The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) currently funds eight local public health agencies as Advanced Practice Centers (APCs). Building best practices, APCs combine forces to help LPHAs prepare for, respond to, and recover from public health emergencies.

What APCs Do

APCs seek to advance public health preparedness through innovation by:

• Developing advanced tools and resources to share with LPHAs
• Sharing lessons learned through their own preparedness efforts
• Serving as model demonstration and training sites.

APC Locations

Here’s a list of the APCs, their locations, and primary contacts:    

Agency:	Location:	Contact:
Cambridge Public Health Department	Boston, Mass.	Lynn Schoeff
Dekalb County Board of Health	Atlanta, Georgia
Hennepin County Public Health	Minneapolis, Minn.	Susan Palchick
Montgomery County Health Dept.	Silver Spring, MD.	Kay Aaby
Seattle & King County Public Health	Seattle, Wash.	Carina Elsenboss
Santa Clara County Public Health	Santa Clara, Calif.
Tarrant County Public Health	Fort Worth, Texas	Bill Stephens
Western NY Public Health Alliance	Buffalo, New York	Michael Meit

Tarrant County APC

Since January 2004, the Tarrant County APC has focused on disease detection and investigation, workforce development and training, and emergency preparedness and readiness assessment. You can learn more about the Southwest Center for Advanced Public Health Practice.

Contact NACCHO

To learn more about NACCHO and the APC program, visit NACCHO’s Website or contact Jim Harvey, APC program manager.