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The Mission of the Heartland Centers is to improve leadership and workforce competence and community capacity to increase capability to perform in emergency events and assure delivery of public health essential services. The Heartland Centers for Public Health and Community Capacity Development is comprised of the following four specialized Centers and the Learning Management System.
The Heartland Center for Public
Health Preparedness
The Heartland Public Health Education & Training
Center
The Heartland Center for Public Health & Community
Leadership
The Heartland Center for Program Evaluation & Research
These Centers and Learning Management System have evolved to form a comprehensive approach to workforce development through competency-based needs assessment, curriculum development and post-program and exercise performance evaluation. Workforce from multi-sectors, multi-disciplines and multi-jurisdictions are provided improved and sustained access to programs, exercises and products (onsite and technology mediated formats). LMS assessment, registration/transcript and tracking functions support improved recognition, certification and career development, as well as, report functions required to meet workforce development standards for public health agency accreditation.
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