Key points
- Help us reach qualified candidates and host sites by promoting content on your channels.
- The promotional toolkit includes social media messages, newsletter articles, and downloadable images for partners to use.
- Partners may include state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments; schools of public health; and national organizations.
Opportunities & Updates
Associate Application
The next associate application period will open in early 2025.
Host Site Application
The next host site application period will open in early 2025.
Webinars: 2025 PHAP Host Site Application Process
Associate Recruitment
Use the following social media and newsletter content to encourage eligible candidates to apply.
Social Media Content
LinkedIn: CDC's Public Health Associate Program for Recent Graduates (PHAP) offers real-world work experience to jumpstart careers in public health. More than two-thirds of associates accept full-time public health jobs immediately after the program.
Visit the PHAP website for details about the application process, benefits of the program, and previous associates' experiences: https://bit.ly/4eKqU90
X (formerly Twitter): If you're a recent grad interested in #PublicHealth, check out @CDCgov's Public Health Associate Program for Recent Graduates (PHAP). Most associates accept public health jobs immediately after the program. For info about PHAP & how to apply, visit: https://bit.ly/4eKqU90
Facebook: CDC's Public Health Associate Program for Recent Graduates (PHAP) offers real-world work experience to jumpstart careers in public health. More than two-thirds of associates accept full-time public health jobs after the program.
Visit the PHAP website for details about the application process, benefits of the program, and previous associates' experiences: https://bit.ly/4eKqU90
Newsletter Content
Apply to be a CDC Public Health Associate!
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Associate Program for Recent Graduates (PHAP) offers recent college graduates real-world public health experience to jumpstart their careers.
Your public health career starts here
PHAP is a paid, competitive, two-year training program for recent college graduates interested in public health careers. This unique program provides early-career professionals with opportunities for hands-on, real-life experience in the day-to-day operations of public health programs.
Work sites include state, tribal, local, and territorial public health agencies; nongovernmental organizations; public health institutes and associations; community-based organizations; and academic institutions.
More than 68% of associates accept full-time jobs in public health immediately after they complete the program.
Visit the PHAP website to learn more and apply. For additional information, email phap@cdc.gov.
Host Site Recruitment
Use the following social media and newsletter content to encourage eligible host sites to apply.
Social Media Content
LinkedIn: The Public Health Associate Program for Recent Graduates (PHAP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides essential public health services to:
- state, tribal, local, and territorial public health agencies
- nongovernmental organizations
- public health institutes and association
- community-based organizations
- academic institutions
Funded by CDC, associates are energetic, flexible early-career professionals who help to fill gaps in public health agencies affected by budget cuts and staffing shortages.
Your organization can apply to host an associate - learn more: https://bit.ly/47mfeH0
X (formerly Twitter): @CDCgov's Public Health Associate Program for Recent Graduates (PHAP) helps provide essential public health services to #PublicHealth organizations. Associates help fill gaps caused by staffing shortages & budget cuts.
Apply to host an associate: https://bit.ly/47mfeH0
Facebook: The Public Health Associate Program for Recent Graduates (PHAP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention helps provide essential public health services to state, tribal, local, and territorial public health agencies; nongovernmental organizations; public health institutes and associations; community-based organizations; and academic institutions. Funded by CDC, associates help fill gaps in public health agencies affected by budget cuts and staffing shortages. Associates can be trained to deliver critical public health services while increasing host organization capacity and gaining hands-on experience.”
Your organization can apply to host an associate - learn more: https://bit.ly/47mfeH0
Newsletter Content
The Public Health Associate Program for Recent Graduates (PHAP)
Join a unique partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) by applying to be a PHAP host site! Associates increase host site capacity, deliver public health services, and gain hands-on experience to become the nation’s next generation of public health professionals.
Apply to host an associate
State, tribal, local, and territorial public health agencies, nongovernmental organizations, public health institutes and associations, academic institutions, and community-based organizations are encouraged to apply to host an associate.
PHAP is a CDC-funded, paid training program for early-career public health professionals. Through PHAP, recent college graduates have a unique opportunity to gain broad experience in the day-to-day operations of public health programs. Associates help address workforce needs at host sites across the U.S.
Benefits of becoming a host site
Benefits of being a PHAP host site include:
- Gaining CDC-funded field assignees who are energetic, intelligent, flexible, career-minded individuals with unlimited potential.
- Filling workforce gaps caused by budget cuts and staffing shortages.
- Forming a unique partnership with CDC to train the nation's next generation of public health professionals.
Apply to host an early-career public health professional.
Please email phap@cdc.gov with questions.