What to know
- The Public Health Associate Program for Recent Graduates (PHAP) is a training program for early-career public health professionals with a recent college degree and an interest in public service and public health.
- Associates are assigned to host sites throughout the United States and U.S. territories.
2022 and 2023 Classes By State
Associates work at host sites including state, tribal, local, and territorial public health agencies, nongovernmental organizations such as community-based organizations, public health institutes and associations, and academic institutions.
This map shows which states and territories are currently hosting associates and the number of associates serving in each. Below the map is a list of all PHAP host sites by state/U.S. territory.
Contacts
No associates are assigned to this state.
Host Site: Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
Location: Anchorage, AK
Subject Areas: Chronic Disease: Population Health; Other Infectious Disease: Notifiable disease surveillance and reporting
Host Site: Tanana Chiefs Conference
Location: Fairbanks, AK
Subject Area: Health Department Quality Improvement
Host Site: Arizona Department of Health Services
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Subject Areas: Environmental Health: General; Foodborne/waterborne disease
Host Site: Navajo County Public Health Services District
Location: Show Low, AZ
Subject Areas: Environmental Health: General; Maternal & Child Health: Early childhood development
Host Site: Arkansas Department of Health
Location: Little Rock, AR
Subject Area: Tuberculosis Prevention
Host Site: California Department of Public Health
Location: Sacramento, CA
Subject Area: Public Health Surveillance (General)
Host Site: CDC Los Angeles Port Health Station
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Subject Area: Other Infectious Disease: Quarantine Station
Host Site: City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services
Location: Long Beach, CA
Subject Areas: Communicable Disease; Other Infectious Disease: Notifiable disease surveillance and reporting; HIV/AIDS Prevention
Host Site: Kings County Health Department
Location: Hanford, CA
Subject Area: Accreditation
Host Site: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Subject Areas: Immunizations, Vaccine Preventable Disease Investigation, Tuberculosis Prevention; HIV/AIDS Prevention, Health Equity/Access to Care
Host Site: Boulder County Public Health
Location: Boulder, CO
Subject Areas: Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response; Injury Prevention: Opioid/Prescription drug overdose; Chronic Disease: Nutrition/Obesity Prevention/Physical Activity Promotion
Host Site: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Location: Denver, CO
Subject Area: Immunizations
Host Site: National Environmental Health Association
Location: Denver, CO
Subject Area: Environmental Health: General
Host Site: Connecticut Department of Public Health
Location: Hartford, CT
Subject Areas: Immunizations; Public Health Surveillance (General)
Host Site: CNMI Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation
Location: Saipan, MP
Subject Area: Health Department Quality Improvement
Host Site: Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health
Location: Washington, DC
Subject Areas: Community Health Improvement Planning (CHIP)/Community Health Assessments (CHA); Public Health Policy & Law
Host Site: District of Columbia Department of Health
Location: Washington, DC
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention; Public Health Surveillance (General)
Host Site: District of Columbia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Location: Washington, DC
Subject Area: Public Health Surveillance (General)
Host Site: National Association of Counties Research Foundation
Location: Washington, DC
Subject Area: Public Health Policy & Law
Host Site: National Association of County & City Health Officials
Location: Washington, DC
Subject Area: Immunizations
Host Site: National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH)
Location: Washington, DC
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention
Host Site: National Indian Health Board
Location: Washington, DC
Subject Area: Environmental Health: General
Host Site: Society for Public Health Education
Location: Washington, DC
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care
Host Site: Delaware Division of Public Health
Location: Dover, DE
Subject Area: Immunizations
Host Site: Brevard Health Alliance
Location: Melbourne, FL
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention
Host Site: Florida Department of Health
Location: Tallahassee, FL
Subject Areas: Tuberculosis Prevention; Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response
Host Site: Manatee County Health Department
Location: Bradenton, FL
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care
Host Site: Martin County Health Department
Location: Stuart, FL
Subject Area: Public Health Surveillance (General)
Host Site: Miami-Dade County Health Department
Location: Miami, FL
Subject Areas: Tuberculosis Prevention; HIV/AIDS Prevention
Host Site: Seminole County Health Department
Location: Sarasota, FL
Subject Area: Other Infectious Disease: Notifiable disease surveillance and reporting
Host Site: District 3, Unit 2: Fulton County Health District
Location: Atlanta, GA
Subject Area: Tuberculosis Prevention
Host Site: District 3, Unit 4: East Metro Health District
Location: Lawrenceville, GA
Subject Area: Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention
Host Site: District 5, Unit 2: North Central District
Location: Macon, GA
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention
Host Site: Food Fortification Initiative
Location: Atlanta, GA
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care
Host Site: Georgia Department of Public Health
Location: Atlanta, GA
Subject Area: Adolescent & School Health (non-STI)
Host Site: Gwinnett County Health Department
Location: Lawrenceville, GA
Subject Areas: Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention; Tuberculosis Prevention
Host Site: Task Force for Global Health
Location: Decatur, GA
Subject Area: Viral Hepatitis Prevention
Host Site: UGA Cooperative Extension
Location: Statesboro, GA
Subject Area: Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response
No associates are assigned to this state.
No associates are assigned to this state.
Host Site: Chicago Department of Public Health
Location: Chicago, IL
Subject Areas: Immunizations, Tuberculosis Prevention; Health Equity/Access to Care; Community Health Improvement Planning (CHIP)/Community Health Assessments (CHA); Adolescent/School-based Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention
Host Site: Clay Department of Public Health
Location: Flora, IL
Subject Area: Environmental Health: Foodborne/Waterborne Disease
Host Site: EverThrive Illinois
Location: Chicago, IL
Subject Area: Immunizations
Host Site: Illinois Department of Public Health
Location: Chicago, IL
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention; Immunizations
Host Site: Indiana Department of Health
Location: South Bend, IN
Subject Areas: Immunizations; Injury Prevention: Opioid/Prescription drug overdose
Host Site: Iowa Department of Public Health
Location: Des Moines, IA
Subject Area: Immunizations
Host Site: Iowa Cancer Consortium
Location: Coralville, IL
Subject Area: Chronic Disease: Cancer Prevention and Control
No associates are assigned to this state.
Host Site: Cumberland Valley District Health Department
Location: Manchester, KY
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention
Host Site: Kentucky Department of Public Health
Location: Pikeville, KY
Subject Areas: Community Health Improvement Planning (CHIP)/Community Health Assessments (CHA)
Host Site: City of New Orleans Department of Health
Location: New Orleans, LA
Subject Areas: Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response; HIV/AIDS Prevention
Host Site: Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care
Host Site: Louisiana OPH Bureau of Family Health
Location: New Orleans, LA
Subject Area: Injury Prevention: Violence
Host Site: City of Portland Public Health Division
Location: Portland, ME
Subject Area: Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response
Host Site: Association of Immunization Managers
Location: Rockville, MD
Subject Area: Immunizations
Host Site: Baltimore City Health Department
Location: Baltimore, MD
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention
Host Site: Maryland Department of Health
Location: Baltimore, MD
Subject Areas: Accreditation; Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response
Host Site: Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services
Location: Rockville, MD
Subject Area: Chronic Disease: Population Health
Host Site: Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Location: Boston, MA
Subject Area: Maternal & Child Health: Reproductive Health
Host Site: Great Lake Inter-Tribal Council
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Subject Area: Injury Prevention: Opioid/Prescription Drug Overdose
Host Site: Washtenaw County Public Health Department
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Subject Area: Environmental Health: General
Host Site: Minnesota Department of Health
Location: St. Paul, MN
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care
No associates are assigned to this state.
Host Site: City of Kansas City Health Department
Location: Kansas City, MO
Subject Area: Health Department Quality Improvement
Host Site: City of St. Louis Department of Health
Location: St. Louis, MO
Subject Area: Environmental Health: Foodborne/Waterborne Disease
Host Site: Clay County Public Health Center
Location: Liberty, MO
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care
Host Site: Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation
Location: Springfield, MO
Subject Area: Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention
No associates are assigned to this state.
Host Site: Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Location: Lincoln, NE
Subject Areas: Influenza; Other Infectious Disease: Foodborne/Waterborne Disease Surveillance
Host Site: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
Location: Carson City, NV
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care: Food Insecurity
Host Site: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public and Behavioral Health
Location: Carson City, NV
Subject Area: Chronic Disease: Nutrition/Obesity Prevention/Physical Activity Promotion
Host Site: New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Location: Concord, NH
Subject Area: Immunizations
Host Site: New Jersey Department of Health
Location: Trenton, NJ
Subject Area: Other Infectious Disease: Foodborne/waterborne disease human illness-surveillance/investigation/prevention
Host Site: Rutgers University NJ Medical School
Location: Newark, NJ
Subject Area: Tuberculosis Prevention
Host Site: Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, Inc.
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Subject Areas: Adolescent & School Health (non-STI); Health Department Quality Improvement
Host Site: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Location: Queens/Long Island City/New York, NY
Subject Areas: Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response; Tuberculosis Prevention; HIV/AIDS Prevention; Chronic Disease: Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
Host Site: Gaston County Health Department
Location: Gastonia, NC
Subject Area: Community Health Improvement Planning (CHIP)/Community Health Assessments (CHA)
Host Site: Mecklenburg County Health Department
Location: Charlotte, NC
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention
Host Site: NC Department of Health and Human Services
Location: Raleigh, NC
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care
Host Site: Public Health Authority of Cabarrus County
Location: Kannapolis, NC
Subject Area: Environmental Health; Public Health Policy & Law; Adolescent & School Health (non-STI)
Host Site: Rowan County Health Department
Location: Salisbury, NC
Subject Areas: Injury Prevention: Opioid/Prescription Drug Overdose; Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention
Host Site: WNC Bridge Foundation
Location: Asheville, NC
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care
No associates are assigned to this state.
Host Site: Neighborhood Health Care, Inc.
Location: Cleveland, OH
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care
Host Site: Clermont County Public Health
Location: Batavia, OH
Subject Area: Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention
Host Site: Chickasaw Nation Department of Health, Division of Research and Public Health (DRPH)
Location: Ada, OK
Subject Areas: Community Health Improvement Planning (CHIP)/Community Health Assessments (CHA); Health Department Quality Improvement; Environmental Health
Host Site: Benton County Health Department
Location: Corvallis, OR
Subject Area: Community Health Improvement Planning (CHIP)/Community Health Assessments (CHA)
Host Site: Marion County Health Department
Location: Salem, OR
Subject Area: Chronic Disease: Tobacco prevention and control
Host Site: Oregon Health Authority
Location: Portland, OR
Subject Area: Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response
Host Site: Pennsylvania Coalition for Oral Health
Location: Delmont, PA
Subject Area: Oral Health
Host Site: Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Subject Area: Vaccine Preventable Disease Investigation
Host Site: CDC Dengue Branch
Location: San Juan, PR
Subject Area: Health Department Quality Improvement
Host Site: Rhode Island Department of Health
Location: Providence, RI
Subject Area: Adolescent & School Health (non-STI)
Host Site: SC Department of Health and Environmental Control
Location: Columbia, SC
Subject Area: Immunizations
Host Site: Spartanburg Regional Healthcare Foundation
Location: Spartanburg, SC
Subject Area: Adolescent/School-based Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention
No associates are assigned to this state.
Host Site: Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Subject Area: Immunizations
Host Site: City of Chattanooga- Office of Community Health
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Subject Area: Injury Prevention: Violence (interpersonal)
Host Site: East Tennessee State University Center for Rural Health Research
Location: Johnson City, TN
Subject Area: Injury Prevention: Opioid/Prescription drug overdose prevention
Host Site: Metro Public Health Department
Location: Nashville, TN
Subject Area: Health Equity/Access to Care
Host Site: Tennessee Department of Health
Location: Nashville, TN
Subject Areas: HIV/AIDS Prevention; Other Infectious Disease: Foodborne/Waterborne Human Illness/Disease Surveillance/Investigation/Prevention
Host Site: Austin Public Health
Location: Austin, TX
Subject Areas: Health Equity/Access to Care; HIV/AIDS Prevention
Host Site: Dallas County Health and Human Services
Location: Dallas, TX
Subject Areas: Accreditation; Chronic Disease: Diabetes
Host Site: Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services
Location: Houston, TX
Subject Area: Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response
Host Site: Houston Department of Health and Human Services
Location: Houston, TX
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention
Host Site: San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
Location: San Antonio, TX
Subject Areas: Environmental Health: Asthma and air pollution; Health Department Quality Improvement
Host Site: US Virgin Islands Department of Health
Location: St. Thomas, USVI
Subject Area: Chronic Disease: Nutrition/Obesity Prevention/Physical Activity Promotion
Host Site: Utah Department of Health
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Subject Area: Health Department Quality Improvement
No associates are assigned to this state.
Host Site: Blue Ridge Health District
Location: Charlottesville, VA
Subject Area: HIV/AIDS Prevention
Host Site: Central Shenandoah Health District
Location: Waynesboro, VA
Subject Area: Adolescent/School-based Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention
Host Site: Richmond City Health Department
Location: Richmond, VA
Subject Area: Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response
Host Site: Virginia Department of Health
Location: Richmond, VA
Subject Area: Maternal & Child Health: Early childhood development
Host Site: Spokane Regional Health District
Location: Spokane, WA
Subject Area: Other Infectious Disease: Notifiable Disease Surveillance and Reporting
Host Site: West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
Location: Charleston, WV
Subject Areas: HIV/AIDS Prevention; Chronic Disease: Population Health
Host Site: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Location: Madison, WI
Subject Area: Environmental Health: Lead poisoning prevention
Host Site: Wyoming Department of Health
Location: Cheyenne, WY
Subject Area: Adolescent/School-based Sexually Transmitted/Disease Prevention