Hurricane Helene Response The NCLHDA Program is thinking about all of you out west facing such extreme destruction from Helene. Western North Carolina is such a special place for so many of us, and we know the road to recovery … Read more

September – October 2024 Public Comment is closed. From September 18 – October 11, the NCLHDA Program and Board hosted an additional round of public comment on a revised set of activities to make sure we hear and incorporate your perspectives before officially … Read more

New Releases Annual Survey Results Posted! Check out our Annual Survey Results, now updated with 2024 data! Thank you to the many respondents who provided feedback in May of this year so that the program can reflect and improve. This … Read more

New Releases See you in Office Hours! As of this morning, we’re back from our summer break and excited to welcome you all to office hours! If you’re new to this space, office hours are an informal space where accreditation … Read more

New Releases As Margaret is out on parental leave, David Stone, who has been working with NCLHDA for the past two years as our Phase 3 Coordinator, and who himself served as our Accreditation Administrator from 2008-2011, will step in … Read more

New Releases Website Update You can now look up the accreditation status of a health department on our website! You can filter the table by health department name, accreditation status, accreditation adjudication date, and accreditation expiration. Click here to check … Read more

New Releases Accreditation? Tell us how you feel about it! 2024 Annual Survey We invite you to share your honest, anonymous perspectives about our program by completing the 2024 Accreditation Annual Survey. The purpose of the survey is to give … Read more

Many different representatives are involved in the process of updating the Accreditation Standards, Benchmarks, & Activities as outlined in Administrative Rule. In 2023, NCLHDA began a focused effort to revise Administrative Rule Chapter 48 outlining the Local Health Department Accreditation … Read more

New Releases Accreditation Baby on the Way! In other exciting updates, Margaret is expecting a baby this July! Fortunately, David Stone, who has been working with NCLHDA for the past two years as our Phase 3 Coordinator, and who himself … Read more

New Releases Discussing the “Future of Accreditation” We are excited to bring together the NCLHDA Board Members, Standard Workgroup Members, Health Director Accreditation Working Group Members, and AAC Advisory Council Representatives to move forward the conversation around transforming accreditation requirements … Read more