Public Health Workforce Development That Sticks

Public health professionals need training across several competency areas: data analysis and visualization, AI literacy and responsible use, leadership and change management, community engagement, and program evaluation. The specific mix depends on role and career stage. Our public health training programs are built around the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals and can be customized to your department's workforce development plan.

Effective AI training for government employees combines foundational knowledge (what AI is, how it works), practical skills (hands-on use of approved tools), and governance understanding (your agency's AI policy, HIPAA considerations, ethical use). We recommend starting with a 1-day GenAI for Public Health intensive, followed by annual compliance training. Our AI workforce development programs have been delivered for NACCHO, NNPHI, and dozens of local health departments.

Certification needs vary by role. The Certified in Public Health (CPH) credential from NBPHE is valuable for many positions. Specialized roles may require certifications in project management (PMP), data analytics, or health informatics. For AI competency, we offer annual AI compliance training that documents staff completion—increasingly required as health departments implement AI policies. We can help you map training to your workforce development goals.

Health department staff training requires understanding of public health context: HIPAA and data privacy, grant-funded constraints, community health frameworks, and the unique pace of government work. Generic training uses corporate examples that don't translate. Our trainers have managed epidemiology programs, led disease investigations, and built public health data systems—we teach from experience, using your actual data and community challenges.

Executive coaching for public health directors addresses the unique challenges of leading in government: navigating political dynamics, managing crisis response burnout, building coalitions across agencies, and leading through organizational change. Our trauma-informed approach recognizes the toll public health leadership takes. Coaching can be individual (for health officers and division directors) or department-wide (building your entire leadership team's capacity).

Every engagement begins with discovery: we learn about your team's current challenges, desired outcomes, and organizational context. We then adapt content to use your actual data, your community's demographics, and your real workflows. If you're training on data visualization, we use your surveillance data. If you're learning AI governance, we reference your department's draft policy. This ensures participants can apply skills immediately after training.

Data governance training for public health should cover data stewardship roles and responsibilities, data inventory management, access control policies, data sharing agreement development, retention and disposition requirements, and HIPAA compliance. We offer training for both data governance council members (who set policy) and frontline staff (who implement it daily). Our data governance training is designed specifically for local health departments—not generic corporate content adapted to public health.

We're public health practitioners who became trainers—not training companies that added public health to their menu. Our team includes former epidemiologists, health directors, and informaticists who now teach the skills they used daily. We're woman-owned, 8(a) certified, and trusted by national organizations like NACCHO and NNPHI. Most importantly, we consistently receive 9.7/10 satisfaction scores because participants can immediately apply what they learn.