State and Local Tracking Portals
The Tracking Program provides information communities can use to improve their health. This information comes from a nationwide network that integrates health data and environmental data. Over the last six years, CDC's Tracking Program has laid the foundation of this national system by providing grants to state and local health departments.
CDC funds 16 state and 1 local health departments to build and implement state-based tracking networks. These state and local data systems feed into the Tracking Network. Previous projects by these grantees have improved information technology through better infrastructure, expanded environmental public health tracking capacity, and trained public health workers. Most importantly, grantees have developed better ways to make information accessible on the Tracking Network to those who need it to take action, such as policy makers and public health officials.
