Expertise and Leadership

Working hand-in-hand with The Committee is the main way CHPS establishes and maintaining rigorous high performance national standards and best practice resources. The Committee specifically helps to develop and update criteria, answers credit interpretations, and more broadly offers their expertise and guidance on the ongoing development of CHPS visionary program. 

Responsibilities

• Review, revise, and maintain CHPS Criteria and Credit Library to ensure technical rigor and consistency across CHPS resources.

• Revise and maintain the CHPS Best Practices Manuals.

• Assist local CHPS Committees when regional modifications or proposed new criteria are being considered during CHPS Criteria Development/Revision process.

• Issue interpretations of the CHPS Criteria (CCIs).

• Provide assistance and coordination with other CHPS Committees and Subcommittees on cross-cutting issues and criteria.

• Other technical matters that are occasionally referred by the Board of Directors.

Committee Members

CHPS members can join the National Technical Committee as full participants or serve in a leadership role as a subcommittee co-chair or as one of two co-chairs of the overall National Technical Committee. Non-members are invited to participate as advisors during criteria updates. Non-members are considered Subject Matter Experts (SME) and are non-voting.