Posted December 7, 2021

Nursing Home Strike Teams and Infrastructure Projects Resources: Connecting Public Health and LTC Communities – ARPA 2021

Posted In: Age-Friendly Health Systems, Other Resources

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On October 1st, 2021 federal guidance was issued on funding for the Nursing Home and Long-term Care Facilities Strike Teams and Infrastructure Project, supported with $500 million from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021. Funding is awarded through the CDC's Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) cooperative agreement.

The CDC invited a taskforce of volunteers, convened by The John A. Hartford Foundation, to advise on ways to facilitate the disbursement of these funds through state departments of public health, which can and should align with additional ARPA funding available for Strengthening HAI/AR Program Capacity.

Below are resources to assist in the development of collaborations and activities that can facilitate implementation of the strike team funding. For questions and to suggest additional resources and examples to add here, please email NHStrikeTeams@cdc.gov


WEBINAR SERIES

VIEW RECORDING: December 6th Webinar #3 for State Health Departments and Other Stakeholders:
Education-based Programs to Engage and Expand the LTC Workforce

VIEW RECORDING: November 30th Webinar #2 for State Departments of Health and Other Stakeholders:
State-based Approaches to Nursing Home and Other Long-term Care Facility Support during COVID-19

  • Description: This webinar highlighted three health department programs to provide examples of innovative strategies that could be implemented to address infection prevention and staffing needs in long-term care facilities.
  • To watch the recording: Click this link
    To access the webinar slides: Click this link

VIEW RECORDING: November 2nd Webinar #1 for State Departments of Health and Other Stakeholders:
Connecting Public Health and Long-term Care - Strike Team Funding

  • Description: The webinar speakers gave examples of how public health and health care organizations have partnered effectively during the pandemic, and discussed strategies for successful collaborations at the state level to implement the new Strike Team funding guidance.
  • To watch the recording: Click this link

STRATEGIC GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS

In addition to technical guidance from the CDC on required and optional activities, a group of volunteer stakeholder organizations has contributed to two strategic guidance documents:

OPTIONAL DOWNLOADABLE WORKSHEET FOR IDENTIFYING STATE STRIKE TEAM COLLABORATORS

  • States and Territories can use this optional worksheet to identify and contact key stakeholders that can be involved in the planning and implementation of nursing home strike team and infrastructure activities: click here to download.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCE LINKS

Federal Guidance and Publications:

State Publications:

Resource Documents from Provider Associations:

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