Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)

Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) is a community-driven strategic planning process to achieve health equity. MAPP provides a structure for communities to assess their most pressing population health issues and align resources across sectors for strategic action. It emphasizes the vital role of broad stakeholders and community engagement, the need for policy, systems, and environmental change, and alignment of community resources toward shared goals. The process results in a community health [needs] assessment (CH[N]A) and a community health improvement plan (CHIP).

MAPP 2.0 is now available for download!

MAPP 2.0 is NACCHO’s update to the original MAPP framework. Read more about the framework in our Intro to MAPP 2.0.

The MAPP 2.0 materials are available to download using the link above.

• MAPP 2.0 Handbook: Step-by-step guidance for the three-phase process, to be used with the materials below
• Starting Point Assessment: A new tool to reflect on past CHI cycles, inventory resources, and set goals for your CHI process, used in Phase I
• Community Health Assessment Tools: Three new and revised tools for a mixed-methods community health assessment, used in Phase II
• Power Primer: A new supplement for communities looking to address the impact of power imbalances on health inequities, aligned with each step of MAPP 2.0
• MAPP 2.0 Supplemental Tools: A folder of resources (such as editable spreadsheets and word documents) to use throughout MAPP 2.0

Read more about NACCHO's MAPP Evolution process in the MAPP Evolution Blueprint Executive Summary.

Join the MAPP Network Virtual Community

The MAPP Network is a virtual community for individuals and organizations who are interested in the MAPP framework for community health improvement, providing:

• Reference materials and templates for your CHI process
• Discussion boards to connect with other MAPP communities
• Strategy Bank of real community health improvement plan activities
• Example community health improvement plans using MAPP
• Webinars related to CHI and MAPP 2.0
• Story Bank of MAPP communities’ experiences using the framework

Follow these instructions to join the MAPP Network.

The MAPP Network Virtual Community now has a complete set of 11 recorded trainings for local health departments (LHDs) and their partners to navigate the MAPP 2.0 guidance and materials. View the trainings in the CHI Webinar Warehouse section of the MAPP Network. Join the MAPP Network Virtual Community using the instructions linked above.

Technical Assistance

NACCHO offers technical assistance for communities implementing MAPP. Email [email protected] with questions and technical assistance requests. We also recommend posting your questions to the MAPP Network Virtual Community (above), to learn from other communities implementing MAPP.

For more information on MAPP, you can email us at [email protected]