All Tracing Health team members have full PHI benefits, receive extensive and ongoing job training and the tools to work remotely.
When COVID-19 arrived, it brought with it a wave of unemployment and economic instability. Due to longstanding inequities rooted in systemic racism, communities of color – who were at greater risk of serious symptoms and death from COVID-19 – were also more likely to lose their jobs, causing housing and food insecurity.
In a matter of months Tracing Health recruited over 600 qualified team members, primarily from communities of color. Tracing Health worked through community partners, health systems, public health departments, and word of mouth to reach the candidates we needed.
72% of Tracing Health team members identify as Black, Indigenous, or other people of color. The diversity of our workforce reflects the diversity of the communities we serve.
63% of the Tracing Health front line workers are – Contact Tracers & Resource Coordinators – are women.
“I just wanted to say how impressed we are with your team—their skill, thoroughness, and efficiency! It’s so great to have them aboard! I would love to spend some time talking with you about your recruitment and training process to understand how we could do better with our staff.”
County Partner, Sonoma County Public Health Department
“The Public Health Institute is doing a lot to help us develop professionally with all their workforce development efforts. I can see how really enriching my resumé will help me keep a job in public health in the future. So it gives me that sense of like security… job security that I might not have right now as a contact tracer.”
Paulina Jafarzadeh, Contact Tracer PNW
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