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Building a stronger public health workforce: insights from a study on salaries in urban health departments

Big Cities Health Coalition

In collaboration with BCHC, Drexel’s Urban Health Collaborative analyzed pay structures in 11 large urban health departments to understand workforce needs and challenges. Salary ranges Salary ranges for the positions we studied are wide due in part to the variations described above.

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January Policy Updates: Legislative Wins, IHS Reorganization, and Upcoming Opportunities!

National Council on Urban Indian Health

For example , Debbie Danforth, Tribal Representative for the Bemidji Area stated that Urban Indian health centers need critical funding increases to serve large American Indian populations in urban settings currently, there is a need for FMAP support and expansion of funds for [urbans].