The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) was awarded a $7,018,665 Cooperative Agreement under the CDC's Public Health Emergency Response program (CFDA 93.354) to enhance the state's readiness and response capabilities for a highly pathogenic avian influenza pandemic. The award will fund critical emergency response activities across six key domains, including incident management, biosurveillance, and surge staffing. The funding will enable MDHHS to rapidly mobilize and...
The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) Office of Preparedness & Response was awarded a $9,358,220 Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response (CFDA 93.354) program. The purpose of this funding is to enhance the nation's ability to rapidly mobilize, surge, and respond to public health emergencies that exceed the resources available to state and local jurisdictions. The...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response (CFDA 93.354) program provides $2,679,110 in funding to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) for the period of January 17, 2025 to January 16, 2026. The purpose is to enhance DOHMH's public health emergency preparedness and response capabilities, particularly for emerging infectious disease...
This $294,660 project grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, under the NIEHS Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety Training program (CFDA 93.142), will support Radiation Emergency Services LLC to develop a prototype simulation game and training platform. The RadTeamSim-ROUTE simulation aims to address gaps in hands-on radiological field survey training by blending radiological dose modeling with gaming software. This will create...
This $7,018,665 Cooperative Agreement award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response (CFDA 93.354) program will be used by the New York State Department of Health and its partner Health Research, Inc. to strengthen the state's public health emergency response capabilities. The funding will enable New York to rapidly mobilize and respond to a wide range of public health emergencies, such as...
This $4,018,665 Cooperative Agreement award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response (CFDA 93.354) program supports the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (Maine DHHS) in rapidly responding to public health emergencies that exceed state resources. The award will enable Maine DHHS to implement a range of emergency response activities during the first 120 days of a public health...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response program (CFDA 93.354) provides $2,679,110 in funding to the Maricopa County Department of Public Health in Arizona. The goal of this project is to work with the CDC to rapidly mobilize, surge, and respond to large-scale, complex, or consequential public health emergencies occurring in Arizona that exceed the state's...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $4,018,665 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response (CFDA 93.354) program supports the Illinois Department of Public Health in constructing a plan to rapidly receive and use future federal crisis response funds during public health emergencies. The objective is to enable the Illinois Department of Public...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response (CFDA 93.354) program, supports the Pennsylvania Department of Health (PADOH) in developing its baseline capacity across six key public health emergency response domains. The $2,679,110 award, with a performance period from January 17, 2025 to January 16, 2026, will enable PADOH to strengthen its...
The Center For Rural Development, Inc. was awarded a $3 million Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the State and Local Homeland Security National Training Program (CFDA 97.005) to deliver training and certification courses to first responders. The three-year award, made on September 1, 2021, will support the delivery of 199 first responder training courses and three course recertification programs by five sub-awardees. North Carolina Central University will...