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  • Related: Transforming the PH system
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Contact Info
SCHSAC
651-201-3880
health.schsac@state.mn.us

Contact Info

SCHSAC
651-201-3880
health.schsac@state.mn.us

Standing and active SCHSAC workgroups

A great deal of SCHSAC work is conducted through workgroups. Each workgroup usually meets for one to three years, depending on its charge and duties.

If you are a current SCHSAC member and would like to get involved in a workgroup, please contact the MDH Center for Public Health Practice at health.schsac@state.mn.us and staff will connect you with workgroup leads.

Executive Committee

Charge: The Executive Committee meets five to eight times per year. It briefly meets prior to the full SCHSAC meetings to make final changes to the agenda and to discuss related issues. Additional meetings are scheduled throughout the year, as needed. It also:

  • Assists MDH in preparing issues for discussion by SCHSAC and conducts interim SCHSAC business
  • Assists SCHSAC in managing its business efficiently
  • Under special circumstances, acts in the name of SCHSAC (subject to formal approval by SCHSAC at its next meeting
  • Prepares the annual SCHSAC work plan
  • Examines ways to increase the capacity of SCHSAC

Members: The SCHSAC Executive Committee consists of representatives from each SCHSAC region. Each region also has an alternate to the Executive Committee. For a full membership list, visit: Roster of SCHSAC members, alternates, and workgroups.

Conference Planning

Charge: This workgroup selects the theme, format, and speakers for the annual Community Health Conference and assists Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) staff in hosting.  

Workgroup activities include:

  • Review evaluation results from the previous year's conference and modify the conference format as appropriate
  • Select a conference theme and learning objectives
  • Generate ideas for and give input on the selection of the general speakers
  • Review submitted proposals to select concurrent sessions
  • Serve as a “goodwill ambassador” to all attendees, by meeting and greeting attendees as they arrive to the conference, assisting attendees in navigating the conference site, and engaging attendees in conversation

Members: Membership includes local elected officials, CHS administrators and public health directors representing each region. MDH divisions engaged with local public health send representatives to the workgroup as does the MDH Center for Health Equity. Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative grantees participate in the workgroup. The MDH Center for Public Health Practice is responsible for holding the conference and will provide staff support to this workgroup.

Awards and Nominating

Charge: The Nominating and Awards Workgroup solicits and selects nominees for the Community Health Awards presented annually at the Community Health Conference, and prepares a ballot to elect the SCHSAC chair, each December.

Members: The workgroup consists of three to five community health board representatives and one representative of the Center for Health Equity Advisory Committee. The workgroup meets two to three times per year via conference call.

EHCIB (Environmental Health Continuous Improvement Board)

To learn more about the EHCIB, please visit: Environmental Health Continuous Improvement Board.

IDCIB (Infectious Disease Continuous Improvement Board)

Charge: The IDCIB works to ensure an effective and efficient state-local partnership in the infectious disease area of public health responsibility. The group serves as a forum for regular communication, identification of issues, and joint problem-solving. The group also ensures the DP&C Common Activities Framework remains a relevant, useful document.

Members: For a full membership list, visit: Roster of SCHSAC members, alternates, and workgroups.

PHEP Oversight Group (Public Health Emergency Preparedness)

Charge:

  • Advise on strategic planning for local and tribal health preparedness activities of public health emergency preparedness in Minnesota
  • Provide ongoing review of local and tribal public health emergency preparedness programs and issues
  • Oversee the continued development of capacity assessment and related measurement outcomes for Minnesota's local and tribal public health emergency preparedness programs
  • Advocate for resources that sustain and maintain local and tribal public health emergency preparedness capabilities.

Publications:

  • PHEP Funding Formula Recommended Revisions Overview, for Five-Year Project Period Beginning July 1, 2017 (PDF)
  • Funding Formula Recommendations for Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PDF)

Members: For a full membership list, visit: Roster of SCHSAC members, alternates, and workgroups.

Past workgroups

To view workgroup materials or final reports, please contact the MDH Center for Public Health Practice.

  • 2018-2019: Children of Incarcerated Parents Workgroup
  • 2018-2019: Strengthening Public Health in Minnesota Technical Group (related: Transforming the public health system in Minnesota)
  • 2017-2018: Strengthening Public Health in Minnesota Workgroup (related: Transforming the public health system in Minnesota)
  • 2011-2018: Performance Improvement Steering Committee
  • 2016: MDH Technical Assistance Workgroup
  • 2015-2016: Advancing Health Equity Workgroup (related: Resource Library for Advancing Health Equity in Public Health)
  • 2012-2015: Local Public Health Act Workgroup
  • 2012-2013: Mental Health Workgroup
  • 2010-2013: Building Health Information Exchange Capacity Workgroup

For a roster of SCHSAC workgroups prior to 2013, please contact the MDH Center for Public Health Practice.

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Last Updated: 03/02/2023

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