Assistance program
Strengthening the Public Health System in US-affiliated Pacific Islands
$54.3 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health and Human Services, Department of
- Assistance
- Cooperative Agreements
- CFDA number
- 93.874
- What it does
- The purpose of this funding initiative to ensure provision of capacity building assistance (CBA) to the US-affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI) public health officials and public health systems. Capacity building efforts will support the formation of sound policies, strengthened organizational structures (e.g., governance, workforce recruitment/retention, and health services), effective management and revenue control, build jurisdictional partnerships, and address important cross-cutting issues such as health equity programs and services, and improved accountability measures for performance effectiveness and efficiency.
- Who benefits
- Governmental public health departments, workforce segments across governmental public health departments, and/or nongovernmental public health professionals in the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI). The US-Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI) consist of three U.S. Flag Territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as well as three sovereign states that have a Compact of Free Association with the United States (US)---Freely Associated States of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau, and Federated States of Micronesia.
- Who applies
- Reference posted NOFOs available on Grants.gov
- Authorized by
- 317(k)(2) and 307 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Sections 242(l) and 247b(k)
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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