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What is the CDC Assessment Initiative?
Beginning in 1992 and now in its third 5-year funding cycle, the Assessment Initiative is a cooperative program between the CDC and state health departments that supports the development of innovative systems and methods to improve the way data is used to provide information for public health decisions and policy.
Through the Assessment Initiative, funded states work together with local health jurisdictions and communities to improve
The Assessment Initiative supports work in two main focus areas:
The Assessment Initiative serves as a "test-bed" for developing new methodologies and promising practices in these areas. CDC disseminates the outcomes of this work to the larger public health community through this web site, its annual conference, and other activities.
Fifteen states have been funded through the Assessment Initiative. They include Florida, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, and Washington.
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