Recruitment and Staffing of Contact Tracing Programs
Guidance Documents
CDC: Roles and Responsibilities of Key Public Health Staff to Support COVID-19 Case Investigation & Contact Tracing
Describes the roles and responsibilities of key public health staff involved in contact tracing.
CDC: Staffing and Support
List of staffing and support from the CDC and other organizations.
Resolve to Save Lives: COVID-19 Contact Tracing Playbook
Describes important considerations in staffing needs and workforce assessments. Includes sample job descriptions for various positions.
Tools
CDC: COVIDTracer 1.0
Spreadsheet-based tool that estimates the potential effectiveness of contact tracing strategies and the workforce needed for each strategy.
The George Washington University: Contact Tracing Workforce Estimator
Web application that estimates the number of contact tracers for each state based on expected case counts and workforce capacity. Includes an Spreadsheet-based international version of the tool.
Resolve to Save Lives: Contact tracing staffing calculator
Spreadsheet-based tool that estimates the workforce needed.