The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday awarded public health departments $3.14 billion over five years to recruit, retain and train public health workers and improve their data, systems and processes. The agency also awarded partner organizations $65 million to assist in the efforts. The American Rescue Plan Act provided $3 billion of the funding to expand the public health workforce.

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