What is the Public Health Accreditation Board?

PHAB is dedicated to raising the standard for public health. With support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, we're working with leading public health experts from the field to develop a voluntary national accreditation program that will help public health departments assess their current capacity and guide them to become even better providers of quality service, thus promoting a healthier public.

In an effort to align national standards with the needs of members and address a wide range of public health department structures and circumstances across the country, PHAB is working closely with NACCHO, ASTHO and NALBOH.

PHAB has also created several committees and workgroups comprised primarily of state and local health officials to develop all aspects of the new accreditation program. These expert workgroups and committees are developing the features of the new accreditation program — building on the excellent work of others who've addressed performance improvement and existing state-based performance standard programs. These workgroups include:

Standards and Accreditation Activities Review Committee
Standards Development Workgroup
Assessment Process Workgroup
Equivalency Recognition Workgroup
Research and Evaluation Committee