Continuing Education
AICP Planners
The LGC expects that 95% of all of the conference plenaries, trainings, workshops and breakout sessions to be AICP accredited for planners (AICP only). We also expect that the "Achieving Equitable Development" pre-conference workshop on February 2nd to be AICP accredited as well.
Sessions approved for Continuing Education Units for AICP Planners are identified on the program page with CM and the number of units approved.
Health Professionals
Additionally, 19 conference sessions have been accredited by the CDC for physician, nurses, community health educators, and other health professionals. Please see details below on the CDC accreditation and the session those sessions that have been approved.
To submit for CDC continuing education credits for the accredited health sessions that you attended, please visit www2a.cdc.gov/TCEOnline/.
Proof of Disclosure. CDC, our planners and our presenters wish to disclose they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters. Presentations will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use. There is no commercial support for this activity.
Accreditation Statements
CME: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Local Government Commission. CDC is accredited by the ACCME® to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this educational activity for a maximum of 18.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Non-physicians will receive a certificate of participation.
CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This activity provides 18.2 contact hours.
IACET CEU: The CDC has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET),1760 Old Meadow Rd.,Suite 500,McLean,VA 22102. The CDC is authorized by IACET to offer 2.1 ANSI/IACET CEU’s for this program.
CECH: Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designed for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) to receive up to 18.5 Category I CECH in health education. CDC provider number GA0082.
Only the following sessions are accredited for CME, CNE, IACET CEU and CECH:
| Session Title | CME | CNE | CEU | CECH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Putting Health at the Center of Community Planning through Non-Traditional Partnerships | 1.5 |
1.5 |
0.2 |
1.5 |
| Smart Growth 101 | 1.5 |
1.5 |
0.2 |
1.5 |
| Building Health in Suburban Counties: Two Local Case Studies in Shaping Plans | 1.5 |
1.5 |
0.2 |
1.5 |
| Fresh Food for All: Integrating Food Systems into Planning and Economic Development | 1.5 |
1.5 |
0.2 |
1.5 |
| Health Impact Assessment (HIA): From Building the Foundation to Implementation... | 3.25 |
3.2 |
0.3 |
3.5 |
| Needed: Schools that Deliver First-Rate Education/Encourage Healthier Citizens and Communities | 2.0 |
2.0 |
0.2 |
2.0 |
| Integrating Indicators of Smart Growth and Healthy Communities into Real Estate Listings | 1.5 |
1.5 |
0.2 |
1.5 |
| Planning Your Community’s Walking and Wheeling Network | 1.5 |
1.5 |
0.2 |
1.5 |
| Spartanburg: How Multimodal Transportation Is Advancing Community Development | 1.5 |
1.5 |
0.2 |
1.5 |
| Parks Rescue and Restore Economic, Environmental and Public Health | 1.5 |
1.5 |
0.2 |
1.5 |
| North Carolina: Transforming the “Good Roads” State to the “Complete Streets” State | 1.5 |
1.5 |
0.2 |
1.5 |
| Healthy Places, Community-Driven Approaches | 2.0 |
2.0 |
0.2 |
2.0 |
| Ingredients for Smart Growth Success: How to Build a Strategic and Successful Coalition | 2.0 |
2.0 |
0.2 |
2.0 |
| Sustaining Safe Routes to School initiatives: Emerging Policy and Practice Strategies... | 2.0 |
2.0 |
0.2 |
2.0 |
| TOD, Corridor Revitalization and Air Pollution: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You (and Others) | 2.0 |
2.0 |
0.2 |
2.0 |
| Local Farms, Local Farmers, Local Food, Local Lessons: A Low-country Story | 2.0 |
2.0 |
0.2 |
2.0 |
| Leveling the Playing Field for Compact Development and Improving Water Quality | 2.0 |
2.0 |
0.2 |
2.0 |
| Planning for America’s Future: Aging, Rural and All Abilities | 1.5 |
1.5 |
0.2 |
1.5 |
| Catalyzing Community-Scale Movements: The Healthy, Active and Vibrant Communities Model | 1.5 |
1.5 |
0.2 |
1.5 |