The Connecticut Partnership for Public Health Workforce Development promotes and facilitates collaborative education and training programs among academic institutions, state and local public health agencies and organizations in Connecticut to enhance the quality of public health services, especially for underserved areas and populations in the region.

The Connecticut Partnership was formed in 2000. It is one of five workforce development partnerships in the New England states and a member of the New England Alliance for Public Health Workforce Development.  The Alliance is structured to serve as the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) funded Public Health Training Center (PHTC) for all of New England.   The Office of Community Health at YSPH is the lead agency and administrative home for Connecticut Partnership Activities. 

As a member of the New England Alliance for Public Health Workforce Development, the CT Partnership strives to:

• Develop an academic and practice collaborative to promote workforce development
• Develop infrastructure support for the Academic members of the Alliance through joint governance, shared resources and regular discussion of practices and programs
• Increase Master of Public Health (MPH) student engagement in practice learning
• Assess the training needs of workers and their organizations in relation to the Professional Core Competencies developed by the Council on Linkages
• Develop, design and share training resources (e.g. modules, courses, curricula, and support materials) to enhance workers' knowledge, skills and abilities to provide essential public health services
• Provide training programs through in-person and distance-accessible media to designated public health workers and instructors (e.g. train-the-trainer courses)
• Evaluate the impact of training on the workforce's ability to provide the Ten Essential Public Health Services
• Advocate for adequate workforce training and public health infrastructure