Key points
- CDC sets standards for organizations that offer the National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) lifestyle change program in-person or online.
- These standards ensure high quality and impact. Find out how your organization can meet and maintain CDC standards when delivering the lifestyle change program.
Standards for CDC recognition
The lifestyle change program features a CDC-approved curriculum and a trained Lifestyle Coach to help participants make lasting healthy changes.
To gain CDC recognition, your organization must show that it can meet CDC standards and effectively deliver the program.
Standards for preliminary CDC recognition include:
- Use of a CDC-approved curriculum. You can use a curriculum developed by CDC, or you can develop your own or use that of another organization (with permission), with CDC approval. View the list of topics covered in the lifestyle change program.
- Offering the lifestyle program within 6 months of receiving approval from CDC.
- Capacity and commitment to deliver the program over at least 1 year. This includes at least 16 sessions during the first 6 months and at least 6 sessions during the last 6 months.
- Data on participants' progress—including weight and physical activity minutes collected at each session—every 6 months.
- Trained Lifestyle Coaches who can help build participants' skills and confidence to make lasting lifestyle changes.
- Designated individual(s) to serve as the diabetes prevention program coordinator.
Read the complete standards for recognition in the CDC Recognition Program Standards and Operating Procedures.
Have questions about CDC recognition? Check out our National Diabetes Prevention Program Customer Service Center. The Customer Service Center serves National DPP organizations by providing easy access to information and resources about prediabetes and the National DPP. Organizations can access training materials, toolkits, and videos; ask questions; and receive technical assistance related to all aspects of the program.