Today #HealthierMO released a support document to help LPHAs advocate for funding as state and federal funds for COVID-19 reach the local jurisdictions.
https://mailchi.mp/healthiermo/requesting_funding_042120
This guidance document includes budget considerations and talking points. It is based on national guidance from Johns Hopkins and ASTHO and includes national best practice language and message framing from FrameWorks Institute.
Please feel free to adapt these resources to best fit your public health agency’s needs and your community’s culture. If #HealthierMO can be of further assistance, please reach out to Casey Parnell at cparnell@HealthierMO.org or Jaci McReynolds at jmcreynolds@HealthierMO.org.