State Technical Assessment Team (STAT) Application Instructions

The goal of the State Technical Assistance Team (STAT) Program is to help injury and violence prevention (IVP) programs better understand and improve their organizational efforts within the IVP Core Components.

STAT Overview
The STAT process brings a team of IVP experts together to meet both virtually and in person to plan and prepare a visit with an IVP program to assess where they are in either a specific core component or within all the core components and produce a written report with recommendations for strengthening and improving structures and processes.

Safe States is currently soliciting applications for Team Members to participate in the 2026 STAT process. Candidates from state health departments, local health departments, hospital programs, and injury control research centers are welcome to apply. This year's assessment will be for Arapahoe County Public Health Department in Aurora, Colorado. This is the first year that STAT will be applied in a county health department setting. Professionals with county health experience are encouraged to apply. The assessment this year will take place from April-July.
STAT Team Members commit to:
-About 15 hours of meetings throughout the four months
-An in-person site visit July 27th-31st
-Additional individual preparation work
-Writing a section of the final report

You can read more about the STAT process for team members HERE.

Please note that this application calls for a writing sample to be attached at the end of the survey.

View the application in PDF form HERE.

The deadline for STAT applications is Friday, March 27th. STAT Team members will be notified of their selection in early April.

If you have questions or would like to schedule a 1:1 meeting to learn more about the STAT process, please reach out to info@safestates.org.

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