PHAB’s Center for Innovation offers a vast array of tools for public health departments and systems that are interested in exploring the benefits of service and resource sharing. Explore our library of documents that is searchable by resource type, issue, and state.
Tools and Resources
State health departments play a role in service and resource sharing agreements and crafting an approach to support all agreements is vital.
Read more: State Guidance for SRSAs
The PHAB Center for Innovation categorizes service and resource sharing into the following approaches: local, regional, and state level.
Read more: Approaches to Service and Resource Sharing
Read more: SRS Roadmap
Trust is an important foundation for developing sharing agreements and having a tool to assess trust makes discussions safer and productive.
Read more: TrustScale
Read more: Common Themes
One of the challenges with cross-jurisdictional sharing is how to determine and distribute costs of shared services. PHAB Center for Innovation has a guide to help public health officials determine the best course of action.
Read more: Determining and Distributing Costs
Read more: Success Factors
Read more: GUIDE FOR DEVELOPING LEGAL DOCUMENTS GOVERNING CROSS-JURISDICTIONAL SHARING ARRANGEMENTS
Service and resource agreements have benefits for rural health departments as they are faced with challenges and rural communities can leverage their strengths to implement sharing agreements.
Read more: Rural Service & Resource Sharing Arrangements Report
Read more: Spectrum of Sharing Arrangements
Assessment Tools
Sample Agreements
- Emergency Preparedness North Project Charter
- Memorandum of Agreement Between All Nebraska Public Health Departments
- Memorandum of Understanding Between Ashland County Health Department and Bad River Health Services
- Memorandum of Agreement for Cross-Border Tuberculosis Services
- Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Between Marathon County Health Department and Oneida County Health Department
- State of Maine Department of Health and Human Services Agreement to Purchase Services
- Ordinance Authorizing the Provision of Health Services- Portage County and City of Ravenna
- Memorandum of Understanding Between Marathon County Health Department and HIV Partner Services Jurisdiction Members
- Memorandum of Understanding Northwoods Collaborative
- Public Health Department Mutual Aid Agreement for Incident Response
- MALPH Cross-Jurisdiction Sharing Medical Director Workgroup Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Templates
- Operating Agreement (San Luis Valley Public Health Partnership in Colorado)
- Northern Michigan Public Health Alliance Memorandum of Understanding
- Waushara, Green Lake and Marquette Environmental Health Consortium Agent Memorandum of Understanding
- Public Health Interjurisdictional Immunization Information System Memorandum of Understanding Template
- Agreement for Public Health Services
- Portage County Combined General Health District and City of Ravenna
- Agreement for Public Health Services (between two jurisdictions)
- Letter of Agreement – Public Health Shared Services Pilot Project
- Agreement Between Polk County Public Health and Norman-Mahnomen Public Health
- Interlocal Contract Between Public Agencies
- Memo of Understanding between Northern Health Centers, Inc., and Marinette County Public Health
