List of ACHIEVE Communities

Since 2008, 134 communities have been selected to join ACHIEVE. Additional communities will be selected during the next 2 years. The list below shows the 134 current ACHIEVE communities and, in parentheses, the month/year participation began and the national organization providing technical support to the community.

ACHIEVE national partner names are abbreviated as follows: National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD), National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), and YMCA of the USA (Y-USA).

Alabama | Alaska | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida | Georgia | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Puerto Rico | Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming

CDC's selected national organizations that provide funding and technical support to ACHIEVE communities:
NACDD: National Assoc. for Chronic Disease Directors
NACCHO: National Assoc. of County and City Health Officials
NRPA: National Recreation and Park Association
Y-USA: YMCA of the USA

As of January 2012 

ALABAMA
Montgomery (3/09 – NRPA)

ALASKA
Wrangell (2/10 – NACDD)

CALIFORNIA
Anaheim (3/09 – Y-USA)
Grass Valley (2/11 – NACCHO)
La Mirada (3/09 – NRPA)
Sacramento (3/09 – NACCHO)
Ukiah (2/11 – NACDD)
Whittier (2/11 – Y-USA)
Yuba City (2/11 – NRPA)

COLORADO
Aurora (2/10 – Y-USA)
Fort Collins (2/10 – NRPA)

CONNECTICUT
Danbury Area (2/11 – Y-USA)
Eastern Highlands (3/09 – NACDD)
New London (3/09 – NACCHO)
Northeast District (3/09 – NACDD)*
Norwalk (1/12 – NACDD)

DELAWARE
Seaford (2/11 – NACDD)

FLORIDA
Daytona Beach (2/11 – NACDD)
Jacksonville (2/11 – Y-USA)
Manatee County (2/10 – NACCHO)
North Miami (3/09 – NRPA)
Palm Beach County (3/09 – NACDD)
Tallahassee (2/10 – NACDD)
Venice (3/09 – Y-USA)
Winter Park (2/10 – NACDD)

GEORGIA
Augusta (2/11 – Y-USA)
Dalton (2/11 – NACDD)

ILLINOIS
Bloomington (2/10 – Y-USA)
Chicago (3/09 – NRPA)
Cook County (3/09 – NACCHO)
Decatur (1/12 – Y-USA)

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INDIANA
Bloomington (3/09 – Y-USA)*
Frankfort (2/11 – NACDD)
Winchester (1/12– NACDD)

IOWA
Black Hawk County (1/08 – NACDD & Y-USA)
Davenport (3/09 – NRPA)*
Dubuque (1/12 – Y-USA)

KANSAS
Colby (1/12 – NACDD)
Wichita (1/08 – NACDD & Y-USA)

KENTUCKY
Ashland (2/10 – NACDD)*
Covington (1/12 – NACDD)
Frankfort (2/11 – NACCHO)*
Hopkinsville (2/11 – Y-USA)
Manchester (2/11 – NACDD)
Owenton (1/12 – NACCHO)

MAINE
Casco Bay (2/10 – NACCHO)
Hancock County (1/08 – NACDD & Y-USA)
Penobscot Bay (2/10 – Y-USA)

MARYLAND
Annapolis (2/11 – NRPA)
Greenbelt (2/11 – NRPA)

MASSACHUSETTS
Chelsea (2/10 – NACDD)
New Bedford (3/09 – Y-USA)
Springfield (2/10 – Y-USA)

MICHIGAN
Belleville (2/11 – NRPA)
Delta and Menominee Counties (2/10 – NACCHO)
Ingham County (2/10 – NACCHO)
Marquette County (2/10 – NACDD)
Muskegon (3/09 – NACCHO)
Saginaw (3/09 – Y-USA)

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MINNESOTA
Pipestone (2/10 – NRPA)
Willmar (2/10 – Y-USA)

MISSISSIPPI
Forrest and Lamar Counties (3/09 – NACDD)

MISSOURI
Boonville (1/12 – Y-USA)
Kahoka (2/11 – NACDD)
O'Fallon (3/09 – NRPA)
Putnam County (2/10 – NACCHO)

MONTANA
Great Falls (1/12 – NACCHO)
Helena (2/11 – NRPA)
Yellowstone County (3/09 – NACCHO)*

NEBRASKA
Hastings (2/10 – NRPA)

NEVADA
Washoe County (2/10 – NACCHO)

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Concord (2/11 – Y-USA)

NEW JERSEY
Morristown (2/10 – NRPA)*
Neptune (1/12 – NRPA)
Summit (2/11 – Y-USA)
Ocean County (2/11 – Y-USA)

NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque (1/08 – NACDD & Y-USA)

NEW YORK
Clinton County (3/09 – NACCHO)
Mt. Morris (2/11 – NACCHO)
Rockland County (3/09 – NACDD)
Salamanca (1/08 – NACDD & Y-USA)*
Syracuse (2/10 – Y-USA)

NORTH CAROLINA
Belmont (3/09 – Y-USA)
Cabarrus County (2/10 – NACCHO)
Cleveland County (1/08 – NACDD & Y-USA)
Columbus (2/10 – NACDD)
Hickory (2/11 – NACCHO)
Lexington (2/11 – NACCHO)
Mecklenburg County (3/09 – NACDD)

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NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck (2/11 – NRPA)
Grand Forks (2/11 – NRPA)
Valley City (2/10 – NACDD)

OHIO
Butler County (3/09 – Y-USA)
Columbus (2/11 – NACCHO)
Delaware (2/11 – NACCHO)
Lake County (3/09 – NACDD)
Miamisburg (2/11 – NRPA)
Stark County (1/08 – NACDD & Y-USA)

OKLAHOMA
Tulsa (2/10 – NRPA)

OREGON
Columbia County (3/09 – NACCHO)
Eugene (2/11 – NACDD)
Jefferson County (3/09 – NACDD)
Multnomah County (3/09 – NACDD)*
Wilsonville (1/12 – NRPA)

PENNSYLVANIA
Allentown (1/08 – NACDD & Y-USA)
Pittsburgh (2/10 – NACCHO)
Uniontown (3/09 – Y-USA)
Wilkes-Barre (3/09 – Y-USA)*
York (2/10 – Y-USA)*

PUERTO RICO
Coamo (2/10 – NACDD)

RHODE ISLAND
Newport (2/10 – NRPA)

SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia (3/09 – Y-USA)
Greenville County (3/09 – NRPA)
Kershaw County (3/09 – NACDD)
North Charleston (2/10 – NACCHO)
Rock Hill (2/11 – NRPA)
Spartanburg (2/11 – NACDD)

SOUTH DAKOTA
Pierre (3/09 – NRPA)*
Spearfish (1/12 – NRPA)

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TENNESSEE
Jackson (2/10 – NRPA)
McMinnville (2/10 – NRPA)
Milan (2/11 – Y-USA)

TEXAS
Corpus Christi (2/11 – NRPA)
El Paso (2/10 – Y-USA)
Harris County – Aldine (1/08 – NACDD & Y-USA)
Nacogdoches (3/09 – NACDD)*
Williamson County (3/09 – NACDD)

UTAH
St. George (2/10 – NACDD)

VERMONT
Rutland (2/11 – NACDD)

VIRGINIA
Accomack County (2/10 – Y-USA)
Alexandria (3/09 – NACCHO)*
Arlington (2/10 – NRPA)
Lynchburg (2/11 – NACCHO)
Portsmouth (2/10 – NACDD)
Prince William County (1/12 – NACCHO)

WASHINGTON
lickitat County (3/09 – NACCHO)
Longview (3/09 – NRPA)*
Lynnwood (3/09 – NRPA)
Pierce County – Tacoma (1/08 – NACDD & Y-USA)
Olympic Peninsula (2/11 – Y-USA)
Shelton (2/11 – NACCHO)
Union Gap (2/11 – NACCHO)
Whatcom County (3/09 – NACDD)

WISCONSIN
Eau Claire (2/10 – Y-USA)
Green Bay (1/12 – NACDD)
Polk County (2/10 – NACCHO)
Waupaca (1/12 – NRPA)

WYOMING
Casper (2/10 – NRPA)

*Mentor communities provide support and technical assistance to communities funded in 2012.

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