What to know
- CFA's mission is to harness cutting-edge analytics to improve response to public health emergencies.
- CFA works with state, tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) health departments to support enhanced decision-making through the use of models, forecasts, and reports.
- CFA collaborates with key public health organizations to understand the needs of STLT health professionals, share information, collect feedback, and provide educational opportunities.
CFA's Partnership Approach
The Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics (CFA) establishes and maintains meaningful partnerships with health departments at the state, tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) levels and other public health organizations to help achieve the Center’s mission. CFA’s multidisciplinary team of public health professionals collaborates with STLT partners to help formulate and continually improve products. The Center aims to support health departments in applying forecasting and modeling to their infectious disease outbreak responses.
There are four pillars within CFA’s STLT engagement strategy to support partners in outbreak response:
- Creating collaborative partnerships with STLT health departments and other public health organizations;
- Incorporating priorities of STLT health departments into CFA's products and making sure the products are useful in STLT contexts;
- Encouraging new ideas by connecting private companies, government agencies, and academic institutions through CFA's Insight Net; and
- Strengthening STLT health departments' forecasting and modeling efforts by offering technical support and training through CFA's Learning Library.
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Partnerships with Health Departments
CFA supports public health professionals in the U.S. to utilize forecasts, models, and advanced analytics. We collaborate directly with STLT health departments to help preparedness activities and improve public health responses. Below are some ways we partner with health departments to facilitate using CFA models to protect communities.
Partnerships with Public Health Organizations
CFA is working with key public health organizations to understand the needs of STLT professionals, share information, collect feedback, and provide educational opportunities for health departments. All trainings developed through these partnerships are available in the CFA Learning Library.