Attachment B_Invitation and Overview

Attachment B: Invitation to Participate in Telephone Interview and Overview of the Project

Dear Immunization Program Manager,

The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) has recently embarked upon a project with the Immunization Services Division at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to gather, analyze and synthesize information needed to describe the staffing level and structure used to implement core immunization program components and identify opportunities to enhance the effectiveness and scalability of immunization program staffing models.  A one-page overview of the project is attached to provide you with additional information about the project.

ASTHO has contracted with CMT Consulting, LLC to conduct telephone interviews with each of the 64 immunization program managers. The objectives of the interviews are to: (a) describe the staffing level and structure used to implement core immunization program components; (b) identify strengths and weaknesses associated with your immunization program's current staffing level and structure; and (c) identify opportunities to enhance the effectiveness and scalability of immunization program staffing models.

Within the next two weeks, a team member from CMT Consulting will be contacting you via email to request additional information and/or schedule a telephone interview. We ask for your cooperation in providing requested information and participating in a one hour telephone interview.

If you have any questions, please contact Carol McPhillips-Tangum, Lead Consultant for CMT Consulting, at 404-377-4061 or [email protected] or Kim Martin, Director of Immunization at ASTHO, at 571-522-2312 or [email protected].

Sincerely,

<Insert name, title of ASTHO official>