New Releases 
Hot off the Press in 2024
With each calendar year, we update a handful of important resources and documents on our website. Here’s a quick reference of documents updated for the 2024 calendar year, which we will review together at the Annual Update Webinar on Tuesday, January 23 from 9:30-11:30.
- Resources
- Operational Guidelines
- HDSAI Updates
HDSAI Interpretation Document 2024 Spotlight
You won’t notice anything new in the HDSAI Interpretation Document 2024; however, there is one exciting new feature! In November, the Board approved to incorporate the COVID-related notes from the 2020-2021 retrospective document directly into the updated HDSAI Interpretation Document 2024, which means that health departments can now reference this single document when choosing to use the “new” HDSAI option for site visits. We are excited about how this change will streamline where guidance lives, while still allowing health departments to benefit from the 2020-2021 edits as we have been doing in all recent site visits. Questions about what this means? Join us at the Annual Update Webinar to hear more!
Accreditation in Action
See you in the “Office”
We are back onto our regular office hour schedule come February, and we hope to see you there! This is another fabulous space to bring us your accreditation-related questions of all sizes. You can check all upcoming office hour dates out on our Training Calendar.
Helpful Resources
“Talking Data Equity” Resources
We All Count hosts a free, informal discussion and Q&A series around applying data equity in the real world called Talking Data Equity. On their website, you can review previous resources and recordings, sign up for their forum, and explore free tools that are specifically geared towards real-world, applied data use. Live sessions often take place once a month over a Friday lunch hour.
Key Dates
Tuesday, January 23: 2024 NCLHD Accreditation Program Update Webinar, 9:30-11:30 am
Virtual. There is no cost to attend; however, registration is required. Register.
Wednesday, February 7: Office Hours, 9:00-9:45 am
Virtual. There is no cost to attend; however, registration is required. Register.
Interested in exploring all upcoming events? Check out our Calendar page online!
Stories from the Field
Best Practices from fall 2023, coming up!
As we did last year, we will highlight some of the fabulous best practices that the site visit team identified throughout the fall here in the monthly highlights. This fall, across the nine site visits, site visitors identified 15 specific best practices in their review of accreditation documentation. We can’t wait to feature these over the coming months.
Remember, we also love sharing stories from you all, whether it’s something neat you hear about from a colleague or something you and your team are proud of. Let us know!
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU
All of you across the state have unique approaches where you have found success. To help us all learn, we love when you share your tips and tricks for accreditation success with us! If you have a tip or trick that you would like to share, send a summary to NCLHDaccreditation@unc.edu. Stories will be shared via these monthly highlights.