| HHS Disability Collaborative |
Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force |
ACF, ACL, AHRQ, ASA, ASFR, ASPA, ASPE, ASPR, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, IHS, OASH, OCR, OIG, ONC, SAMHSA |
NIA |
The HHS Collaborative is for OpDivs and StaffDivs to work in partnership on issues that impact person with disabilities. This group will address emerging issues, funding announcements, research and evaluation, pre-clearance conversations, special events, announcements, and rollouts. Anticipated results includes enhanced communication across agencies, elevated focus on key disability issues, improved awareness and coordinated messaging, alignments of budgets and policy proposal, and enhanced knowledge transfer across HHS. This is not a governing body. The lead organizations are ACL and ASPE. |
| HHS EA Policy Re-Write Working Group |
Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force |
OS, AHRQ, CDC, CMS, FDA, IHS, SAMHSA |
OD/OCIO |
eets weekly with EA reps from OpDivs to create new HHS EA Policy |
| HHS EA Tool Working Group |
Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force |
OS, AHRQ, CDC, CMS, FDA, IHS, SAMHSA |
OD/OCIO |
Meets weekly with EA reps from OpDivs to define requirements for across HHS EA tool |
| HHS EARB |
Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force |
OS, AHRQ, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, IHS, SAMHSA |
OD/OCIO |
Meets montly to discuss EA concerns across the HHS |
| HHS Ebola Medical Countermeasures Scientific Working Group |
Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force |
ASPR |
NIAID |
Focuses on supporting ASPR and NSC on scientific issues related to Ebola MCMs in response and development |
| HHS Environmental Justice Working Group |
Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force |
OASH, ACF, ACL, AHRQ, ASPE, ASPR, ATSDR, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, IHS, OCR, PSC, SAMHSA |
NCI, NIEHS, NIMHD, NINR, OD/DPCPSI/OSC |
Convened to ensure a cross-departmental approach to advancing environmental justice and assist with the development and implementation of a comprehensive HHS Environmental Justice Strategy that outlines a framework for addressing the concerns and needs of communities. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Environmental Justice (EJ) Working Group, in support of the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) EJ Strategic Plan, is developing a new EJ training Program for communities, workers, researchers, health care and public health professionals, and policy makers. The program aims to building capacity of community residents and community-based organizations; Train researchers to work in partnership with communities to address EJ issues; Train healthcare professionals, public health professionals, and policy makers to build their understanding of EJ and the connection it has to health and well-being. The two focus areas are (1) Researchers and Staff Training Program: Train NIH staff and researchers on the fundamentals of environmental justice, health disparities, community engaged and participatory research, and citizen science. (2) Community Training Program: Build the capacity of at-risk communities to address current and emerging environmental threats through customized and tailored trainings on environmental health data access and use, and evidence-based research design." |
| HHS Equity Technical Assistance Center (ETAC) Engagement |
Resource Development |
ASPE |
OD/DPCPSI/OSC |
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Strategic Coordination (OSC) seeks support from the HHS Equity Technical Assistance Center (ETAC) to conduct a rapid equity assessment (REA) of the Common Fund Data Ecosystem’s (CFDE) human subjects’ data reporting processes across its participating Common Fund programs. The goal of this REA is to develop a set of recommendations to improve the data reporting process to ensure the CFDE search platform can support equity-related research. By data reporting, we are referring to the process by which metadata from data sets generated through individual Common Fund programs are incorporated into the broad CFDE search platform. We have adapted ETAC’s six-step REA process to help NIH OSC understand participating Common Fund programs’ past and present data reporting processes for human studies to identify opportunities for integrating data equity principles across Common Fund program activities. ETAC will also coordinate with NIH OSC to facilitate a discussion with NIH OSC staff to increase their understanding of data equity for their outward-facing programs and program management practices. |
| HHS Evaluation & Evidence Policy Council |
Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force |
ASPE |
OD/DPCPSI/OEPR |
The HHS Evaluation & Evidence Policy Council is a Department-wide group that help develops evaluation capacity by sharing best practices and promising new approaches across HHS. In addition, it assists HHS in implementing Title I requirements of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018. |
| HHS Evidence and Evaluation Council, Capacity Assessment Survey Work Group |
Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force |
ASPE, ACF, CDC, SAMHSA |
OD/DPCPSI/OEPR |
This Work Group was convened to design and deploy the FY2026 HHS Capacity Assessment Survey to assess the evidence and evaluation needs of HHS Operating and Staff Divisions. |
| HHS FAC Bi-Monthly Meeting |
Meeting/ Workshop |
ACF, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA |
OD/OM, OD/OM/OALM |
The HHS FAC bi-weekly meetings occur under the leadership of the HHS Acquisition Career Manager (ACM) and includes the Bureau Acquisition Career Managers from each Operating Division. The purpose is to receive policy and guidance updates and discuss issues with current SOPs and guidance. |