Press Release

HHS/CDC Provides Additional Funding for All-Hazards State and Local Public Health Preparedness and Response

Public health agencies will receive a total of $698.2 million in the current fiscal year to help them strengthen their ability to respond to terrorism or natural disasters.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funding was awarded through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to 62 public health agencies in 50 states, eight territories and the metropolitan areas of New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles County, and Washington, D.C., through the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement. In 2002, Congress authorized funding for the Public Health Emergency Preparedness cooperative agreement to support preparedness nationwide in state, local, tribal, and territorial public health departments.

Funds will be used to meet goals that include:

• Addressing the public health needs of at-risk individuals (such as children or people with chronic medical disorders) in the event of a public health emergency.
• Assuring coordination among state, local, territorial, and tribal planning, preparedness, and response activities.
• Development of measureable preparedness and response activities to strengthen community resilience and mitigate the health consequences associated with large-scale emergencies.

Since 2002, more than $7 billion has been provided to state and local health departments to expand their ability to respond to a public health emergency. This does not include funding for the 2009 H1N1 response.

For more information about the Public Health Emergency Preparedness cooperative agreement go to http://emergency.cdc.gov/cdcpreparedness/coopagreement/.

FY 2010 Funding Distribution

Awardee	Amount Awarded
Alabama	$10,048,584
Alaska	$5,165,000
American Samoa	$390,413
Arizona	$14,047,671
Arkansas	$7,393,805
California	$49,301,738
Chicago	$10,639,521
Colorado	$10,875,195
Connecticut	$8,719,806
Delaware	$5,150,000
District of Columbia	$6,616,482
Florida	$33,481,834
Georgia	$18,481,819
Guam	$545,470
Hawaii	$5,249,782
Idaho	$5,495,096
Illinois	$19,496,622
Indiana	$12,995,857
Iowa	$7,565,448
Kansas	$7,530,021
Kentucky	$9,455,848
Los Angeles	$22,219,547
Louisiana	$9,999,458
Maine	$5,259,067
Marshall Islands	$388,143
Maryland	$12,720,551
Massachusetts	$15,229,770
Michigan	$20,143,034
Micronesia	$450,174
Minnesota	$12,911,644
Mississippi	$7,527,286
Missouri	$12,572,343
Montana	$5,166,198
Nebraska	$5,876,388
Nevada	$7,511,623
New Hampshire	$5,349,356
New Jersey	$18,015,661
New Mexico	$7,643,606
New York	$22,932,149
New York City	$20,602,882
North Carolina	$16,552,440
North Dakota	$5,021,860
Northern Mariana Islands	$377,263
Ohio	$20,947,527
Oklahoma	$8,487,239
Oregon	$8,871,324
Palau	$328,877
Pennsylvania	$22,808,671
Puerto Rico	$8,514,449
Rhode Island	$5,150,000
South Carolina	$11,034,653
South Dakota	$5,150,000
Tennessee	$12,711,428
Texas	$43,194,539
Utah	$7,328,511
Vermont	$5,193,078
Virgin Islands (US)	$453,195
Virginia	$17,063,098
Washington	$13,731,541
West Virginia	$5,898,188
Wisconsin	$13,276,438
Wyoming	$5,000,000
TOTAL FY 2010 PHEP FUNDING	$698,259,211

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES