The NACCHO Podcast Series

Washington, DC, June 11, 2026 —This month's podcast episode from t he National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) includes a brief overview of key public health funding included in the House of Representatives' the Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) Appropriations bill, which was voted out of the subcomm...

Washington, DC, May 21, 2026 —This month's podcast episode from t he National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) includes an update on a series of Congressional hearings where Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testified on the administration's Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) President's Budget Request. The President's budget request outlines the adm...

Washington, DC, April 30, 2026 —This month's podcast episode from t he National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) includes an update on the Fiscal Year 2027 President's Budget Request to Congress, and what that proposal would mean for public health funding. While the President's Budget Request is a set of non-binding recommendations that Congress may consider, the releasee o...

Washington, DC, March 20, 2026 —This month's podcast episode from t he National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) includes an update on NACCHO's Local Public Health on the Hill event, where more than 100 public health professionals from across the country traveled to Washington, DC to meet with their federal elected officials. Participants shared the importance of federal in...

Washington, DC, February 17, 2026 —This month's podcast episode from t he National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) includes an update on full year Fiscal Year 2026 funding for public health programs that became law earlier this month, including discussion of funding levels and other provisions that could help provide stability to the public health field.   NACCHO's analysi...

Washington, DC, January 16, 2026 —This month's podcast episode from t he National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) includes discussion of significant changes to the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule, announced on January 5 by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). NACCHO issued a joint statement opposed to the change, and published an analysis about what this mean...

Washington, DC, December 12, 2025 —This month's podcast episode from t he National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) includes discussion of NACCHO's positions on recent actions at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), including   changes to CDC's vaccine and autism webpage and the impact of CDC's vaccine advisory panel vote to change its hepatitis B vaccine r...

This month's podcast episode from t he National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) provides an update on the deal to end the government shutdown and what's next for federal public health funding, including the need to approve full-year funding for federal health agencies that assist local health departments through the Labor-HHS appropriations bill. They also discuss NACCHO's...

This month's podcast episode from t he National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) includes discussion on the ongoing federal government shutdown, mass layoffs of federal workers, and potential impacts on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) programs, which could impact local...

This month's podcast episode from t he National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), includes discussion on leadership changes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the upcoming federal funding deadline, and the House of Representatives' Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) Appropriations bill....

Washington, DC, August 19, 2025 —This month's podcast episode from t he National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), includes discussion of the tragic shooting that happened at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's main campus in Atlanta, Georgia. Speakers also provide an update on the Senate's Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, an...

On this month's podcast episode , the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) speakers talk about the recent budget reconciliation bill, which was signed into law this month, and what it means for local health departments. They also discuss the unique features of a budget reconciliation bill and how that differs from the annual appropriations process in Congress. For week...

Washington, DC, June 16, 2025 — On this month's podcast episode, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) speakers discuss the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) President's Budget Request to Congress, including the Administration's vision for a new department entitled the Administration for a Healthy America (AHA). For more details and updates on the impact of the President's bu...

Washington, DC, May 16, 2025 — On this month's podcast episode, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) speakers discuss the "skinny" version of the President's Budget Request to Congress for FY26, which provides limited details on the Administrations priorities, and the Congressional hearings that followed its release. They also report out on multiple Congressional h...

Washington, DC, April 25, 2025 — On this month's podcast episode,  the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) speakers discuss the recent reorganization of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including significant layoffs of staff working on public health programs, as well as the recently leaked funding "passback" document and what this means for public he...

NACCHO's Podcast from Washington: How Lubbock Public Health is Responding to the Measles Outbreak in Texas   Washington, DC, March 21, 2025 — On this month's podcast episode, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) discuss last week's Continuing Resolution that provides funds for the federal government through the end of Fiscal Year 2025, updates on the budget reconci...

Washington, DC, February 14, 2025 — On this month's podcast episode, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) discusses the current administration's executive actions related to public health, shares updates on Fiscal Year 2025 federal funding and the budget reconciliation process, and provides an update on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation as Secretary of the U.S....

Washington, DC, January 30, 2025   — On this podcast episode, the National Association of County and City Health Officials ' (NACCHO) Director of Government Affairs, Victoria Van de Vate, and Government Affairs Senior Specialist, Lauren Soule discuss updates on the 119th Congress and committee leadership, FY25 funding, Senate confirmation hearings, and new Presidential executive orders related to...

Washington, DC, December 12, 2024 — On this podcast episode,  the National Association of County and City Health Officials ' (NACCHO) Director of Government Affairs, Victoria Van de Vate, welcomes Kevin Sumner , Health Officer and Director at Middle-Brook Regional Health Commission in New Jersey to discuss his experience with advocacy on behalf of local public health. He is a former President of N...

Washington, DC, November 21, 2024 — On this podcast episode, the National Association of County and City Health Officials ' (NACCHO) Director of Government Affairs, Victoria Van de Vate, and Lauren Soule, Government Affairs Senior Specialist, discuss the results of the 2024 presidential election, share NACCHO's recommendations for the next administration and 119th Congress, and provide an update o...

Washington, DC, October 17, 2024 — On this podcast episode, the National Association of County and City Health Officials ' (NACCHO) Director of Government Affairs, Victoria Van de Vate, and Lauren Soule, Government Affairs Senior Specialist, provide insights into federal funding now that Congress is out of session until after the election. They also discuss a recent Coalition to Stop Flu congressi...

Washington, DC, September 19, 2024 — On this podcast episode, the National Association of County and City Health Officials ' (NACCHO) Director of Government Affairs, Victoria Van de Vate, and Lauren Mastroberardino, Government Affairs Senior Specialist, provide an outlook for federal funding this fall, as the deadline approaches. They also discuss the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee heari...

Washington, DC, September 12, 2024 — On this special podcast episode,  the National Association of County and City Health Officials ' (NACCHO) Director of Government Affairs, Victoria Van de Vate, welcomes special guest  Eric McNulty , Associate Director of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard University, for a bonus episode on best practices to implement for effective prepar...

Washington, DC, August 23, 2024 — On this month's podcast, the National Association of County and City Health Officials ' (NACCHO) Victoria Van de Vate, Director of Government Affairs, and Lauren Mastroberardino, Government Affairs Senior Specialist, provided an outlook for federal funding this fall, amid the summer Congressional recess and the upcoming election season. They also discussed the Fis...

Washington, DC, July 12, 2024 — On this month's podcast,  the National Association of County and City Health Officials ' (NACCHO) Victoria Van de Vate, Director of Government Affairs, and Lauren Mastroberardino, Government Affairs Senior Specialist, discussed the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill (also...