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National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Division of Adult and Community Health
Health Care and Aging Studies Branch

Arthritis Program
Mailstop K-51
4770 Buford Highway NE
Atlanta, GA 30341-3724
Phone: 770.488.5464
Fax: 770.488.5964
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State Programs

Overview

CDC’s Arthritis Program, guided by recommendations in  National Arthritis Action Plan: A Public Health Strategy (NAAP)* (PDF logoPDF-394K), has been funding Arthritis Programs at state health departments since 1999. Previously, 36 state health departments received CDC arthritis funding during the period of 2003-2008.

In spring 2007, CDC convened national experts to advise on future program directions. The panel made several important consensus recommendations, leading to major changes in the program. An important highlight of these recommendations was to strengthen state programs by providing states with sufficient funds to extend effective, evidence-based interventions to reach more to people with arthritis within funded states. CDC has followed up on this and other key recommendations. As a result of increased investment in funded states, CDC has funded 12 states during the period of 2008-2011 with average funding of approximately $500,000.

State arthritis programs have previously focused on building capacity to disseminate and deliver evidence-based interventions. This new funding opportunity builds on lessons learned from these activities, with a new emphasis on embedding arthritis interventions in existing systems to exponentially expand access to and use of these interventions.

States use CDC funding to strengthen partnerships with state Arthritis Foundation chapters and others, increase public awareness, improve their ability to monitor the burden of arthritis, coordinate activities, and increase the availability of interventions. The central aim is to improve the quality of life among persons affected by arthritis.  States increase awareness that something can be done for arthritis and promote self-management education and physical activity.

The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) recently awarded Arthritis Integrated Dissemination Project Grant funding to nine state health departments. The states that will receive this grant funding are Alaska, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, and New York. Read more* (PDF logoPDF–75K) about the project and each state's plan for the project period.

The states highlighted in the list below receive arthritis funding from CDC. Clicking on the funded state will take you to the contact information. For further information about CDC funded state arthritis programs go to program descriptions.

Image of United States Map. Please click on your state for information on your state's Arthritis Program. Hawaii California Wyoming Oregon Indiana Wisconsin North Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Kentuky Kansas Louisiana Michigan Tennessee Hawaii Alaska Idaho Mississippi Arizona Iowa Maine Maryland Maryland Massachusetts Hawaii Alabama Hawaii Colorado Illinois Nevada Missouri Washington New Hampshire New Jersey Oklahoma New York North Carolina Nebraska Ohio Minnesota Utah Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Montana Arkansas Michigan South Virginia Vermont Texas West Virginia Hawaii New
 

Alabama**
Alaska**
Arizona**
Arkansas**
California
Colorado**
Connecticut**
Delaware**
District of Columbia**
Florida
Georgia**
Hawaii**
Idaho**
Illinois**
Indiana**
Iowa**
Kansas
Kentucky**
Louisiana**
Maine**
Maryland**
Massachusetts**
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi**
Missouri

Montana**
Nebraska**
Nevada**
New Hampshire**
New Jersey**
New Mexico
New York**
North Carolina**
North Dakota**
Ohio**
Oklahoma**
Oregon
Pennsylvania**

Rhode Island**
South Carolina
South Dakota**
Tennessee
Texas**
Utah
Vermont**
Virginia**
Washington**
West Virginia**
Wisconsin
Wyoming**


** No federally funded state Arthritis Program. View the no program page for more information.
 

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* Links to non-Federal organizations are provided solely as a service to our users. Links do not constitute an endorsement of any organization by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. The CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at this link.

Page last reviewed: August 6, 2008
Page last modified: August 6, 2008
Content Source: Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion





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