About APCs

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.

The Eight APCs

The table below provides a list of the APCs, their locations, and primary contacts; agency links yield a brief description of each APC's current projects:

Agency:	Location:	Contact:
Lucas County Regional Health District	Toledo, OH	Eric Zgodzinski
Mesa County Health Department	Grand Junction, CO	Greg.Rajnowski
Montgomery County Health Department	Silver Spring, MD	Rachel Abbey
Multnomah County Health Department	Portland, OR	Beth McGinnis
San Francisco Department of Public Health	San Francisco, CA	Olivia Bruch
Seattle and King County Public Health	Seattle, WA	Carina Elsenboss
South Carolina Dept. of Health & Environ. Control, Reg. 7	Charleston, SC	Ann Sports
Tarrant County Public Health	Fort Worth, TX	Bill Stephens

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.

For More Information

To learn more about NACCHO and the APC program, visit NACCHO’s Website.