We support individuals and teams to transform their vision into data-driven strategies that create equitable, lasting impact.

Cultivating leadership

  • Adaptive leadership training program for individuals and teams to address local issues

  • Public health internships, graduate residencies, service year opportunities, and job placements

  • Training and technical assistance for local public health departments

Catalyzing learning networks

  • Amplifying innovative approaches and leading voices on a wide range of public health topics

  • Free webinars, newsletters, and resources on proven strategies

  • Alumni networking and ongoing professional development opportunities

Strengthening cross-sector partnerships

  • Support individuals and teams to strengthen their ability to work across sectors

  • Leverage local relationships and resources to build broad coalitions with sustainable impact

  • Engage community members and those with lived experience

ISSUE AREAS

Participants in our programs and initiatives have applied our tools and processes to address a wide range of issues.

Overdose prevention

Lead-free communities & other environmental health

Behavioral health, ACES, & trauma-informed work

Disaster preparedness

HIV/AIDS & other communicable disease

Food security & other chronic disease prevention

ADAPTABLE PROGRAM DESIGN

Our approach to building healthy communities is adaptible, scalable, and designed create lasting change

Our Programs and Initiatives

  • Building adaptive leadership skills and ability to work across sectors

    The Leadership Academy for the Public’s Health (LAPH) provides training to individuals and teams to advance their leadership skills and ability to build partnerships and leverage local resources.

    Teams collaborate on an applied health leadership project to address an issue in their community and work to create lasting impact through policy and systems change.

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  • Accelerating local impact and building networks to save lives from overdose

    The Overdose Prevention Network supports local, regional, and statewide overdose prevention efforts.

    The California Overdose Prevention Network (COPN) is the largest overdose prevention network in the US, with active coalitions serving 85% of California’s 39 million people and an cohort-based Accelerator program for local coalitions.

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  • Transforming the public health workforce through training, capacity building, and direct placement of professionals

    Workforce Pathways for the Public’s Health creates a more equitable public health workforce.

    We offer internships, employment, and service year opportunities for current and future public health professionals and partner with AmeriCorps, governmental public health departments, and schools and programs of public health.

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OUR IMPACT

Participants in our programs and initiatives overwhelmingly report increased leadership skills and ability to create a positive impact.

95% would recommend our programs to colleagues

93% improved their leadership skills

100% engaged new partners in their community

100% worked on projects that had a positive impact in their community

94% improved their ability to address the social determinants of health & promote health equity

Discover how our work has made an impact

Hear from public health experts on why multi-sector partnerships are key to creating lasting change.