# 2025-26 Certified Public Manager (CPM) Final Practicums - AM Session, 10/15/2026

The City of Laredo’s 2025–26 Certified Public Manager (CPM) final practicum presentations took place October 15, 2026. The morning session featured four projects on public health workforce development, employee evaluations, mental-health crisis response, and city communications. The public health workforce project reported 409 student participants and estimated their contributions at 32,720 hours, valued at approximately $447,000 in labor. The crisis-response presentation cited about $3 million in annual local expenditures for hospitalizing uninsured individuals and roughly $1,600 in emergency-room medical-clearance costs per person; it also noted reliance on competitive grants and the need for sustainable funding. A phased city–public health–behavioral-health crisis-response pilot was proposed, with planning in 2026, a pilot in 2027, and possible expansion thereafter. The communications project proposed an internal Microsoft Teams information hub, building on the city’s newly consolidated communications department.

No procurement actions, contract awards, bid approvals, or spending votes were identified. The presentations offered recommendations and proposed pilots, including testing a multisource employee-feedback tool in willing divisions, but no formal approvals or funding commitments were recorded. The session also discussed strengthening academic partnerships and public outreach; panelists emphasized coordination, training, transparency, and sustained resources for future implementation.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Healthcare, Public Safety
**Topics:** Emergency Response, Grants & Funding
**Published:** October 15, 2026

### Sources
- [2025-26 Certified Public Manager (CPM) Final Practicums - AM Session, 10/15/2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNdL8_9W85o) - City of Laredo Municipal Channel