What Is CDC’s NACP?

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Asthma Control Program is vital to asthma education, prevention and research. Since 1999, millions of Americans have benefited from the program and asthma mortality rates decreased by more than 44% from 1999-2018. The goals of NACP include reducing the number of deaths, hospitalizations, emergency department visits, school days, or workdays missed, and reducing limitations on activity due to asthma.¹

NACP provides critical support to states working to improve the quality of asthma treatment and management.

The program needs funding to continue to be effective within our communities. Today, CDC funds 29 state, territorial, and municipal health departments to ensure the availability of and access to guidelines-based medical management and pharmacotherapy for people with asthma. The program addresses the intersection of public health and health care by funding state programs and national organizations, promoting asthma quality measures, and informing policymakers about the burden of asthma.¹

Urgent Action Needed

On April 1, 2025, the CDC laid off the entire staff of the National Asthma Control Program, effectively gutting the critical program. This program has saved lives and health care costs. These cuts threaten essential services for the 28 million people with asthma in the United States. Help us advocate to restore funding to this vital program!

In June, staff were restored at NACP. However, the program is not funded in the President’s 2026 budget. This means without Congress funding the NACP, the program will end.

Congress needs to hear from you! Use our advocacy tool to send an email or call your representative. Take action now!

AAFA Calls on Congress to Fund NACP

AAFA took action immediately after cuts to NACP were announced. Now, staff have been restored. The next step is to secure ongoing funding of this critical program.

The program must have funding that allows it to reach across the U.S. This will allow it to support work to decrease the number of emergency visits, hospitalizations and deaths caused by asthma each year.

AAFA supports increased funding for NACP to sufficient levels that would allow all states and territories to have effective asthma control programs. But the first step is to ensure the current program is protected and funded in 2026.

Press releases:

• Impact of CDC Cuts on Respiratory Health
• AAFA Calls on Congress to Restore Lifesaving NACP

We’ve also taken to the airwaves to highlight the importance of funding for state asthma management programs. Listen here.

NACP In the States

Here is more information on the NACP’s impact in states across the U.S.:

• California: California Breathing (CB)
• Delaware: Delaware Health and Social Services Division of Public Health
• Indiana: Indiana Asthma Program (IAP)
• Kentucky: Kentucky Asthma Management Program (KAMP)
• Maine: Maine Asthma Program (MAP)
• New Hampshire: New Hampshire Asthma Control Program (NHACP)
• New York: New York State Asthma Control Program (NYSACP)
• Ohio: Ohio Department of Health Asthma Program (ODHAP)
• Utah: Utah Asthma Program (UAP)
• Vermont: Vermont Asthma Program (VAP)
• Wisconsin: Wisconsin Asthma Program (WAP)

The remainder of the 29 states funded by the CDC’s NACP include:

• Connecticut
• Florida
• Georgia
• Illinois
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• Montana
• New Mexico
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• Texas
• Washington, DC
• West Virginia

Find out more about the impacts of NACP on these states at: CDC’s State and City Partner Contacts and Programs.

Learn More

• Does Your State Have an Asthma Program?
• AAFA’s CHI-ASMA Project Funded by the CDC’s NACP

Updated: August 2025