Strategic Framework

Vision: A public health workforce prepared to meet emerging and future challenges

Mission: Improve health outcomes through a competent sustainable, and empowered public health workforce

Goal 1: Quality Learning

Current Workforce — Strengthen the skills of the current workforce through quality, accredited, competency-based training
Fellowship Programs — Build the public health workforce through experiential fellowship programs
Future Workforce — Promote public health as a career choice through programs for students and teachers

Goal 2: Valuable Service

Improve public health impact through fellows’ on-the-job service
Serve the needs of CDC programs, state and local health departments, and other partners through fellows’ assignments
Respond to urgent domestic and international public health needs through short- term technical assistance
Enhance consultation services for fellowships, learning resources, and other workforce development activities

Goal 3: National Leadership

Facilitate the use of standards for public health training and career pathways
Characterize the workforce and assess needs before setting priorities
Facilitate national collaborations with partners to address workforce priorities

Goal 4: Organizational Capacity

Guiding Principles

Keeping an eye to the future in a changing public health environment
Shifting the balance toward a population health approach to workforce development
Expanding innovative models for fellowships and other training programs
Leveraging technology to improve efficiencies and impact
Applying evidence-based approaches, from science to practice
Enhancing collaboration and partnerships
Evaluating to measure impact, ensure cost-effectiveness, and improve quality
Valuing diversity in our staff and fellows
Being customer-focused
Serving as effective stewards of public resources

Page last reviewed: January 17, 2020