents, while the CAHD Program Office serves as the recruitment partner in support of LHDs and provides a professional development learning cohort for CAHD Residents.

Participating health departments will serve as the employer of their CAHD Resident and also receive up to $40,000 per CAHD Resident they host to support provision of a competitive entry-level salary.  

***In our effort to strengthen the public health workforce in underserved areas of California, special consideration will be given to health departments located in the Inland Empire and Central Valley. 

Interested in becoming a host site for CAHD Residents? Email cahd@healthleadership.org for more information.

Please refer to our local health department FAQ for further details on becoming a host site.

Recruitment Support for Job Positions at Your Health Department 

The new CDC Public Health Infrastructure Grant Program is providing much needed support to revitalize and strengthen the public health workforce. CHLI serves as the Innovation Hub Lead for Region 9 (including CA), providing technical assistance and support as it relates to these funds.   

We know that through this grant many of you may be looking to recruit recent graduates into vacancies and/or new positions, and we’d like to support you! Our team is building relationships with California schools and programs of public health in collaboration with the California Alliance of Academics and Communities for Public Health Equity to connect recent public health graduates to job opportunities in local public health and other public health services opportunities across California, Nevada, Arizona, and Hawaii. We want to better support these pathways for recent graduates to launch their careers in public health.   

Please sign up if you are interested in receiving information from CHLI about qualified recent graduates from California schools and programs of public health to support your hiring process. 

Are your students who will be graduating and recent graduates looking for paid, on-the-ground training programs to jumpstart their careers?

Let your students know about the CAHD Public Health Residency Program! This is a one-year full-time program where recent public health graduates work at a local health department to gain on-the-ground experience, receive mentorship, and develop relationships and skills to secure future employment in governmental public health. CAHD Residents are hired by local health departments and are paid a competitive entry-level salary, in addition to other program incentives that may include up to $10,000 as a cash stipend that can be used toward student loan repayment at program completion. The CAHD Program Office serves as the recruitment partner in support of LHDs and provides a professional development learning cohort for CAHD Residents, but is not the employer of CAHD Residents. LHDs are the employer of CAHD Residents. 

To learn more, email CAHD@healthleadership.org. 

Scholars-in-Residence Program

The Scholars-in-Residence Program brings the latest science to the frontlines of public health through building bridges between research and practice. Scholars will work on high priority public health projects to help to advance health equity in local communities in partnership with local health departments. CAHD provides a stipend to public health faculty to directly support their community-based work and partnerships with their local health department. 

The program is a partnership between the California Academic Health Department (CAHD) and the California Alliance of Academics and Communities for Public Health Equity (Alliance). The first program year specifically funds faculty FTE in support of the Alliance’s Community Action Fund Projects.

To learn more, email CAHD@healthleadership.org.  

Become a Member of the California Alliance of Academics & Communities For Public Health Equity 

The California Alliance of Academics & Communities for Public Health (the Alliance) is a statewide initiative to advance health equity and catalyze substantive policy change. The Alliance is composed of California’s schools and programs of public health (SPPH), governmental agencies, and community-based organizations working together to support, monitor, guide, and resource the coalition’s goals and collective impact.