Welcome to the Center's website!

For the latest news on the Center, its staff and projects, check this page each time you visit.

Most recent updates:

• We've launched our new Redefining Readiness website: www.redefiningreadiness.net. (6/18/07)

• We've just revised our website! We invite you to visit our new Overview page. (5/24/07)

• The Center is currently seeking to fill the position of Administrative Assistant. Please visit our Employment page for details. (4/13/07)

• Fixing the Flaws: Why Emergency Planners Need the Public's Knowledge. Click here to read Roz Lasker's article in the March 2007 issue of the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Association) Bulletin. (3/30/07)

• On January 11, 2007, Roz D. Lasker, MD, Director of the Center for the Advancement of Collaborative Strategies in Health, discussed Engaging the Public in Pandemic Flu Planning in a satellite broadcast sponsored by the Center for Public Health Preparedness, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York. Click here to access the webstreaming file (RealPlayer required) or for information on obtaining a VHS copy of the broadcast. (2/2/07)

• The Partnership Self-Assessment Tool is now available for offline use. Please visit the our new Tool page (www.cacsh.org/psat.html) for more information. (9/25/06)

• Will you be next? Click here to read the Center commentary on Hurricane Katrina and Redefining Readiness. (9/26/05)

• Four local demonstration sites have been awarded grants to engage the public in terrorism/emergency preparedness planning. Click here for details. (8/3/05)

• The Application Guide for the Redefining Readiness local demonstrations is now available. Click here for details. (2/25/05)

• On February 3, 2005, Roz D. Lasker, MD, Director of the Center for the Advancement of Collaborative Strategies in Health, discussed the findings and implications of the Redefining Readiness study in a satellite broadcast sponsored by the Center for Public Health Preparedness, School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany. The live broadcast was seen by almost 4000 viewers at 417 registered sites in 49 states. The presentation is now available as a webstreaming file (RealPlayer required) on CPHP's website at http://www.ualbanycphp.org/. Copies of the videotape are available free of charge from the Center for Public Health Preparedness by emailing a request to Colleen Signer at csigner@uamail.albany.edu. (2/11/05)

• The report of the Center's new study, Redefining Readiness: Terrorism Planning Through the Eyes of the Public, is now available to view and print. Click here to access the report and press release and to hear audio of the National Press Club briefing held on 9/14/04. (9/17/04)

• The web-based Partnership Self-Assessment Tool has been upgraded to make it even easier for a partnership to assess how well its collaborative process is working and to identify specific areas for its partners to focus on to make the process work better. Click here to visit the Partnership Self-Assessment Tool website and learn more! (4/7/04)

• Out of a field of 764 applicants nationwide, 7 community partnerships have been chosen to participate in the Pathways to Collaboration Workgroup. To learn more, please visit the updated Pathways to Collaboration website. (2/13/04)

• In April 2003, the Center was awarded a $2.56 million grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation to meaningfully engage community residents and the public and private sectors in developing local terrorism preparedness plans. Click here for for further information.

• A paper on collaborative problem solving, which synthesizes much of what has been learned about community collaboration over the last 40 years, was published in the March 2003 issue of the Journal of Urban Health. Click here to access the paper.

• In September 2002, the Center was awarded a $6.87 million grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation to establish the Pathways to Collaboration Workgroup. Involving partnerships in the United States that have made the greatest headway in engaging people directly experiencing problems in community problem solving, the workgroup will develop practical knowledge and tools that can help communities everywhere realize the full potential of collaboration to solve complex problems. Click here for further information.

If you would like to comment on anything you see on this website, have a recommendation about what you would like to see on the website, or have a general inquiry about the Center, please feel free to contact us at cacsh@nyam.org.