Resource Summary
In the spring/summer of 2014, the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) conducted a national survey to determine how local governments share administrative services, such as billing, information technology, purchasing, and finance and accounting in conjunction with running their public health departments. From the survey results, three jurisdictions were identified for case studies examining in greater detail how such collaborations work in the selected jurisdictions and to identify the specific elements that make such arrangements successful and potentially replicable elsewhere. This report documents the findings from the national survey and three case studies. The information in the report will be helpful to public health and other local government service areas operating under continued fiscal constraints.