DSHS: Public Health Funding & Policy Committee

Committee Duties and Responsibilities include: • define the core public health services a local health entity should provide in a county or municipality; • evaluate public health in this state and identify initiatives for areas that need improvement; • identify all funding sources available for use by local health entities to perform core public health functions; • establish public health policy priorities for this state; and • at least annually, make formal recommendations to the department regarding: the use and allocation of funds available exclusively to local health entities to perform core public health functions; ways to improve the overall public health of citizens in this state; methods for transitioning from a contractual relationship between the department and the local health entities to a cooperative-agreement relationship between the department and the local health entities; and methods for fostering a continuous collaborative relationship between the de