The purpose of the program is to implement national strategies that enhance health, wellness, and quality of life for people with arthritis through: 1) expanded dissemination and delivery of evidence-based arthritis interventions 2) enhanced infrastructure to support and provide arthritis-specific consumer health information 3) assistance to state health departments to expand state-based arthritis program efforts and 4) effective policy and systems strategies to promote arthritis management and increased access to and availability of interventions.