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Join us for the annual meeting of the local and Tribal Washington assessment community.  

During this annual meeting, you will participate in interactive training and workshops to build skills in areas including CHAs and CHIPs, Tribal community engagement, communicating with data visualization, and other topics relevant to assessment.  

The meeting kicks off at 11:00 am Pacific time on Monday, May 6, and wraps up at noon on Wednesday, May 8. Registration is no longer limited and we welcome additional registrations from all jurisdictions until we reach capacity. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to enhance your assessment skills and connect with fellow professionals in a collaborative learning environment! 

Tentative Agenda of Sessions (subject to change)

Monday, May 6 

• CHAs, CHIPs, and MAPP 2.0 (90 minutes) 
  • How to use the Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) framework to conduct Community Health Assessments and develop Community Health Improvement Plans to achieve health equity, regardless of the size and resources of your LHJ. 
• Data Visualization Workshop and Showcase (90 minutes) 
  • Visualizing and communicating data to prioritize equity and ethics, and a showcase of LHJs talking about their experience with data visualization and the tools they use. 

Tuesday, May 7 

• Tribal Community Engagement (75 minutes) 
  • A panel discussion focusing on what is involved in community engagement for Tribes and LHJs, with case examples. 
• Qualitative methods (90 minutes) 
  • Topics will likely include the following: best practices in qualitative data collection, analysis, and dissemination, and innovative methods for data collection. 
• Indicators and Data Sources (2 hours 15 minutes, with short breaks between the full group and small group discussions) 
  • An introduction to standard indicators, with a discussion of which indicators are being used by LHJs, and questions about which new indicators are needed. There will be a 45-minute breakout for small groups to discuss indicators of interest by topic such as climate change, maternal and child health, communicable disease, housing, and so on. We’ll wrap up with the full group reflecting on the small group discussions. 

Wednesday, May 8  

• Facilitated full group and small group reflection and questions looking back on topics from the first two days. (90 minutes) 
• Evaluation design (90 minutes) 
  • Equitable & Culturally Responsive Evaluation: Strengths-Based Approaches 
  • Logic Models for Planning, Collaboration, Monitoring & Assessing Public Health Programs & Policies 

You can also view the tentative agenda here. 

Lodging

Foundational Public Health Services (FPHS) will reserve lodging directly and pay for room rate + taxes/fees at one of three hotels. Reservations for participants registered by April 4th will be at a reimbursable rate at one of the following hotels on a space-available basis. If participant(s) will share rooms, each participant needs to indicate name(s) of roommate(s) when registering.

If you will travel on and need lodging for May 5th, we have a limited number of rooms at the block book rate of $ 107/night + taxes and fees. You must reserve your own lodging for this night and do so directly with the hotel and with a personal credit card.  Our organization will pay hotels directly for May 6th and 7th; May 5th costs are your personal responsibility and will not be reimbursed. To reserve and be billed for May 5th (Only), contact the following person and mention Statewide Assessment Meeting and all nights you plan to stay.   Donna Ray - Sales and Marketing Manager, Wenatchee Comfort Suites | Sleep Inn 509-662-1818 ext 411

Travel Expenses and Reimbursement
FPHS funding will reimburse personal vehicle mileage for two-way travel (doorstep to location), meals while in state travel status and not provided at the event nor included in hotel rate, and hotel parking. For those with special mobility needs, reimbursement for ground transportation to and from hotel and/or event parking may be possible. Direct questions to nwcphp@uw.edu.

To request travel expense reimbursement, complete and send by June 7, 2024 the Non-employee travel form CURRENT.pdf (uw.edu) and required receipts (.pdf preferred) to nwcphp@uw.edu. 

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The Northwest Center for Public Health Practice (NWCPHP) may take photos and videos during this
training for use in its educational and promotional materials. By virtue of registering, you grant NWCPHP
full rights without compensation to use any photos, videos, or recordings containing your likeness taken
during the routine course of the event by NWCPHP or its official representatives to be used in future
educational or promotional endeavors of NWCPHP, the School of Public Health, and the University of
Washington, without any further notice. This permission may be revoked in writing to NWCPHP.

Survey Data
By registering, you agree that NWCPHP may use your de-identified, aggregate survey responses to inform
improvements to this training and the Center’s future training plans, as well as share this information with
funders.