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Grant Me Strength: Budgeting Basics for Public Health Warriors

Grant Me Strength: Budgeting Basics for Public Health Warriors

by R-IV PHTC | Oct 31, 2025 | Featured Training, Training

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Grant Me Strength: Budgeting Basics for Public Health Warriors

Year:  2025  |  Competency/Strategic Skill: Program Planning; Resource Management and Financial Planning  |  Priority Topic: N/A  |  Setting:  Online  |  Format:  On-Demand  |  Sponsor:  Emory University/Central Office

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Overview:

This is a 90-minute recording of a live webinar on November 12, 2025, from 12:00 pm-1:30 pm ET. 

Budgeting doesn’t have to be intimidating—it’s a core skill for every public health professional navigating grant-funded programs. This session breaks down the essentials of budgeting and reframes financial management as a strategic tool for program success. Through practical examples and a touch of humor, participants will learn how to build budgets that support sustainability, align with program goals, and tell a compelling story of impact.

Beth Orero, MPH, is a seasoned public health warrior with over 15 years of experience managing complex, grant-funded programs across government, nonprofit, and healthcare sectors. She currently serves as a Learning Strategist at Emory Centers for Public Health Training and Technical Assistance, where she supports CDC Diabetes Prevention Program recipients through strategic training, technical assistance, and peer learning initiatives.

Beth brings deep expertise in budget oversight, financial modeling, and securing federal funding to support sustainable public health infrastructure. She has successfully managed a $29M CDC Cooperative Agreement across 46 jurisdictions, led rapid workforce deployment, and improved financial systems for programs exceeding $10M in funding. Her work includes securing $1.5M in federal SPNS funding for HIV care and digitizing monitoring systems to enhance fiscal transparency.

 

Learning Objectives: By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

  • Identify key components of a public health program budget, including common funding categories and allowable costs. 
  • Describe how budgeting supports program planning, performance tracking, and sustainability in grant-funded environments. 
  • Apply basic financial principles to public health scenarios, including budget development, revisions, and reporting. 
  • Recognize the value of integrating financial management into public health practice to strengthen program outcomes and resource advocacy. 

    CERTIFICATE: The course contains three modules: a module with pre-session questions, a module to access the webinar and an evaluation module. After accessing these modules, learners will earn a certificate of completion.

    This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31680, Public Health Training Centers for $4,348,992. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.

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    The Prescription for Response: Hurricane Helene Emergency Coordination and Resource Management in Tennessee

    The Prescription for Response: Hurricane Helene Emergency Coordination and Resource Management in Tennessee

    by Tara Poole | Apr 2, 2025 | Featured Training, Training

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    The Prescription for Response: Hurricane Helene Emergency Coordination and Resource Management in Tennessee

    Year:  2025  |  Competency/Strategic Skill: Problem Solving; Program Planning; Resource Management and Financial Planning  |  Priority Topic: NA  |  Setting:  Online  |  Format:  On-Demand  |  Sponsor:  Emory University/Central Office

    Overview:

    This is a 90-minute recording of a live webinar on May 6, 2025.

    In this presentation, you will learn about the aftermath of Hurricane Helene and its impact on Tennessee. We will highlight public health and medical response efforts, including critical deployable equipment and strike teams utilized during the disaster. Additionally, we will explore pharmacy-related planning and response topics addressed throughout the event. This session will also cover successes and lessons learned from the response, providing valuable insights to inform strategies for mitigating the impact of future disasters.

    Paul E. Petersen, PharmD, MPH, CEM, is the Director of the Tennessee Department of Health’s Emergency Preparedness Program. Dr. Petersen leads Tennessee’s response to all public health and medical emergencies. Tennessee has experienced a wide range of threats and public health emergencies requiring decisive action by program staff, health care coalitions, and other response partners. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he also served as the interim Director for the Vaccine-Preventable Disease and Immunization Program.  

    Originally from California, he earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of the Pacific Thomas L. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in 2001. Dr. Petersen completed his PGYI Pharmacy Practice Residency at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, where he also served as the Clinical Operating Room Pharmacist prior to his move to state government in 2005. He completed his Master of Public Health degree at East Tennessee State University in 2022. He serves on various national preparedness policy committees, including work with the National Academies, National Emergency Management Association, and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. He is also an active member of several professional public health and pharmacy associations, including the 2025 President of the Nashville Area Pharmacists Association. 

    Learning Objectives: By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

    • Describe the aftermath of Helene on infrastructure in Tennessee.
    • Summarize the health and medical response efforts, including deployable equipment leveraged during Helene.
    • Illustrate pharmacy-related planning and response topics that were navigated during Helene.
    • Prioritize critical emergency preparedness and response efforts to mitigate the impact of future disasters.

      CERTIFICATE: The course contains two modules: a module to access the webinar and an evaluation module. After accessing the two modules, learners will earn a certificate of completion. When the certificate is available, learners will see a Certificate button on their dashboard.

      This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31680, Public Health Training Centers for $4,348,992. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.

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      Show Me the Money! Effective Strategies for Identifying and Writing Winning Grants

      Show Me the Money! Effective Strategies for Identifying and Writing Winning Grants

      by R-IV PHTC | Apr 28, 2023 | Featured Training, Training

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      Show Me the Money! Effective Strategies for Identifying and Writing Winning Grants

      Year:  2023 |  Competency/Strategic Skill:  Resource Management and Financial Planning  |  Priority Topic: N/A  |  Setting:  Online  |  Format:  On-Demand|  Sponsor:  Emory University/Central Office; Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory (IPRCE)

      Overview:

      This is a recording of a live webinar held on May 19, 2023. 

      Public health practice depends on funding to function. This training focuses on understanding, identifying, and securing funding to meet your organization’s strategic needs. Strategic grant writing aligns the needs of organizations with funding sources, whether foundations, government agencies, corporations, or individuals. This webinar offers an introductory-level guide to the basics of strategic grant writing and how to successfully identify, plan, and write winning grants. It also outlines the components included in every grant proposal and highlights grant writing best practices, tips, tools, and resources to support your grant writing efforts.

      Tom Stevenson is a freelance grant writer and consultant with a 14-year record of success in winning federal, corporate, and foundation funding for nonprofit organizations at the state and local levels. He has extensive experience working with diverse community organizations including Youth Empowerment Project, Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse for Greater New Orleans, Odyssey House Louisiana, Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans, Acadiana, Center Point, Inc. in San Rafael, CA, and other award-winning nonprofit organizations. With his expertise in completing strategic prospect research, writing compelling proposal language, strategic program planning, and data collection, Tom has won more than $17M in winning grants for local organizations and nonprofit clients. He has a Bachelor of Arts in English Writing from Loyola University, a Master of Public Health from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and currently resides in the New Orleans, LA area.

      Learning Objectives: By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

      • Identify potential funding sources to support your agency’s work
      • Describe how to research a funding source to determine if it aligns with your community’s needs and agency’s goals
      • List 2 best practices for moving forward with a funding opportunity you are interested in
      • Identify the sections usually included in a grant proposal
      • Explain 2 tips for writing a persuasive proposal
      • Locate tools, templates, and other resources to support your grant-writing efforts

      CERTIFICATE:  The course contains two modules: a module to access the webinar and an evaluation module. After accessing both modules, learners will earn a certificate of completion. When the certificate is available, learners will see a Certificate button on their dashboard.

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      Self Care In Healthcare

      Self Care In Healthcare

      by R-IV PHTC | Jun 11, 2022 | Training

      Self Care In Healthcare

      Year:  2022  |  Competency/Strategic Skill:  Resource Management and Financial Planning |  Priority Topic:  Mental Health |  Setting:  Online |  Format:  On-Demand  |  Sponsor:  Medical University of South Carolina

      Overview:

      This is a recording of a one-hour webinar.

      In this recorded webinar, presenters discuss various types of stress and the physiological and mental health impacts that result from prolonged stress and burnout on the healthcare worker in particular. Furthermore, the presentation provides strategies and solutions to reduce stress and mitigate the associated health risks including increasing their sense of purpose, utilizing proper goal setting techniques and cultivating a culture of wellbeing within the workplace and beyond. This module contains a recorded presentation and evaluation.

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      Reinvesting in the Health and Wellness of America

      Reinvesting in the Health and Wellness of America

      by R-IV PHTC | Sep 28, 2021 | Featured Training, Training

      Reinvesting in the Health and Wellness of America

      Year:  2021  |  Competency/Strategic Skill:  Resource Management and Financial Planning |  Priority Topic:  N/A  |  Setting:  Online  |  Format:  On-demand  |  Sponsor:  Emory University/Central Office

      Overview:

      This is a recording of a webinar held on October 12, 2021.

      Dr. William E. Cooke is a physician in a rural, southern Indiana town of Austin, Indiana, and has first-hand knowledge of how the resources and opportunities available to communities impact the health, prosperity, and wellbeing of the people living there. Discrimination and deindustrialization have left pockets of concentrated poverty, toxic stress, and inequity and created health disadvantages for many. Unfortunately, our public health system has not risen to the challenge. In his book, Canary in the Coal Mine: A Forgotten Rural Community, a Hidden Epidemic, and a Lone Doctor Battling for the Life, Health, and Soul of the People, Dr. Cooke discusses these factors and how they came into play in his fight against the opioid epidemic and the worst drug-fueled HIV outbreak ever seen in rural America.

      In this webinar and based on his experiences in Austin, Dr. Cooke will discuss the need to reinvest in the health and wellness of America and to build an effective public health system that benefits everyone in the community.

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      Making Meetings Matter

      Making Meetings Matter

      by R-IV PHTC | Jul 8, 2021 | Featured Training, Training

      Making Meetings Matter

      Year:  2021  |  Competency/Strategic Skill:  Resource Management and Financial Planning |  Priority Topic:  N/A  |  Setting:  Online  |  Format:  On-demand  |  Sponsor:  Emory University/Central Office

      Overview:

      This is a two-hour recording of a webinar held on July 15, 2021.

      Recent research says that executives average 23 hours per week in meetings and 49% of participants considered unfocused meetings and projects as the biggest workplace time waster and the primary reason for unproductive work days.In this session you’ll learn tactics to reduce meeting attendance and make the meetings you are going to more efficient and (dare we say) more fun. From pre-meeting planning, to structured meeting styles, to post-meeting follow up, participants will do hands-on training that will improve any meeting they are running. Stop steamrollers before they start, draw out the quiet experts in the room, be strategic with your slide deck and keep your agenda on track. By energizing and activating meetings, hopefully we can get out of meetings a little faster and a little happier.

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      Working Together for the Future: Tapping into Federal Programs and Services in Your Community

      Working Together for the Future: Tapping into Federal Programs and Services in Your Community

      by R-IV PHTC | Feb 13, 2020 | Training

      Working Together for the Future: Tapping into Federal Programs and Services in Your Community

      Year:  2017  |  Competency/Strategic Skill:  Resource Management and Financial Planning |  Priority Topic:  N/A  |  Setting:  Online  |  Format:  On-Demand  |  Sponsor:  Emory University/Central Office

      Overview:

      This is a  recording of a live, 90-minute webinar.

      This recorded webinar highlights federal programs and services, with emphasis on how health departments can leverage available resources that may improve health outcomes within communities they serve. Health departments, committed to maintaining and improving the health of the communities they serve, may be unaware of the vast array of federal programs and services that they can tap into to help them achieve their mission. For instance, within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Health Resources and Administration (HRSA) and the Office of Minority Health (OMH) share goals to achieve health equity and provision of essential health services to people who are geographically isolated, economically or medically vulnerable, including people living with HIV/AIDS, pregnant women, mothers, and their families and those in need of high quality primary health care.

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      Giving and Receiving Feedback For Personal and Professional Growth

      Giving and Receiving Feedback For Personal and Professional Growth

      by R-IV PHTC | Jan 13, 2020 | Training

      Giving and Receiving Feedback For Personal and Professional Growth

      Year:  2017  |  Competency/Strategic Skill:  Resource Management and Financial Planning  |  Priority Topic:  N/A  |  Setting:  Online  |  Format:  On-Demand  |  Sponsor:  Emory University/Central Office

      Overview:

      This is a 90-minute recording of a live webinar.

      Without feedback, individuals and organizations cannot grow. Feedback is the key to better serving your community and getting the most out of your team. But giving and receiving feedback can be incredibly uncomfortable and unproductive. And when done poorly, feedback can actually be destructive. In this interactive and light-hearted session, learn the right questions to ask and how to handle the feedback – good or bad – with courtesy and professionalism. Get tools in how to deliver feedback that is specific, actionable and measurable. So instead of shrinking from feedback you can embrace it for the opportunity it is.

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      Budgeting: Linking Strategies to Resource Allocations

      Budgeting: Linking Strategies to Resource Allocations

      by R-IV PHTC | Jan 13, 2020 | Training

      Budgeting: Linking Strategies to Resource Allocations

      Year:  2016  |  Competency/Strategic Skill:  Resource Management and Financial Planning  |  Priority Topic:  N/A  |  Setting:  Online  |  Format:  On-Demand  |  Sponsor:  Emory University/Central Office

      Overview:

      This is a 90-minute recording of a live webinar.

      The vision and mission of an organization cannot be accomplished without a carefully crafted strategic plan. A strategic plan with its objectives and action plans cannot be implemented without the allocation of resources in proportion to scope and scale of the action plans. This webinar will present to public health professionals the association between strategies and budgets, the types of budgets, the process of formulating a budget using a case study from a local public health department, and the fundamentals of measuring budget effectiveness.

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      The Business of Public Health

      The Business of Public Health

      by R-IV PHTC | Jan 10, 2020 | Training

      The Business of Public Health

      Year:  2013  |  Competency/Strategic Skill:  Resource Management and Financial Planning |  Priority Topic:  N/A  |  Setting:  Online  |  Format:  On-Demand  |  Sponsor:  Emory University/Central Office

      Overview:

      This is a 80-minute recording of a live lecture.

      Looking at public health from a business perspective is vital, particularly in this uncertain economic time. Join us for an enlightening discussion on public health business planning with Dr. Stephen Orton, co-author of Public Health Business Planning: A Practical Guide and Deputy Director, Executive Education, with the North Carolina Institute for Public Health at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC-Chapel Hill. Dr. Orton will provide an overview of public health business planning, including the value of applying business principles to public health, key elements of a strong business plan and case studies where public health agencies/departments have developed successful business plans.

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      Human Resources Management

      Human Resources Management

      by R-IV PHTC | Jan 6, 2020 | Training

      Human Resources Management

      Year:  Unknown|  Competency/Strategic Skill:  Resource Management and Financial Planning |  Priority Topic:  N/A  |  Setting:  Online  |  Format:  On-Demand  |  Sponsor:  East Tennessee State University

      Overview:

      This is a two-part, self-paced module expected to take three hours to complete.

      This course is designed to assist management and leadership public health professionals more proactively manage one of their most important resources: their workforce.

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      How To Tackle Grants

      How To Tackle Grants

      by R-IV PHTC | Nov 13, 2019 | Training

      How To Tackle Grants

      Year:  Unknown  |  Competency/Strategic Skill:  Resource Management and Financial Planning  |  Priority Topic:  N/A  |  Setting:  Online  |  Format:  On-Demand  Sponsor:  East Tennessee State University

      Overview:

      This is a self-paced module expected to take 1.5 hours to complete.

      In this course, students will learn how to evaluate and interpret an RFP, develop action approaches and create a working document from the RFP, and construct an outline that incorporates goals for RFP requirements.

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      Region IV Public Health Training Center | All Rights Reserved | ©2026 This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31680, Public Health Training Centers for $4,348,992. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.