Assistance program
Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation’s Health
$3.3 Billion committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health and Human Services, Department of
- Assistance
- Cooperative Agreements
- CFDA number
- 93.421
- What it does
- The goal is to fund nongovernmental organizations with demonstrated capability, expertise, resources, national reach, and track record to strengthen governmental public health system’s infrastructure and core services through provision of capacity building assistance (CBA). CBA is defined as activities that strengthen and maintain the infrastructure and resources necessary to sustain or improve system, organizational, community, or individual processes and competencies. CBA activities will focus on seven strategies: 1) health systems infrastructure; 2) leadership and workforce; 3) data and information systems; 4) communication and information technology; 5) partnerships; 6) laws, including statutes and regulations, and policies; and, 7) programs and services. In the long-term, the CBA provided will help improve public health capacities and capabilities that ensure a current, competent, and connected public health system, and enable delivery of the 10 essential services.
- Who benefits
- Beneficiaries include state health departments; tribal health organizations; local health departments; the District of Columbia; U.S. Territories; and other components of the public health system. The general public will also serve as beneficiaries.
- Who applies
- Organizations deemed eligible to apply must also meet responsiveness criteria as outlined in the "Additional Information on Eligibility" in the NOFO to which applications are submitted.
- Authorized by
- The program is authorized under sections 317(k)(2) and 307 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Sections 247b(k)(2) and 242l, as amended. In addition, this program is authorized under sections 4002 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148, the …
- Program site
- https://www.cdc.gov/infrastructure/index.html ↗
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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Direct payments