Funded State Arthritis Programs

The CDC Arthritis Program funds arthritis programs at 12 state health departments. The central aim of state arthritis programs is to improve the quality of life among persons affected by arthritis. Learn about an individual state program by visiting the program website or contacting the program coordinator. Click on a state name in the list below the map for the state program's contact information and website.

State arthritis programs use CDC funding to

• Strengthen partnerships with other chronic disease programs, state Arthritis Foundation chapters/regions, and other partners, 
• Improve their ability to monitor the burden of arthritis in their state, 
• Coordinate activities, 
• Increase work to promote public awareness that something can be done to address the burden and impact of arthritis,
• Expand efforts to promote self-management education and physical activity to adults with arthritis.

The current five year funding opportunity, which began in July 2012, awarded 12 states an average funding of approximately $427,000 and builds on lessons learned from previous funding opportunity announcements with a continued emphasis on embedding arthritis interventions in existing systems to exponentially expand access to and use of these interventions. Lessons learned from the previous funding announcement are captured in the executive summary of that evaluation. Read the executive summary: Strategic Approaches to Expanding the Reach of Evidence- Based Interventions - [PDF - 354KB].

 

 

 

California Arthritis Program

Ying Marilyn Kempster
Arthritis Program Manager
California Department of Public Health
California Arthritis Partnership Program
MS 7208
P.O. Box 997377
Sacramento, CA 95899-7377
Phone: (916) 552-9886
Fax: (916) 552-9923 
Email: Marilyn.Kempster@cdph.ca.gov
Program website: California Arthritis Partnership Program
 

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Kansas Arthritis Program

Holly Frye
Arthritis Health Manager (Interim)
Bureau of Health Promotion
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
1000 SW Jackson, Ste 230
Topeka, KS 66612
Telephone: (785) 296-1627
Email: holly.frye@ks.gov
Program website: Kansas Arthritis Program

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Kentucky Arthritis Program

Dustin Falls
Kentucky Osteoporosis & Arthritis Program Coordinator
Kentucky Department for Public Health
275 East Main Street, HS 2 WE
Frankfort, Kentucky 40621
Telephone: (502) 564-7996, extension 4437
Fax: (502) 564-4667
E-mail: dustin.falls@ky.gov
Program website: Kentucky Arthritis Program

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Michigan Arthritis Program

Karen McCloskey
Arthritis Program Coordinator
Michigan Department of Community Health
Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Control
PO Box 30195
Lansing, MI 48909
Telephone: 517-335-1236
Fax: 517-335-9461
Email: mccloskeyk@michigan.gov

Program Website: Michigan Arthritis Program

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Missouri Arthritis Program

Beth Richards
Arthritis Program Director
Missouri Arthritis & Osteoporosis Program
UMC-School of Health Professions
1205 University Avenue, Suite 1100
Columbia, Missouri 65211
Telephone: (573) 884-1220
Fax: (573) 884-5412
E-mail: Richardsjo@health.missouri.edu

Program Website: Missouri Arthritis Program

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Montana Arthritis Program

Heather Welch
Arthritis Program Manger
Montana Arthritis Program
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
1400 Broadway, PO Box 202951
Helena, MT 59620
Telephone: (406) 444-0958
Fax: (406) 444-5900
Email: hwelch@mt.gov

Program website:  Montana Arthritis Program

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New York Arthritis Program

Nancy J. Katagiri
Arthritis Program Coordinator
New York State Department of Health
150 Broadway, Suite 350
Albany, NY 12204-2719
Telephone: (518) 408-5142
Fax: (518) 474-3356
Email: nancy.katagiri@health.ny.gov
Program website: New York Arthritis Program

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Oregon Arthritis Program

Kirsten Aird
Arthritis Program Manager
Oregon Public Health Division
800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 730
Portland, OR 97232
Telephone: 503-705-7560
Fax: 971-673-0994
Email: KIRSTEN.G.AIRD@dhsoha.state.or.us

Program Website: Oregon Arthritis Program

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Pennsylvania Arthritis Program

Adam Overmiller
Arthritis Program Manager
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Bureau of Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
625 Forster Street
Harrisburg, PA. 17120-0701
Telephone: (717) 547-3208
Fax: (717) 772-0608
E-mail: aovermille@pa.gov

Program website: Pennsylvania Arthritis Program

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Rhode Island Arthritis Program

Jasmine Franco
Arthritis Program Manager
Rhode Island Department of Health
3 Capitol Hill
Providence, RI 02908
E-mail: jasmine.franco@health.ri.gov 
Phone: 401-222-4520
Fax: 401-222-4415

Program website: Rhode Island Arthritis Program

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South Carolina Arthritis Program

Michele James
Program Director
Arthritis Prevention and Control Program
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
2600 Bull Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Telephone: (803) 898-0349
Fax: (803) 898-0350
Email: jamesmd@dhec.sc.gov

Program website: South Carolina Arthritis Program

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Utah Arthritis Program

Rebecca Castleton
Arthritis Program Manager
Utah Arthritis Program
Utah Department of Health
PO Box 142107
Salt Lake City, UT 84114
Telephone: 801-538-9340
Fax: 801-538-9495
Email: rcastlet@utah.gov

Program website: Utah Arthritis Program

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