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Public Health Modernization Toolkit: Key Commitments, Priorities, and Strategies to Advance Collaboration between Public Health and Health Systems

NASHP

Funding for state and local health departments decreased 17 percent between 2009 and 2019, while experts estimate that an additional $4.5 billion per year is necessary to ensure access to basic public health services.[1] billion per year is necessary to ensure access to basic public health services.”

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Family Caregiver Services and Supports

NASHP

Family caregiver supports can be a component of states’ Medicaid rebalancing strategies, helping loved ones remain in home and-community based settings — while potentially reducing costly hospital and nursing home services. Family caregivers can help ease the current LTSS workforce crisis. North Dakota: Addressing need in rural areas.

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