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Hannah said the fellowship will be a two-year term with staggered hires so the first fellow overlaps by a year with the second. The position will be posted on the SCSU website; the team plans to target recent graduates and prefers candidates with a master’s degree but does not require it. “This will look like somebody who's, hired through SCSU, but their sort of host site is DPH, and they'll be working alongside me,” Hannah said.
Funding will come from the state workforce development office rather than the BRACE grant, Hannah said, and the funding stream is considered “a bit more stable at this time.” The fellowship is intended to provide workforce exposure to environmental and public-health fields and to introduce the fellow to environmental health and drinking-water program staff.
Coalition members suggested coordinating with the federal AmeriCorps Campus Climate Action Corps program and with local university networks to increase candidate pipelines. Kathy noted the federal Campus Climate Action Corps has not been terminated and could provide half- or three-quarters-time placements later in the year. Hannah said she works with Susie Huminsky at SCSU and will circulate the posting and asked coalition members to share it on their networks when it is released.
No formal hiring decisions were made on the call; organizers asked for feedback on posting timing and recruitment windows and said they intend to keep the posting open for roughly two to four weeks depending on partner recommendations.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","BRACE Climate and Health Equity Coalition Quarterly Meeting 7.16.25","oneSentenceSummary","The Connecticut Department of Public Health and Southern Connecticut State University will hire an adaptation and resiliency fellow hosted at DPH, funded through the state's workforce development office; posting is expected within days and will target recent graduates.","taxTitle","Department of Public Health, Departments and Agencies, Organizations, Executive, Connecticut","taxId",15791,"location","Connecticut","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6166693,"Yale Center schedules in-person Sept. symposium on climate and health at Sterling Memorial Library",34,908000,942000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5415111-c0d28a2a81b418c6cf18c6031c891aca&start=908&end=942","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5415111-c0d28a2a81b418c6cf18c6031c891aca/thumbnail_908000.jpg","/articles/6166693/Connecticut/Yale-Center-schedules-in-person-Sept-symposium-on-climate-and-health-at-Sterling-Memorial-Library","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6166693-036a07af93c6236ea524979815202923/orig.mp4?Expires=1770485169&Signature=Ve-f-wIn58Bu8kQ~l9PE2sXLbP-aLshzkYAF~andHAwbEbS31ghv4AA4noqMhVQZ56pke33aux-h~NXtYoPj3vO4CCJ-f-jOaB8o6AYdrbnSO9BZl4DmNn0A29FxaCjSfQmryR68wbaSAzZNlyB1k9FRDcPomT53PxB3hGYUfVu~9qNbUpp5Kz-H5Bo-fZDaxmgIYKflWY6oiP9u6at8r7FegmAiTbczHjXaksSSIBPmsYE3ZFYw0EXJiula6XTrcJWmVGCas1ZlBNVWUInOrds3iepQ-S1Mn590XdIbZhx7sjfBDHi6PhlyXCWSeFQdUYNLdCf0HjLIC6Wd9JLowQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Yale Center on Climate Change and Health is holding a one-day symposium in September at Yale’s Sterling Memorial Library aimed at building awareness and partnerships around climate-related health risks in Connecticut, organizers said on a coalition call.
Jen, a program lead at the Yale Center on Climate Change and Health, said the event will use a free lecture hall at Sterling Memorial Library, will hold about 80 in-person attendees with a virtual plenary option, and will emphasize in-person attendance for networking. “We can stretch that a bit if we get, you know, an overflow crowd or something. And then it does have Zoom capabilities, so we will be able to offer a virtual option,” Jen said.
Organizers proposed two morning sessions: a hazards-and-vulnerability session (heat, sea-level rise, disproportionate impacts) and a solutions-focused session covering data collection, community preparedness, clinical and policy responses. The format will mix brief presentations and panel discussions, followed by roundtable conversations at up to eight tables to generate actionable partnerships and ideas. Jen said event organizers plan to capture table notes and produce a post-event write-up.
Speakers and participants will include public-health professionals, health-care providers, local and state leaders, researchers, community and environmental advocates, students and journalists. Organizers plan to invite local health departments and community groups doing air monitoring, and to highlight work from the Naugatuck Valley Health District’s EPA-funded project and others.
The symposium will feature optional extras organizers are exploring: a poster session for students or projects, short printed or digital resource handouts, and an informal coalition meeting after lunch to reflect on next steps. Several coalition members suggested splitting solution talks into two mini-panels and adding a poster area during lunch; others proposed including demonstrations or displays of electric transit and municipal electric vehicles if available.
Organizers said the event’s funding will not come from BRACE grant funds because federal BRACE disbursement was uncertain; Yale’s leadership offered the Sterling Library venue to keep the event free to attendees. Jen said registration details and a resource page would be shared when available.
No votes or formal decisions were taken on the call; organizers sought feedback on speakers, session timing and logistics and asked coalition members to help spread the registration link when posted.","Organizers confirmed a Sept. in-person symposium hosted at Yale’s Sterling Memorial Library, with plenary sessions livestreamed and capacity for about 80 in-person attendees; the event will include solution-focused panels, roundtable discussions and an informal coalition gathering.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6166698,"CDC funding uncertainty halts BRACE-funded climate-and-health spending; coalition activity at risk",2615,841000,3456000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5415111-c0d28a2a81b418c6cf18c6031c891aca&start=841&end=3456","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5415111-c0d28a2a81b418c6cf18c6031c891aca/thumbnail_841000.jpg","/articles/6166698/Connecticut/CDC-funding-uncertainty-halts-BRACE-funded-climate-and-health-spending-coalition-activity-at-risk","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6166698-fc7eae38e647c282e8c4f410f18517dd/orig.mp4?Expires=1770485169&Signature=hhJWvzhZBHUy4PETuTuD5RRHGrDA6arecWhOScHgpea87nvnkzCodapGXx1r6Lik6g-2hy3PS2iFqIKdMq96um-YxPtF1OLbUcEwWW-vPB0UfDNulypdflQaFrlHPyzZxU~9lIvpBtkytiTTYI7-0waV3tBXiA9mra4fOcLzUQpzdqOLKBzLgYyNDuIRCIjM-9sGYY-SNivdCN247MhNSdeObapRx4vg4KD64uGpf8-cgWWoEeijwJEhh18KNUaZmlmpgUHUARWi9J6IM6tenTiNSqPuIR4ULnQIv8Rqj1yKWE~lDA9HYDDxxm7Pcoqu-ovQ5fzp3i-S-r8H7Dee4g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","State public-health staff told the Connecticut Climate and Health Coalition on a July virtual call that uncertainty at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is forcing a pause on BRACE-funded climate-and-health work and could halt coalition activities if the CDC cannot disburse funds by the end of August.
Hannah, a program staffer at the Connecticut Department of Public Health’s Office of Climate and Health, said the agency paused climate-and-health spending after several grants were terminated and because the CDC is sending appropriated funds in short, 30-day installments rather than full grant disbursements. “They’re basically receiving 30 day installments at a time, and that's to cover personnel and staff. And they’re not able to send that money out the door to grant holders,” Hannah said.
The state paused spending on grants considered vulnerable to recoupment and has held back BRACE-funded activities to avoid spending money that might later need to be returned, Hannah said. She described staff reductions and turnover at the CDC and said the climate-and-health program remains “really vulnerable.”
The coalition was warned that an August funding milestone could force immediate changes: “If we don’t receive BRACE grant funding in by the August, the one thing I know that will definitely occur is BRACE-funded activities will cease,” Hannah said. She said some partnerships—such as planned contracting relationships with academic partners—could continue informally, but the coalition would no longer operate as a BRACE-funded or BRACE-affiliated group until funding resumes.
Discussion on the call stressed that the state agency’s climate priorities have not changed, but program activity and formal contracting depend on federal grant flows. Hannah said the agency was hopeful for CDC guidance “in the next few days” but that timing remained “very uncertain.”
This was a discussion update; no formal motions or votes were taken. Staff described actions as precautionary spending freezes and contingency planning rather than permanent program terminations.
Coalition members asked how to sustain the group’s work if federal BRACE support lapses. Hannah said the department would explore alternative funding avenues and use existing connections to convene stakeholders informally if necessary. She asked members to raise concerns or suggestions directly with her and the coalition’s coordinators.
Context and next steps: The CDC BRACE (Building Resilience Against Climate Effects) program is a federal funding stream many states use for climate-and-health preparedness. On this call, DPH staff said appropriated funds were available at the federal level but were not being distributed normally because the CDC was operating without a full budget allocation and issuing short-term installments. The coalition will watch an August funding milestone closely; organizers said they will update members if the situation changes.","State public health staff told the Connecticut Climate and Health Coalition that ongoing funding uncertainty at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has forced the state to pause BRACE-related spending and could stop coalition-supported activities if federal payments are not resolved by late August.","actionData","errors"]

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CDC funding uncertainty halts BRACE-funded climate-and-health spending; coalition activity at risk