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Navigating Cooperative Agreements is a dynamic, day-and-a-half workshop for state chronic disease directors and program managers, designed to enable more effective management of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cooperative agreements related to categorical chronic disease programs funded by the CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP).  Topics covered include:

• Developing and managing budgets, work plans and evaluations;
• Roles and relationships in the cooperative agreement process; 
• Developing and maintaining a productive relationship with a CDC project officer;
• Obtaining technical assistance from CDC; and
• Planning and executing productive site visits.

Navigating Cooperative Agreements is co-facilitated by an experienced state chronic disease program staff person and a CDC project officer, and is intended to complement one segment of the Project Officer of the Future course provided for CDC project officers.  Both courses are designed to improve skills and enhance relationships between state chronic disease workers and CDC staff, with the ultimate goal of increasing effectiveness of chronic disease prevention and control programs around the country as change agents improving the public’s health.

Navigating Cooperative Agreements directly supports the following domains of the NACDD Competencies for Chronic Disease Practice:

• Build Support
• Design and Evaluate Programs
• Manage Programs and Resources

Comments from previous attendees from this workshop include:
  “Good info, a good way to help me understand what my role is and why!”
  “The course was excellent; I want it to be brought to our state. “
  “This was excellent, very helpful and useful. Small group exercises really made it more fun and engaging.”
  “Their joint experience at CDC, state and other levels added a lot of value to the training.”