It is responsible for setting the standards for the inspection of osteopathic graduate medical education programs in family practice.

[5] In March 2012, ACOFP announced that they partnered with the company MDdatacor to provide physicians with the tools necessary to develop their practices into official patient-centered medical homes.

[6] ACOFP also includes a student association, which hosts chapters from each of the osteopathic medical schools in the United States.

The journal is designed to help osteopathic family physicians care for their patients, improve their practices, and understand the activities ACOFP is taking on their behalf.

[9] The organization periodically bestows the honor of "Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians" (FACOFP) onto a physician with outstanding contributions to the profession of osteopathic family medicine nationally and locally, through teaching, authorship, research, or professional leadership.