SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The sole source award will ensure that state, tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) public health and healthcare professionals have the knowledge and skills to serve their communities well. This will be achieved by the following: (1) enhancing and expanding the TRAIN Learning Network, an existing learning management system (LMS) focused on upskilling the public health and healthcare workforce and (2) strengthening public health workforce services through support for advancing performance management and quality improvement, public health workforce competencies, academic health departments, and other cross-sector collaborations.

Public Health Foundation (PHF) is the only entity that can carry out this work, as it owns and manages the TRAIN Learning Network (Learning Management System, LMS). CDC has partnered with the TRAIN Learning ( printed page 47833) Network (CDC TRAIN) since 2010. There are now more than two million CDC TRAIN learner accounts. PHF also manages the Council on Linkages Between Academic and Public Health Practice, which is the steward of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals, the Academic Health Department (AHD) Learning Community, and the Retention and Recruitment Learning Community. Finally, PHF is a field-recognized lead in unique public health tools and training for performance management and quality improvement provided to state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments.

Summary of the Award

Recipient: Public Health Foundation.

Purpose of the award: The purpose of this award is to ensure that state, tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) public health and healthcare professionals have the knowledge and skills to best serve their communities. This will be achieved by the following: (1) enhancing and expanding the TRAIN Learning Network, an existing learning management system (LMS) focused on upskilling the public health and healthcare workforce and (2) strengthening public health workforce services through support for advancing performance management and quality improvement, public health workforce competencies, academic health departments, and other cross-sector collaborations.

Amount of award: The approximate year 1 funding amount will be $1.5 million in Federal Fiscal Year 2026 funds, subject to the availability of funds. Funding amounts for years 2-5 will be set at continuation.

Authority: This program is authorized under the Public Health Service Act: Section 1703 (a)(2) and (3) (42 U.S.C. 300u-2(a)(2) and (3)); Section 1704 (42 U.S.C. 300u-3); and Section 317(k)(2) (42 U.S.C. 247(b)(k)(2)).

Period of performance: September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2031.

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