Programs of the Office of Standards and Emerging Issues in Practice:

• National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP). A collaborative effort to strengthen state and local public health practice through the establishment and application of public health system standards. In addition to assisting in the implementation of the standards, CDC and its partners also seek to support performance improvement efforts, which assure that assessment results lead to action.



• Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) A community-wide strategic planning tool for improving community health, developed jointly by CDC and the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). Click here for more information on a free MAPP Pre-Conference Training at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting.
  
  
• State and Local Agency Accreditation OCPHP is working with a cross-section of national stakeholders toward the implementation of a national voluntary accreditation system for state and local public health agencies.  CDC leadership has formally expressed its support for the establishment of an accreditation system.
  
  
• Public Health Practice Council (PHPC) A Public Health Practice Council has been created to address issues, problems, and opportunities which affect the practice of public health at CDC and throughout the public health community. PHPC fosters an environment for the promotion of public health practice throughout CDC - with the ultimate goal of improving public health. In coordination with the Chief of Public Health Practice, the Office of Standards and Emerging Issues in Practice staffs and supports the PHPC.



• Emerging Issues in Practice OSEIP will develop the capabilities to monitor and anticipate local and State public health practice trends and issues in order to advocate and promote cross-cutting responses by CDC.