Competency-Based Workforce Development Plans

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Overview

Workforce development plans are key for ensuring a skilled workforce and are an essential component of Public Health Accreditation Board accreditation. Samples of workforce development plans based on the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) are provided below to assist organizations in incorporating the Core Competencies into their own workforce development plans.

Workforce Development Plans

State Health Departments

Delaware Division of Public Health* – Workforce Development Plan: 2014-2017
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention* and Hanley Center for Health Leadership – Maine Public Health Workforce Development Plan: Updated - May 2016
New Mexico Department of Health* – Workforce Development Plan: 2014
Rhode Island Department of Health* – Workforce Development Plan: December 2013

Tribal Health Departments

Forest County Potawatomi Community Health Department (WI)* – Workforce Development Plan

Local Health Departments

Chicago Department of Public Health (IL)* – Workforce Development Plan: August 31, 2012
City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (CA)* – Workforce Development and Training Survey Report and Training Plan
Columbus Public Health (OH)* – Workforce Development Plan: 2018-2020 and CPH Curriculum and Training Schedule: 2018-2020
Denver Public Health (CO)* – Workforce Development Plan: 2018
District Health Department #10 (MI)* – Workforce Development Plan: April 25, 2014
Gallatin City-County Health Department (MT)* – Workforce Development Plan: 2015-2016
Kent County Health Department (MI)* – Workforce Development Plan: 2013-2016
Maricopa County Department of Public Health (AZ)* – Workforce Development Plan
Meeker-McLeod-Sibley Community Health Services (MN)* – Workforce Development Plan: 2015
Monterey County Health Department (CA)* – 2015-2018 Workforce Development Plan
Nevada County Public Health (CA) – Workforce Development Plan: December 2018
Oklahoma City-County Health Department (OK)* – Workforce Development Plan
Pima County Health Department (AZ)* – Workforce Development Plan: 2015-2019
Sedgwick County Health Department (KS)* – 2012 Workforce Development Plan
Tazewell County Health Department (IL)* – Workforce Development Plan
Three Rivers District Health Department (KY)* – Workforce Development Plan for Individual Competency, Agency Effectiveness, and Public Health Outcomes
Wood County Health Department (WI)* – Workforce Competency Development Plan: October 2013

Resources for Workforce Development Plan Development

The Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice's Core Competencies Workgroup collects examples of workforce development plans that incorporate the Core Competencies. To add your organization's workforce development plan to this collection, please contact Kathleen Amos at kamos@phf.org.

*Accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board

This resource was made possible through funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under Cooperative Agreement Number NU38OT000211. The content of this resource is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the sponsor.