About the Preparedness Impact Project

In May 2015, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) Directors of Public Health Preparedness (DPHPs) and Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) partnered with national associations to launch the Preparedness Impact Project.

Our vision is to protect America’s health, safety, and security by ensuring the sustainability of preparedness funding through communication and policy efforts.

We aim to achieve the vision by:

• Identifying and focusing on the most important policy issues affecting preparedness efforts
• Developing a cadre of stakeholders and partners (champions) that can carry project messages
• Developing clear and action-oriented materials that articulate the contribution to state and local public health and importance of state and local preparedness efforts
• Getting the materials into the hands of the right people to further our reach
• Tracking our educational outreach efforts

We inform and equip state and local public health professionals, hospital associations, and national public health associations with preparedness-specific communication materials.

We educate Congress and other federal policymakers about the importance of public health and healthcare emergency preparedness.