Assistance program
Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response: Public Health Crisis Response
-$1.7 Billion committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health and Human Services, Department of
- Assistance
- Cooperative Agreements
- CFDA number
- 93.354
- What it does
- The intent of this program is to fund state, local, and territorial public health departments for HHS Secretarial declared and non-declared public health emergencies having an overwhelming impact on jurisdictional resources. These emergencies require federal support to effectively respond to, manage, and address a significant public health threat. CDC seeks to enhance the Nation’s ability to rapidly mobilize and respond to specific public health crises or emergencies. In addition to immediate response activities, this program provides a mechanism to accelerate readiness for an impending infectious disease threat or other public health crises identified on the event horizon.
- Who benefits
- State government public health departments or their bona fide agents (N=50) • Local health departments or their bona fide agents (N=6) (city or county) consistent with PHEP and ELC recipients, which include: Chicago Department of Public Health, District of Columbia Department of Health, Houston Department of Health and Human Services, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services - Public Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and Philadelphia Department of Public Health • Territorial governments or their bona fide agents (N=8) in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau • Tribal Public Health Departments – (N=5) Federally recognized tribal governments meeting the core criteria outlined for all eligible applicants and that serve, through their own PH infrastructure, at least 50,000 people and have demonstrable PH capacity.
- Who applies
- • State government public health departments or their bona fide agents (N=50) • Local health departments or their bona fide agents (N=6) (city or county) consistent with PHEP and ELC recipients, which include: Chicago Department of Public Health, District of Columbia Department of Health, Houston Department of Health and Human Services, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services - Public Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and Philadelphia Department of Public Health • Territorial governments or their bona fide agents (N=8) in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau • Tribal Public Health Departments – (N=5) Federally recognized tribal governments meeting the core criteria outlined for all eligible applicants and that serve, through their own PH infrastructure, at least 50,000 people and have demonstrable PH capacity.
- Authorized by
- This cooperative agreement is authorized under the following statutory authorities: Sections 317(k)(2) and 307 of the Public Health Service Act; [42 U.S.C Sections 247b and 247b-2and 247b-3] as amended; Title IV Section 4002 of the Affordable Care Act, Prevention and Public Healt…
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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- Committed through this program
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