North Carolina Center for Health & Wellness at the 

University of North Carolina at Asheville

Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Program Grantee

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Prevention and Public Health Fund 2019, effective May 1, 2019

Goals, Strategies, and Activities

The overall purposes of this 3-year Sustainable 

Systems grant are to:

• Goal 1: Significantly increase the number 

of older adults and adults with disabilities 

who participate in and complete 

evidence-based chronic disease selfmanagement education (CDSME) and 

support programs to improve their 

confidence in managing their chronic 

condition(s).

• Goal 2: Implement new and innovative 

funding arrangements, including 

contracts and collaborations with 

multiple sustainability partners, to 

support evidence-based selfmanagement education and support 

programs during and beyond the grant 

period. Additionally, embed programs 

into an integrated, sustainable evidencebased prevention program network via 

centralized, coordinated processes.

The North Carolina Center for Health & Wellness 

(NCCHW) at the University of North Carolina at 

Asheville and its partners will: 

• Expand the NCCHW Healthy Aging NC 

(HANC) Resource Center network to 13 of 

NC’s 16 area agencies on aging (AAAs);

• Support eight AAAs in NC in establishing

Diabetes Self-Management Education 

and Support and secure accreditation 

among at least five AAAs;

• Secure Medicare reimbursement for at 

least two AAAs; and

• Formalize the relationship between the 

NCCHW and the North Carolina Division

of Aging and Adult Services through a 

memorandum of agreement.

Proposed Interventions

• Chronic Disease Self-Management 

Program (CDSMP)

• Diabetes Self-Management Program

(DSMP)

• Chronic Pain Self-Management Program

(CPSMP)

Partnerships

To achieve the goals of the grant, NCCHW will 

collaborate with the following key partners:

• North Carolina Division of Aging and 

Adult Services
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• North Carolina Association of Area 

Agencies on Aging

• Southwestern Commission Area Agency 

on Aging

• Western Piedmont Area Agency on Aging

• Centralina Area Agency on Aging

• Piedmont Triad Area Agency on Aging

• Upper Coastal Plain Area Agency on 

Aging

• Mid Carolina Area Agency on Aging

• Lumber River Area Agency on Aging

• Eastern Carolina Area Agency on Aging

• Mid-East Commission Area Agency on 

Aging

• Albemarle Commission Area Agency on 

Aging

• North Carolina Medical Society 

Foundation

• North Carolina Diabetes Advisory Council

• North Carolina Division of Public Health

• North Carolina Office of Minority Health 

and Health Disparities

Anticipated Results

The NCCHW and its partners propose to achieve 

the following results: 

• Engage 2450 older adults and adults with 

disabilities in CDSME programs, 1798 of 

whom will be completers;

• Train 20 CDSMP Master Trainers and 15 

DSMP Master Trainers;

• Create at least one new reimbursement 

pathway for CDSME programs;

• Create a portfolio of community-based 

diabetes continuum of care tools; and

• Submit six funding proposals to support 

HANC programming.

• Contact:

Nicolle Miller

North Carolina Center for Health & Wellness at 

the University of North Carolina at Asheville

nmiller2@unca.edu

For more information: 

Administration for Community Living 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Washington, DC 20201

http://www.acl.gov