The APHA Policy Committee met in May and has continued the discussion on its mission is to engage and organize members who will work to respond to, analyze and help shape public policy at the national, state and local level related to the Community Health Worker profession. One of the subcommittees under this group is working on developing a Evidence Based Research Matrix. The committee will be developing standards and a system on how to list and organize the studies, which will include both published and unpublished studies so that it is user friendly depending on who our audience is. A second committee will be working on developing a CHW state initiative matrix, which would include areas in CHW work force, policy development, education and CHW associations/networks per state. This will be a great way to keep updated on happenings in other states, and an organized system to connect with those doing the work.  Lastly, the Policy Committee is working on ways to include CHWs on the APHA pre-session on health care reform.