Public Health Mutual Aid Agreements: Making it Happen is designed to equip public health professionals with the knowledge and skills to advocate for public health mutual aid agreements to enhance preparedness.

After reviewing this product, local health department staff should be able to:

• Describe how effective leadership and advocacy skills can be employed to obtain approval of a mutual aid agreement.
• Describe the process of identifying partner organizations, developing an MOA, and obtaining approval for the agreement.

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This product was developed by the Cambridge, Massachusetts Advanced Practice Center under the support of cooperative agreement number U50/CCU302718 from the CDC to NACCHO. It was revised by the San Francisco Bay Area Advanced Practice Center (SF Bay Area APC) under cooperative agreement number 5H75TP000309-03. Its contents are the responsibility of the Cambridge, Massachusetts Advanced Practice Center and the SF Bay Area APC and do not necessarily reflect the official views of CDC or NACCHO.