Marion and Polk counties in Oregon were prompted to develop a formal cross-jurisdictional sharing (CJS) arrangement by the state’s public health modernization work. They currently have two intergovernmental agreements in place, and continue to identify additional challenges and opportunities that could be well-served by CJS. This publication is from the Center for Sharing Public Health Services.
Marion and Polk counties in Oregon were prompted to develop a formal cross-jurisdictional sharing (CJS) arrangement by the state’s public health modernization work. They currently have two intergovernmental agreements in place, and continue to identify additional challenges and opportunities that could be well-served by CJS.
This report offers a series of case studies on shared staffing arrangements in local public health organizations. These cases, which are located in Massachusetts, Iowa and Oregon, were selected for study based on a national environmental scan of arrangements in place and with attention to variation in location, size of jurisdictions, and type of local […]
Overview: A commonly held misconception is that when health department of unequal size partner around CJS, large health departments will end up using their own resources without adequate reimbursement and smaller health departments will be overtaken and lose their decision-making authority. In fact, the Center for Sharing Public Health Services has worked with a number […]