NASAAEP is now accepting membership applications for various groups and individuals. NASAAEP has been formed to advance and promote the following goals:

1. Foster a national network of State, Tribal, and Local Animal and Agricultural Emergency Programs and other stakeholders at all levels to promote effective, all-hazards animal and agricultural emergency management.

2. Enhance and clarify communication between animal and agricultural emergency programs including State Animal/Agricultural Response Teams (SART), state veterinary medical reserve corps (VMRC), other similar state, tribal or territorial programs and national partners.

3. Promote best practices and models to assist Emergency programs in their management and ultimately in One Health mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery from national, regional or local crises.

4. Identify, cultivate, and manage resources that strengthen preparedness and response capabilities at the local, state, tribal, regional and national levels.

5. Develop and support ideas, initiatives, and policies that positively impact animal and agricultural emergency management.

6. Facilitate and promote the development of a national animal emergency management framework through coordination and capacity building between and among states, supporting credentialing standards, and sharing training initiatives and national training standards.