Requirements for CDC Recognition

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To ensure high quality and impact, CDC sets standards for organizations that wish to offer an in-person or online lifestyle change program.

Standards for CDC Recognition

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CDC-recognized lifestyle change programs feature a CDC-approved curriculum and a trained lifestyle coach to help participants make lasting healthy changes.

To gain CDC recognition, your organization must show that it can meet CDC standards and effectively deliver a proven diabetes prevention lifestyle change program.

Standards for CDC recognition include:

  • Use of a CDC-approved curriculum. You can use a curriculum developed by CDC, or you can develop your own or use that of another organization (with permission), as long as CDC approves it. View the list of topics covered in the CDC-approved PreventT2 curriculum [PDF – 179 KB].
  • Ability to begin offering the lifestyle program within 6 months of receiving approval from CDC.
  • Capacity and commitment to deliver the program over at least 1 year, including at least 16 sessions during the first 6 months and at least 6 sessions during the last 6 months.
  • Ability to submit data on participants’ progress—including weight and physical activity minutes collected at each session—every 6 months.
  • Trained lifestyle coaches who can help build participants’ skills and confidence to make lasting lifestyle changes.
  • Designated individual(s) to serve as the diabetes prevention program coordinator.

Learn about the staffing and training requirements for running a CDC-recognized lifestyle change program, or read the complete standards for recognition in the CDC Recognition Program Standards and Operating Procedures [PDF – 2 MB] DPRP Standards in Spanish [PDF – 1 MB].

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Have questions about CDC recognition? Check out our National Diabetes Prevention Program Customer Service Center. The Customer Service Center serves National DPP organizations by providing easy access to information and resources about prediabetes and the National DPP.  Organizations can access training materials, toolkits, and videos; ask questions; and receive technical assistance related to all aspects of the program.