Resilience Resources

These ASTHO-produced resources were created to assist members in building resilience in response to COVID-19. Documents include topics related to community resilience, rebuilding, infrastructure, planning, funding, policy, connectedness, social vulnerability, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and more.

Guidance Documents

Issue Briefs

• Getting Ahead of the COVID-19 Vaccine (July 14, 2020)
• School Reopening Planning: Federal, Association, and State Considerations (July 14, 2020)
• Leading Through Crisis: Supporting Workforce Resilience (PDF) (Apr. 28, 2020)
• Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences During COVID-19 (PDF) (updated April 8, 2020)

Bounce Forward

• Building a More Equitable Food and Nutritional Assistance System Post-Pandemic: Perspective From Feeding America (May 10, 2021)
• Bounce Forward: Food Systems and Nutrition (May 6, 2021)
• Bounce Forward: Access to Health Services (May 5, 2021)
• Bounce Forward: Children, Families, and Social Supports (April 27, 2021)
• Bounce Forward: Economic Stability and Jobs (Feb. 11, 2021)
• Bounce Forward: Housing and the Built Environment (Nov. 23, 2020)
• Introduction to Bounce Forward (Nov. 23, 2020)
• Bounce Forward Initiative

Blog Posts

• Building More Equitable Health, Housing and Human Services Systems Post-Pandemic (May 5, 2021)
• Building a More Equitable Economy Post-Pandemic (Feb. 8, 2021)
• The Light at the End of the (Long) Tunnel (Nov. 16, 2020)
• Rebuilding a More Equitable Housing System Post-COVID (Nov. 4, 2020)
• Education and Public Health: Supporting Youth Through COVID-19 and Beyond (Oct. 15, 2020)
• Prepping for Dual Disasters of COVID and Extreme Weather Events (Sept. 22, 2020)
• Congress Convenes Sectors on School Reopenings (Aug. 6, 2020)
• Avoiding ACEs by Helping Families During COVID-19 (April 15, 2020)

Podcasts

• BONUS: Fighting the Next COVID-19 Wave (July 30, 2021)
• Resilient, Accessible, and Affordable Healthcare: Bouncing Forward from COVID-19 (May 4, 2021)
• Building Back a Stronger Public Health Workforce Post-Pandemic (April 6, 2021)
• Building Community Resilience to Help Families Bounce Forward (March 25, 2021)
• Addressing Housing Challenges and Economic Insecurity During COVID-19 (Nov. 10, 2020)

Videos

• ASTHOExperts: Engaging Communities During the COVID-19 Pandemic Response and Beyond | Part 1 | Part 2 (July 12, 2021)
• ASTHOConnects: A Conversation on Data, Communication, and Health Equity (March 16, 2021)

Advocacy

• ASTHO Joins Letter in Support of Public Health Workforce (Feb. 12, 2021)