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NACCHO 2022 Innovative Practice Award

2022 Innovative Practice Award

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) awarded Fairfax County Health Department’s community health worker (CHW) program, in partnership with IPHI, the Innovative Practice Gold Award.

The National Association of County and City Health Officials awarded a 2022 Innovative Practice Award to the Fairfax County Health Department for its public/private partnership with IPHI. Leveraging Community Health Workers to Improve Isolation and Quarantine Adherence was one of only four local health department programs in the country to receive NACCHO’s Gold Innovative Practice Award. The award was presented during the 2022 NACCHO360 Annual Conference in Atlanta on July 20, 2022.

This award is a recognition of programs developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrating effective community partnerships and collaboration, adaptability and program resilience, and remarkable innovation.

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