This is a template of a Mutual Aid Agreement that public health departments can use to enter into a legal sharing agreement for mutual assistance in a public health incident. It was developed by the Northwoods Shared Services Project in Wisconsin, a member of the Center’s Shared Services Learning Community. Available online: https://phsharing.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mutual-aid-agreement-for-incident-responses-template.doc
This is a template that can be used by jurisdictions to formalize the provision of and specify reimbursement for the costs for sharing public health services. It was developed by the Central Massachusetts Regional Public Health Alliance, which was part of the Center’s Shared Services Learning Community.
This memorandum of agreement is an example of a cross-border agreement among two California counties, the state of Baja California Mexico, the International Community Foundation, and Puentes de Esperanza Contra Tuberculosis, A.C.
This section of the Institute for Local Government’s website provides a number of sample agreements that can be used for developing intergovernmental collaborations. Although most of the agreements are based on California examples, much of the information is generalizable. Available online: http://www.ca-ilg.org/post/interagency-collaboration-sample-agreements
This one-page brief from ChangeLabSolutions highlights “shared use,” along with “joint use” and “community use,” (i.e., terms that describe what happens when entities agree to open or broaden access to their property or facilities to benefit the larger community). Successful partnerships between entities generally rely on the pooling of resources to expand public access and […]
This webpage provides an overview of the components of joint use agreements. Available online: http://www.ca-ilg.org/post/importance-written-agreements
The agreement outlines the responsibilities of the governing board that oversees operation of the new public health entity called Horizon Public Health.
This agreement to provide public health services is between a city health department and county health district. It specifies the public health services that will be provided and includes a set dollar amount for those services.
This ordinance authorized a city official (the mayor) to enter into an agreement with the county health district to provide its health services because the city is without the ability to do so to meet the Ohio Revised Code and Sanitary Code. It also includes the agreement that outlines the provision of those public health […]
This webpage from the Network for Public Health Law provides information on the laws in each state that could impact formation of a cross-jurisdictional sharing public health arrangement. Available online: https://www.networkforphl.org/resources_collection /2013/12/02/388/ resource_intergovernmental_cooperation_agreements_map