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June 5, 2007
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Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities (OMHD)

CAMICC CHARTER

"Working Collaboratively to Eliminate Health Disparities"

Purpose Established by OD, CDC: To promote health and quality of life by fostering and supporting actions to reduce the disproportionate burden of preventable disease, injury and violence, disability, and death among specific racial and ethnic minority populations. To participate with the Director CDC/Administrator ATSDR, Assistant Administrator ATSDR, Coordinating Center Directors, Centers/Institute/Office (CIO) Directors, and Division Directors to provide leadership for minority health action. To establish a direct communication and action link related to minority health between the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities (OMHD), OD and Coordinating Centers and CIOs/ATSDR. To promote and enhance diversity at CDC and ATSDR by assisting development and implementation of CDC and ATSDR programs.

Specific Functions

Include but are not limited to:
	Coordinating CDC/ATSDR activities to support all Executive Branch,  Department of Health and Human Services, and Public Health Service minority health initiatives, and CIO responses to DHHS requests for information on CDC and ATSDR minority health activities.
	Serving as an advisor to the Director CDC/Administrator ATSDR, Assistant Administrator ATSDR, Coordinating Center, CIO, and Division Directors on minority health initiatives and issues affecting the agency.
	Serving as a consulting body for minority health-related issues and making recommendations to the Coordinating Centers and CIOs and/or the Director CDC/Administrator ATSDR when appropriate.
	Providing leadership for developing, revising, and implementing crosscutting minority health policies and action plans.
	Participating with senior managers to set priorities and objectives, define action agendas, ensure priorities are implemented, and monitor progress.
	Assisting Coordinating Centers, CIOs and ATSDR in implementing systems to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of agency programs to reduce health disparities.
	Building momentum among the Coordinating Centers, CIOs and ATSDR for support and integration of agency-wide minority health activities and strategies.
	Supporting minority health by identifying research, data, and programmatic needs, and new and expanded resources.
	Building networks and providing a forum for information exchange among Coordinating Center, CIO and ATSDR staff and among CAMICC representatives and other participants.
	Communicating minority health issues and action agendas to Coordinating Center, CIO and ATSDR program, administrative, and scientific staff.
	Recognizing and rewarding quality minority health activities, pursuant to current CDC policies regarding awards and recognitions of merit.
	Supporting minority student training and professional development through CDC, ATSDR, and AHRC internships, fellowships, and collaboration with institutions of higher learning.
	Identifying and disseminating new information, (e.g., relevant reports from research and academic groups such as the Institute of Medicine, findings from community participatory research, and studies of prevention effectiveness and best practices) to reduce health disparities.
	Fostering the development of effective methods for surveillance, research, communication, intervention, and assessment in minority populations.

Membership

The CIO Directors and Assistant Administrator ATSDR designate staff from their units as principal and alternate members of CAMICC.  Although CIOs may have principal and alternate representatives present at any meeting, there will be only one vote per CIO.

Subcommittees and Workgroups

	Subcommittees made up of CAMICC members will be formed as needed for targeted activities that support the work of CAMICC.
	Agency-wide work groups will also be formed as needed for designated activities, and will be responsible for developing CIO-specific responses and collecting and reporting information.
	Staff of OMHD will participate on all subcommittees or working groups.

Senior Advisor and CIO Co-Chair

	The Associate Director for Minority Health (ADMH) will serve as Senior Advisor of CAMICC, offering oversight and guidance to CAMICC’s work.
	Two CIO-based Co-Chairs will carry out the day-to-day work of CAMICC, comprising CAMICC’s executive leadership. The two CIO-based Co-Chairs will be elected every two years by the CAMICC membership, and will be responsible for conducting meetings and consulting directly with the Associate Director for Minority Health.

Meetings

	Meetings will be held approximately monthly and scheduled by the CAMICC Co-Chairs.
	Any member may submit agenda items to the Co-Chairs.  Proposed agenda items must be received at least 10 days before the next scheduled meeting.
	Meeting agendas and summaries will be distributed at least one week before any scheduled meeting.
	When necessary, decisions will be made by the majority of voting members present.
	All appropriate recommendations will be forwarded to the Director CDC/ Administrator ATSDR through the ADMH reporting chain for appropriate action.
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